State and Power: the specificity of the State phenomenon. The process of State formation. The State and the concept of sovereignty: internal domain and external independence. The State and Law: constitution, separation of powers, and fundamental guarantees. The debate on the government of men and the government of laws. State, democracy, and political decentralisation. State, democracy, and popular participation. Rule of law and globalisation.

Complex thinking and the organising principles of knowledge. The notion of paradigms and the production of research and knowledge. Research in the humanities and social sciences. Forms of knowledge and the scientific method. Scientific research and its classifications: research typologies. Academic processes Code Subject School Hours Credits Content P3515 Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights 30 2 1 P3516 Research Methodology in the Humanities and Social Sciences 30 2 2 P3514 Critical Theory of Human Rights 30 2 3 Total 90 6 in Graduate Studies: individual study, reading, and note-taking. Academic-scientific works: memoranda, articles, essays, reports, summaries. Formalisation of scientific research: phases and stages of projects and reports. Technical standards for the preparation and presentation of research: projects, articles, dissertations. The issue of research ethics.

The problem of the foundation of Human Rights. Humanist natural law and the modern and traditional foundations of Human Rights. Universality and particularism of human rights. Identity, difference, and recognition in contemporary society. Interculturality and Human Rights. Critical Theory and Human Rights. Decolonial thought and Human Rights. The challenges of human rights in Latin America and Brazil. Human rights and social exclusion. Human rights and post-humanism. Human rights in the digital society.

History, concept, and social and legal evolution of health and public policies, as well as their respective methods of analysis within the context of the debate on the Contemporary State and its recent transformations. Health and public policies in times of globalisation, based on the interrelationships between the State, civil society, and the private sector. The legislation after 1988, highlighting health as a citizen’s right and a duty of the State, within a framework of elements and mechanisms for promoting and ensuring the realisation of citizenship.

Gender theories and their relationship with the studies of power, democracy, the State, and public policies. Gender as a construction of feminism. Feminist theories. Intersectionality: race, class, and generation. Body, gender, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Gender equality and Human Rights.

Identity and recognition in contemporary society. National identity, globalisation, and local cultures. Human Rights and minorities. Multiculturalism, interculturality, and Human Rights. Human Rights, sexuality, and gender issues. Body, recognition, and identity. Indigenous rights movements in the Brazilian and Latin American context. Human Rights and the condition of black people in Brazil. Persons with disabilities and inclusion. Religious diversity and Human Rights. Immigrants, refugees, and cosmopolitanism. Affirmative action policies in Brazil and in comparative Law. Redistribution, recognition, and representation. Justice between generations.

The crisis of the State and the crisis of Jurisdiction. Access to justice and access to jurisdiction. Limits of jurisdiction. Judicial delays. The desacralization of the judicial process and appropriate public policies for conflict resolution. Mediation. Conciliation. Arbitration. Restorative justice. Transformations in the world of work. Access to justice and labour reform. Human Rights and labor in the international context. Eradication of child labour and slave labour. The precariousness of labour relations and the impact of technologies. Telework. The use of new technologies in mediation: from fully digital processes to hearings in the metaverse. Mediation in the new Brazilian Civil Procedure Code (CPC) and its application in Labour Proceedings. The challenges of mediation in the face of Brazilian culture regarding the noncompliance of labour rights. Sanitary mediation and its application in the Labor Process.

Defining the limits of the concept of violence. Ancient and modern violence. Violence, power, and domination. Classical thinkers on violence: the aporias of Carl Schmitt; Walter Benjamin: divine violence; Hannah Arendt: violence and power; Frantz Fanon’s critique of violence; Jan Assmann: the mosaic distinction and religious violence. Macro and micro-physics of violence. Social causality and causality of violence: subjectivist theories, objectivist theories, and structuration theory. Violence, Human Rights violations, and social complexity in contemporary society. Violence, power, and Law. Law between regulation/social control and emancipation/realisation of Human Rights. The culture of behavioural control. Social control and dangerous classes. State systems of criminal prosecution and Human Rights in Latin America. Human Rights of victims. The future of social control policies. Violence, rights, and public security. Violence in Brazil and the myth of Brazilian non-violence..

Violence and public security in contemporary society. Public security and its constitutional and infraconstitutional framework in Brazil. The role of criminal policy in determining strategies to be adopted by the State to address criminal practices, considering the legal and constitutional limitations of its application. The mismatch between the legal framework of Public Security and its operationality in Brazil: violations of Human Rights. New technologies and public security. Data science, artificial intelligence, integrated analysis, and machine learning applied to technological public security solutions. Electronic monitoring services and their economic and social impact. Integration of public security databases. Economic analysis and econometrics of public security policies.

From cities to urban society. Right to the city. Urbanisation in dependent countries. Urbanisation in Brazil. Cities in the era of the global economy. Urban reform and citizenship. Social inequalities. Human Right to a Sustainable City. Sustainability in the context of Latin American cities.

The process of internationalisation of Human Rights. The United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The general system for the protection of Human Rights. The specialised system for the protection of Human Rights. The regional systems for the protection of Human Rights.

The fourth industrial revolution. Ethics and Privacy in the Digital Era. New technologies and democracy. Algorithms and democracy. Digital democracy and deliberation. The limits of freedom of expression in digital democracy. Legal practice and artificial intelligence.

Right to a balanced environment and Human Rights. National and international legal foundations of the right to an ecologically balanced environment and sustainability. Rights of nature and environmental education. Extractivism, climate change, consumer society, and ecology. Governance and planetary citizenship. International environmental agendas: Stockholm, Agenda 21, Millennium Development Goals, Agenda 2030 and the SDGs, treaties, agreements, conventions, and protocols. Globalisation, growth, development, degrowth, and sustainability. Latin American environmental geopolitics and the struggle for environmental justice. Socio-environmentalism and new rights. Traditional communities, sustainability, and good living.

The formation of the Brazilian State. The construction of civil society in Brazil. State, civil society, and citizenship: a different form of configuration. The emergence of social movements and the struggle against inequalities. The new configurations of civil society and the alternatives for social inclusion: classical struggles and forms of self-organisation. Modern Brazilian society, public policies, and the configuration of a networked society.

Studies on the theoretical and methodological developments of memory in contemporary society. Social, collective, and individual memory as a tool for the construction of identity. Memory is linked to the processes of forgetting the Rights of different social groups in Brazilian Society. Development of schemes/concepts of notions of places of memory and social identity for the visualisation of Human Rights of the different groups that make up the contemporary society.

Justice and society. The different theories of justice: The debate between liberals and communitarians. The values of liberty and equality. Equality of opportunity and equal liberty. Local social justice and global social justice. The economic perspective of justice: Merit or welfare assistance. Social inequalities, hunger, and exclusion: theories of justice and their moral dilemmas. The Latin American development model: (de)colonial contributions.

The course will address specific topics to be taught according to emerging needs and demands, as well as current aspects of Human Rights, in accordance with the decision of the Program’s Council.

This course explores the theoretical and practical foundations of outreach activities at the university, highlighting its role in integrating the university and society. It covers topics such as the conceptual foundations of outreach activities, types of outreach practices (including scientific development, science dissemination, and science popularisation), and the planning of educational experiences. The course also includes the development and systematisation of extension projects, culminating in the presentation and discussion of the results obtained.

Development of teaching activities in the undergraduate Law course and related areas. This is a mandatory course for all Master’s students in the program who hold a CAPES scholarship.

The development of a set of activities in another country, considering it is authorised by the Programme’s Council, upon submission of a work plan and acceptance by a foreign professor, under the coordination of the supervising professor in the Master’s Programme. The minimum duration of the internship abroad is 30 days.

Teaching today: theoretical and methodological challenges. Learning: from a dual behaviourist perspective to cognitive, interactionist, and constructivist approaches. University teaching: concepts regarding the components of the educational process. Planning: pedagogical project, program plan, and lesson plan.

Justice, society, and value pluralism. Scope and limits of theories of justice. Egalitarian justice and public deliberation. Multidimensional, regional, and global inequality. Poverty as deprivation of freedom. Social policies and structural inequalities. Development, well-being, and dignity. Human Rights and Social Justice.

It is intended for conducting the research and preparing the Master’s dissertation, as well as for its defence before the examining committee.

It is intended for carrying out the research, including individual activities (supervisions), for the completion and defence of the dissertation proposal.

Dissertation planning and project. Definition of the study topic. Development of research objectives and justification. Construction of the theoretical framework. Description of methodological procedures. Schedule for executing activities. Defence of the dissertation project. Structuring the dissertation. Preparation for the dissertation defence.