MX920sZ Integrated Refugee Law Course

Faculty of Law
Autumn 1999
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Dalibor Jílek, CSc. (seminar tutor), Mgr. Barbora Chovancová, Ph.D. (deputy)
PhDr. Hana Kallus, M.A., Ph.D., PhDr. Radoslava Šopovová (deputy)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Radoslava Šopovová
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Prerequisites
We expect the students to be at the intermediate level of English and interested in the current refugee problems.
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
Syllabus
  • I. Language Training: 1. Introduction: International instruments defining the term of a refugee: Early instruments, 1951 Convention, 1967 Protocol, main provisions, Statute of the Office of the UNHCR, regional instruments, asylum, treatment 2. Part I - Chapter I and Chapter II: General principles. Inclusion clauses 3. Chapter III: Cessations clauses 4. Chapter IV: Exclusion clauses 5. Chapter V and Chapter VI: Special cases 6. Part II - Procedures for the Determination of Refugee Status II. Practical workshops: case studies - existing domestic law, asylum procedure in the Czech Republic, inclusion, cessation and exclusion in case studies, the principle of non-refoulement, prohibition of torture and inhuman treatment, readmission agreements, European acquis.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Credit requirements: active participation in the seminars, the seminar paper based on a case study from REFUGEE WORLD CD-ROM and individual or personal comments to the case.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: This course has beeen introduced thanks to the kind sponsorship of JHEF.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 1999, recent)
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