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Nutrition Rights course - possibly of interest




This course has definite ties to the case proving illegality of the
sanctions on Iraq.

-Rania

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Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 08:19:01 -1000
From: George Kent <kent@hawaii.edu>

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Announcing a new on-line graduate course . . .

Political Science 675(c) Topics in Public Policy:

Nutrition Rights

The purpose of POLS 675(a) Topics in Public Policy: Nutrition Rights is to
study the working of human rights systems through close examination of the
human right to food and nutrition. The course syllabus is available at
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kent/pols675cFall2000Syllabus.doc

Over the last half-centry, human rights advocates have emphasized civil
and political rights, but work on economic and social rights is now
developing rapidly. The human right to adequate food and nutrition, in
particular, is being clarified under an initiative led by the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and many agencies at both
national and global levels are recognizing the right and working to assure
its realization. This course examines the meaning and the application of
the human right to adequate food and nutrition.

The course will be offered by Professor George Kent of the Department of
Political Science at the University of Hawai’i. It will draw heavily on
the Internet-based tutorial he has prepared on Nutrition Rights: the Human
Right to Adequate Food and Nutrition. The tutorial may be viewed at
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kent/tutorial2000/titlepage.htm

Each participant is asked to undertake a term project in which he or she
formulates suggestions for improved policy or law with regard to the human
right to food and nutrition in a specific context.

This is to be an on-line course, accessible via the Internet to anyone in
the world. This means that it can include participants not only from, but
also in, several different countries. Individuals who are not registered
as full-time students at the University of Hawai’i at Mânoa can register
for this course through the university’s Outreach College, accessible
through its website at http://www.aln.hawaii.edu The tuition and
registration fee for this three-unit graduate course add up to $519 for
both Hawai’i residents and non-residents. Full-time students at the
University of Hawai’i at Mânoa may register for the course by following
their usual registration procedures. Additional information about this
course may be obtained from Professor Kent at kent@hawaii.edu

Feel free to forward this announcement to others.






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