POLn4055 Content of Human Rights in a Comparative Perspective

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Ľubomír Majerčík, LL.M. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Holzer, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Tue 16:00–17:40 U41
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Předmět je otevřen studentům s pasivní znalostí angličtiny. Je určen těm se skutečným zájmem, předpokládá se příprava na každou hodinu včetně sledování aktualit z domova i ze světa relevantních pro předmět.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide students with a comparative view of the content of human rights in national and international instruments of their protection and their mutual understanding. The course structure follows the system of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms. The lectures are an analysis of individual rights or freedoms and their content of the relevant texts of relevant human rights catalogs and the case law of the relevant judicial mechanisms plus an analysis of the selected problem based on acquired theoretical knowledge and illustrations of possible approaches to the solution.
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes are the orientation of students in individual thematic areas of human rights in national and international instruments of their protection and the ability to critically evaluate different lines of argument and the possibilities of defending those rights. At the same time, graduates are able to frame individual human rights issues into a broader debate on state sovereignty, the status of an individual in international relations, and policymaking at national level.
Syllabus
  • 1) Introduction
  • 2) National protection of HR – constitutional courts, parliaments, executive, non-governmental sector
  • 3) Development of Intl Law of HR since 1945
  • 4) Right to Life
  • 5) The right not to be subjected to torture and inhuman or degrading treatment
  • 7) Prohibition of discrimination
  • 8) Freedom of speech
  • 9) Right to a fair trial
  • 10) Economic, social, and cultural rights
  • 11) Personal freedom guarantees
  • 12) Anti-terorist instruments
  • 13) Final exam
Literature
    required literature
  • Dufek, P. - Smekal, H., a kol.: Lidská práva v mezinárodní politice, Wolters Kluwer, 2014
  • BARTOŇ, Michal, Jan KRATOCHVÍL, Martin KOPA, Maxim TOMOSZEK, Jiří JIRÁSEK and Ondřej SVAČEK. Základní práva. 1st ed. Praha: Leges, 2016, 608 pp. ISBN 978-80-7502-128-1. info
  • BÍLKOVÁ, Veronika. Boj proti terorismu z pohledu ochrany lidských práv. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2014, 335 s. ISBN 9788073805135. info
  • International human rights law. Edited by David Harris - Daniel Moeckli - Sangeeta Shah - Sandesh Sivakumaran. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, lvi, 630. ISBN 9780199654574. info
  • BAŇOUCH, Hynek. Vybrané ústavní garance práva na spravedlivý proces (komentář k článkům 37 až 40 Listiny) in Eliška Wagnerová, Vojtěch Šimíček, Tomáš Langášek, Ivo Pospíšil a kol.: Listina základních práv a svobod: komentář. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7357-750-6. Dostupné zde info
  • HLOUŠEK, Vít, Lubomír KOPEČEK and Jakub ŠEDO. Politické systémy (Political Systems). Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2011, 292 pp. Politika, Evropská unie. ISBN 978-80-87474-23-5. URL info
  • WALDRON, Jeremy. Liberal rights : collected papers, 1981-1991. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993, xi, 480. ISBN 0521436176. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures/Class diccussion
Assessment methods
Teaching takes place in the form of seminars. The course ends with an exam. Participation is not mandatory but is part of the evaluation. Participation in a seminar or attendance with obvious unpreparedness can be compensated for by the given task. The evaluation is equally composed of the final test, essays on 12 standard pages and active participation. For each of these activities, it is possible to obtain a maximum of 11 points, giving a total of 33 points. The final test is assessed only if 6 points are gained at minimum (55 % of points).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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