MVV360K Global Health and Human Rights Law

Faculty of Law
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Dr Robert Tabaszewski, PhD, LL.M. (seminar tutor), prof. JUDr. Ing. Michal Radvan, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Ing. Michal Radvan, Ph.D.
Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Mgr. Věra Redrupová, B.A.
Supplier department: Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MVV360K/01: Tue 25. 4. 12:00–13:40 041, 14:00–15:40 041, Wed 26. 4. 14:00–15:40 041, 16:00–17:40 041, Thu 27. 4. 16:00–17:40 041
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 21/30, only registered: 1/30
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Course objectives
This course provides an examination international aspects and domestic application of global health and human rights law. The course will explore the emergence of global health and human rights law as a multilateral tool to address health disparities and improve the health of vulnerable populations. The course explores health as a human right, focusing on injustices that occur around the world resulting in disease, disability and death. Using a justice framework, the course will consider social determinants of health and vulnerabilities that exist among populations and sub-populations, such as women, children, people with disabilities or HIV and the poor. Special attention will be given to low and middle-income country health problems and struggles to attain healthy populations. Students will learn about the links between global health law and international human rights law, and the pivotal role that law and legal infrastructure play in addressing injustices in health.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- understand and explain the legal terminology of global health and human rights law;
- make reasoned decisions about the choice of legal remedies concerning public health law;
- interpret decisions of legal bodies and institutions in the field of global health law;
- have a broad knowledge and be able to enlist outside specialists as needed.
Syllabus
  • 1. Health, Bioethics and Human Rights: International and National Legal Responses
  • 2. Global Health and Vulnerable groups: International Legal and Institutional World Health Framework
  • 3. Social Determinants of Health: the issue of Neglected Diseases
  • 4. Globalization and Infectious Diseases: Influenza and the International Health Regulations: COVID-19 and global pandemic
  • 5. Corporate Health Law, Medicines and Markets: Tobacco and Drugs Control
Literature
  • See Teacher's Information for further details.
Teaching methods
Lecture, discussion, practical exercises, text analysis, case study, workshops, brainstorming, work in groups, laboratory exercises, the Socratic method.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Multiple-choice test consisting of 21 questions, activity in classes. During the exam each student will be required to work individually without consulting other students.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Teacher's information
Literature

Barry S. Levy and Victor W. Sidel eds, War and Public Health, Oxford University Press, 2008;

Croquet, Nicolas. The Role and Extent of a Proportionality Analysis in the Judicial Assessment of Human Rights Limitations within International Criminal Proceedings. Leiden: Brill-Nijhoff, 2015. 286;

DH-BIO Statement on human rights considerations relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 2020;

Krennerich, Michael. “Human Right to Health Fundamentals of a Complex Right.” In Healthcare as a Human Rights Issue. Normative Profile, Conflicts and Implementation, edited by Sabine Klotz, Heiner Bifeldt, Martina Schmidhuber, Andreas Frewer. Bielefeld: Verlag, 2017;

Murphy, Theresa. Health and Human Rights. Oxford-Portland-Oregon: Hart Publishing, 2013;

Sutton, Victoria. “Emergencies, disasters, conflicts, and human rights,” In Advancing human right to health, edited by José M. Zuniga, Stephen P. Marks, Lawrence O. Gostin, 379-388. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013;

Tabaszewski, Robert. “Health as a Value in the Integration Policy of European and East Asian Countries. Historical and Legal Perspective.” Journal of European Integration History vol. 25, No. 1(2019);

Toebes, Brigit. The Right to Health as a Human Right in International Law. Antwerpen: Intersentia/Hart, 1999.

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