DOMPVV_OZP Protection of fundamental rights internationally

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Kateřina Uhlířová, Ph.D., LL.M.
Contact Person: Jana Dopitová
Prerequisites
! DO6MPV01 Ochrana základních práv v mezinárodním a unijním měřítku
Solid fundamentals of international and EU law and the law of human rights.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Human rights protection in international scale. International documents (General Declaration of HR, UN Covenants 1966, UN Committee for HR). European regional HR protection outside EU: Council of Europe, European Convention and its enforcement mechanism (European court in Strasbourg). Human Rights Protection at the EU level.
Learning outcomes
- Student will be able to gain a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of international human rights. - Student will be able to identify the controversial points in the field of international human rights. - Student will be able to critically think on international human rights. -Student will understand the relation of international human rights to domestic law.
Syllabus
  • Human rights protection in international scale. International documents (General Declaration of HR, UN Covenants 1966, UN Committee for HR). European regional HR protection outside EU: Council of Europe, European Convention and its enforcement mechanism (European court in Strasbourg).
Literature
  • CONTE, Alex and Richard BURCHILL. Defining civil and political rights : the jurisprudence of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Pub. Co., 2009, xlviii, 35. ISBN 9780754676560. info
  • MERRILLS, J. G. and A. H. ROBERTSON. Human rights in Europe : a study of the European convention on human rights. 4th ed. New York: Juris publishing, 2001, xxi, 362. ISBN 1929446098. info
Teaching methods
homework, consultations
Assessment methods
essay or presentations
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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