The GPIA concentration in Governance and Rights provides a space for students interested in studying:
(1) the tensions between civil society, the state and international actors,
(2) the emergence and transformation of international law and international institutions, and
(3) the intersection of human, political and socio-economic rights with governance practices.
Governance and Rights focuses on the relation between order, freedom, and responsibility in the global political and legal context. Governance is the ensemble of practices and institutions concerned with the formal ordering of society. This includes local and national government, international organizations, and civil society. Rights refers to claims by individuals and groups for specific entitlements that invoke obligations. The concentration explores how governance structures secure, maintain, or constrain rights, and how rights claims serve to construct, create, and challenge practices of government. Within the concentration there is currently a special focus on human rights, international law and refugee issues, and migration.
