https://at-ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules/UGST4243?type=COREJust like a religion, for many people human rights constitute a form of belief: they believe that human rights 'exist', or that human beings innately 'possess' human rights. In this course we will investigate what it means to believe in human rights. Following an introduction into how international law can be viewed as a belief system, we will follow Marie-Benedict Dembour's four categories of different (dis)believers in human rights: orthodox, evangelicals, atheists and nihilists. This course will equip students to recognize the convictions of various human rights actors and commentators and to reflect on their own human rights beliefs. The course is structured around the prototypes of (dis)believers found in Dembour's book Who believes in human rights? Such a structure allows for an inclusive discussion of a diverse range of literature, ideas and practices related to human rights from across the globe.