- Oksanen, Markku, Dodsworth, Ashley, O’Doherty, Selina (red.): Environmental Human Rights: A Political Theory Perspective, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2017 (finns som e-bok på Malmö universitetsbibliotek).
- Knox, John H. and Rajmin Pejan (red.): The Human Rights to a Healthy Environment, Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press 2018.
Additional articles up to 300 pages.
The Environment and Human Rights
Freestanding course
Freestanding course, bachelor’s level
7.5 credits
Malmö | daytime | 100%
10 November 2025 - 14 December 2025
International students
International students
Full tuition fee: 13,000 SEK
EU/EEA students are generally not required to pay tuition fees.
About the course
Course content
The course gives an overview of the current scientific debate on the environment and human rights from an interdisciplinary perspective. It presents the philosophical debate on the justification of the right to a good environment as well as the scientific debate on the political and legal aspects of environmental rights.
The aim of the course is that the students independently will acquire knowledge about central concepts within the area of Human Rights with a focus on the environment and rights.
Entry requirements and selection
Entry requirements
60 credits with a certain progression in one of the following main fields: Human Rights, European Studies, International Migration and Ethnic Relations, International Relations, or Peace and Conflict Studies
Selection
University credits completed 100%
Course literature
Course evaluation
The University provides students who participate in or who have completed a course with the opportunity to make known their experiences and viewpoints with regards to the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarize the results of course evaluations as well as informing participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures initiated in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).
