Online Nutrition Rights Course Fall 2000
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Announcing a new on-line graduate course...
Political Science Topics in Public Policy: Nutrition Rights
The purpose of 'POLS 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-century, 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 as-
sure its realization. This course examines the meaning and the applica-
tion 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 Manoa
can register for this course through the university's Outreach College,
accessible through its web site at:
http://www.aln.hawaii.edu
The tuition and registration fee for this three-unit graduate course
add up to US$ 519. Full-time students at the University of Hawai'i at
Manoa may register for the course by following their usual procedures.
Additional information about this course may be obtained from
Professor Kent
mailto:kent@hawaii.edu
Feel free to forward this announcement to others.
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