MP905Zk International Public Law II

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Jiří Malenovský, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Vladimír Týč, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Zdeněk Nový, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Kateřina Uhlířová, Ph.D., LL.M. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ivan Cisár (assistant)
Mgr. Ivana Kupčíková, DiS. (assistant)
Supervisor
prof. JUDr. Vladimír Týč, CSc.
Department of International and European Law - Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Hana Brzobohatá
Timetable
Mon 8:00–9:30 030, Mon 8:00–9:30 136, Mon 9:35–11:05 030, Mon 9:35–11:05 136, Mon 11:10–12:40 030, Mon 11:10–12:40 136
Prerequisites
( NOW ( MP905Z IPL II - sem ) || MP905Z IPL II - sem ) && MP803Z International Public 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 Enrollment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Fields of study the course is directly associated with
  • 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.
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
  • POTOČNÝ, Miroslav and Jan ONDŘEJ. Mezinárodní právo veřejné :zvláštní část. 5., dopl. a rozš. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2006. xxii, 511. ISBN 80-7179-536-4. info
  • Mezinárodní právo veřejné. Edited by Čestmír Čepelka - Pavel Šturma. 1. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2008. xli, 840 s. ISBN 978-80-7179-728. info
  • ŠTURMA, Pavel. Mezinárodní a evropské kontrolní mechanismy v oblasti lidských práv. 2. dopl. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2003. ix, 150 s. ISBN 80-7179-398-1. 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
  • REPÍK, Bohumil. Evropská úmluva o lidských právech a trestní právo. Vyd. 1. Praha: Orac, 2002. 263 s. ISBN 80-86199-57-6. info
  • SUDRE, Frédéric. Mezinárodní a evropské právo lidských práv. Translated by Jiří Malenovský. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1997. 364 s. ISBN 80-210-1485-7. info
  • HUBÁLKOVÁ, Eva. Evropská úmluva o lidských právech a Česká republika : judikatura a řízení před Evropským soudem pro lidská práva : text je sestaven a uspořádán podle stavu k 1.4.2003. Praha: Linde, 2003. 743 s. ISBN 80-7201-417-. 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 (compulsory part) followed by an optional oral part.Written exam consists of three parts (interpretation of terms/defintions, human rights and test questions). There is a maximum of 10 points for each part, i.e. the maximum amount of points is 30. It is necessary to receive at least half of the points in each part, i.e. minimum 5 points.
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013.
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