ECH 1100 Lecture 4: LECTURE 4

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Conflict Studies and Human Rights
• Course: ECH 1100
• Professor: Jean- Francois Ratelle

Document Summary

Research paper: 500 words historical review, comparative nature, theoretical reflections. Empirical cases: democratic republic of congo (next week, sierra leone (next week, ukraine (last week) Syria and iraq: civil war in syria since march 2011. Islamic state: control given territory, schools, hospitals, social service, 8 million people under isis control. Important resources and cash flow: deir ezzor (oil) Important contingent of foreign fighters: -1100 per fighter per month, heterogeneous collation of different interests. Conflict and human rights abuse: political grievances, rights and liberties, political freedoms, governance problems (corruption, economic causes, motives for violence, opportunity and financing. Individual rights western imposed: not transcending culture, predominance of individualism, driven by political interests, power and knowledge, civil and political vs. social and economic, liberal approach vs. rights to subsistence, negative vs. Positive rights: amartyra sen: mutually constitutive, feminism and gender perspective, focus on gender equality over other rights. Un: maintain peace and security, develop friendly relations between states.