PrF:MP905Zk International Public Law II - Course Information

MP905Zk International Public Law II

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught online.

Teacher(s)

prof. JUDr. Jiří Malenovský, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Vladimír Týč, CSc. (lecturer)
JUDr. Zdeněk Nový, Ph.D., LL.M. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Ondřej Svaček, Ph.D., LL.M. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Kateřina Uhlířová, Ph.D., LL.M. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Miloš Jahoda (assistant)
Mgr. Iveta Rohová (assistant)

Guaranteed by

prof. JUDr. Vladimír Týč, CSc.
Department of International and European Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Jana Dopitová
Supplier department: Department of International and European Law – Faculty of Law

Timetable

Mon 8:00–9:40 038, Mon 10:00–11:40 038, Mon 12:00–13:40 038

Prerequisites

( NOW ( MP905Z IPL II - sem ) || MP905Z IPL II - sem || NOW ( MP910Z Alternative Seminar of PIL ) || MP910Z Alternative Seminar of PIL || NOW ( MP912Z ) || MP912Z ) && ( MP803Z International Public Law I || MP812Z Public International Law I )
Knowledge of the general part of public international law and domestic branches (constitutional law, penal law and administrative law) of the Czech public law.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Law (programme PrF, PR_)
• Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)

Course objectives

Main objective of the course is to provide students with the ability of good orientation in different areas regulated by international law, in order to understand not only the contents, but also the substance of those rules. Particular attention is devoted to the international protection of human rights. The students should become familiar not only with particular rights, but with the international control mechanism as well. Students should also understand that international law is an integral part of the law binding the Czech Republic. Students will get the basis for understanding the system of international and European Human Rights protection.

Learning outcomes

Výsledkem předmětu je soldiní znalost základní oblastí mezinárodního práva veřejného a schopnost pracovat s prameny mezinárodního práva v praxi.

Syllabus

• 1. Legal regime of international (non-state) areas. 2. Characteristic features of the modern law of the sea. Symbiosis of national and international regimes (internal waters, the territorial sea, the contiguous zone, archipelagic states, the exclusive economic zone, the territorial shelf, the high seas as res communis omnium and the international sea-bed as the common heritage of mankind). 3. Legal regime of the Antarctic. 4. Different forms of diplomacy, the basics of diplomacy law, diplomatic privileges and immunities and the personal, territorial, temporal and material scope of applicability. 5. State nationality and its connection with international law. Understanding nationality from the human rights point of view. The right to have, change and not to be arbitrarily deprived of nationality. 6. Survey of humanitarian law and international criminal law. 7. Ideological sources for the protection of human rights. Genesis of human rights. Universal and regional protection of human rights. 8. The Czech Republic and its obligations in the sphere of human rights protection. Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic and international human rights protection. 9. Universal human rights protection, control mechanisms of the human rights protection in accordance with universal instruments. 10. International human rights protection in Europe: the ways of constitutional reception, Council of Europe human rights Conventions and control mechanisms pursuant to them, human rights protection in EU, the Charter of fundamental rights in EU. 11. European Convention on Human Rights and its 11th Protocol. European Court for Human Rights and the reasons for its current overloading and possible solutions. European Court for Human Rights as a general judicial instance of the Council of Europe. 12. American and African standards for human rights protection. Protection of the rights of the child at the international level. International protection of minorities.

Literature

required literature
• MALENOVSKÝ, Jiří. Mezinárodní právo veřejné : obecná část a poměr k jiným právním systémům. 6., upr. a dopl. vyd. Brno: Doplněk, 2014, 499 s. ISBN 9788073805319. info
• POTOČNÝ, Miroslav and Jan ONDŘEJ. Mezinárodní právo veřejné : zvláštní část. 5., dopl. a rozš. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2006, xxii, 511. ISBN 8071795364. info

recommended literature
• ČEPELKA, Čestmír and Pavel ŠTURMA. Mezinárodní právo veřejné. 1. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2008, xli, 840. ISBN 9788071797289. info
• BERGER, Vincent. Judikatura Evropského soudu pro lidská práva. Translated by Bruno Jungwiert. 7. franc. vyd. (2000), 1. č. Praha: IFEC, 2003, xx, 769 s. ISBN 80-86412-23-7. info
• SUDRE, Frédéric. Mezinárodní a evropské právo lidských práv. Translated by Jiří Malenovský. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, 364 s. ISBN 8021014857. info

not specified
• REPÍK, Bohumil. Evropská úmluva o lidských právech a trestní právo. Vyd. 1. Praha: Orac, 2002, 263 s. ISBN 80-86199-57-6. info
• HUBÁLKOVÁ, Eva. Evropská úmluva o lidských právech a Česká republika : judikatura a řízení před Evropským soudem pro lidská práva. Praha: Linde, 2003, 743 s. ISBN 807201417X. info
• ŠTURMA, Pavel. Mezinárodní a evropské kontrolní mechanismy v oblasti lidských práv. 2., dopl. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2003, ix, 150. ISBN 8071793981. info

Teaching methods

lectures followed by seminars

Assessment methods

Seminars are compulsory and concentrate on the case law of international courts. The examination is written and oral. Written part: minimum to pass is 12/20. Follows the oral part - 1 question. The whole examination covers both semesters MPV I and II and the contents of lectures is required as well.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• MP905Z International Public Law II - Seminar
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