The final work is an investigative essay on human rights violations in a specific Latin American country.
The country chosen is Nicaragua:
Research question: How have the Nicaraguan government’s strict limits on freedom of expression and association affected individuals and groups within the country?
The essay must:
– Include a title
– Clearly explain the issue, including the country, the affected community, and the situation(s) of violation(s) of rights.
– The main source must be academic papers
– News and reports from civil society are permitted but secondary sources
– Analyze the state’s response to the violation of said rights
– Explain how the community has mobilized to raise awareness about the problem and demand protection of their rights
– Analyze the role of other actors (for example, allies within civil society in the country or in other countries, international organizations such as the Organization of American States, the United Nations, the inter-American human rights system, etc.).
– Include a conclusion
The essay must:
– Be a coherent essay, responding to all of the above points in an organized manner (not as a series of bullet points).
– It must be reviewed to avoid spelling and grammar errors.
– Minimum 2,500 words (5 single-spaced pages) and maximum 4,000 words (8 single-spaced pages). This does NOT include the bibliography
– Arial or Times New Roman font size 12pts.
– Use the Chicago author date system to cite in-text
– Include a bibliography (does not count towards the minimum number of words)
– Citing academic texts (articles in academic journals or books).
– Include other sources, such as news reports or civil society reports. These sources are additional to and do not replace the academic sources but should be used to clarify, illustrate, criticize, question, or amplify what the academic sources discuss.
– Use evidence to prove the argument. This means that the essay is not a rant about the situation or the government in the country studied, but must present specific information from reliable sources on the subject, and weigh the value of that information against information or data that they can be contradictory. This does not mean that you should accept all information uncritically, without question. Rather, they should seek to confirm or refute such information using various sources.
The final work is an investigative essay on human rights violations in a specific Latin American country.
The country Nicaragua:
Research question: How have the Nicaraguan government’s strict limits on freedom of expression and association affected individuals and groups within the country?
The essay must analyze the human rights situation of a specific community (for example, LGBT, Afro-descendant, indigenous communities, women, etc.) or it may be focused on a specific type of human rights violation of a community in particular (for example, violence against trans women in Paraguay).
The essay must:
– Include a title
– Clearly explain the issue, including the country, the affected community, and the situation(s) of violation(s) of rights.
– The main source must be academic papers
– News and reports from civil society are permitted but secondary sources
– Analyze the state’s response to the violation of said rights
– Explain how the community has mobilized to raise awareness about the problem and demand protection of their rights
– Analyze the role of other actors (for example, allies within civil society in the country or in other countries, international organizations such as the Organization of American States, the United Nations, the inter-American human rights system, etc.).
– include a conclusion
The essay must:
– Be a coherent essay, responding to all of the above points in an organized manner (not as a series of bullet points).
– It must be reviewed to avoid spelling and grammar errors.
– Minimum 2,500 words (5 single-spaced pages) and maximum 4,000 words (8 single-spaced pages). This does NOT include the bibliography
– Arial or Times New Roman font size 12pts.
– Use the Chicago author date system to cite in-text
– Include a bibliography (does not count towards the minimum number of words)
– Citing academic texts (articles in academic journals or books).
– Include other sources, such as news reports or civil society reports. These sources are additional to and do not replace the academic sources but should be used to clarify, illustrate, criticize, question, or amplify what the academic sources discuss.
– Use evidence to prove the argument. This means that the essay is not a rant about the situation or the government in the country studied, but must present specific information from reliable sources on the subject, and weigh the value of that information against information or data that they can be contradictory. This does not mean that you should accept all information uncritically, without question. Rather, they should seek to confirm or refute such information using various sources.