MVV266K Human Rights Mechanism in South Asia

Právnická fakulta
podzim 2018
Rozsah
0/1/0. 5 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
Dr. Shveta Dhaliwal (přednášející), prof. JUDr. Ing. Michal Radvan, Ph.D. (zástupce)
Garance
prof. JUDr. Ing. Michal Radvan, Ph.D.
Právnická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Věra Redrupová, B.A.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Právnická fakulta
Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin
MVV266K/01: Po 5. 11. 16:00–17:40 025, 18:00–19:40 025, Út 6. 11. 18:00–19:40 025, St 7. 11. 18:00–19:40 025, Čt 8. 11. 16:00–17:40 025, 18:00–19:40 025
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Cíle předmětu
The course is designed to apprise the students of the regional human rights mechanisms that are working in different parts of the world at regional level. These are currently well established in the Europe under the Council of Europe (CoE) and other organizations like the European Union (EU), in the America such system exists under the Organization of American States (OAU), in Africa the human rights system works under the aegis of the African Union (AU). There are other regions which have human rights mechanisms which are unique, for example the one working under the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Yet there are other regions who are still struggling to legitimize their human rights systems, for example the one under the League of Arab States.
The course would present an overview of these regional human rights systems by presenting their genesis, nature, structure and procedures. The focus would be on comparison of all these regional systems and to draw certain conclusions after lectures and discussions.
The course would then proceed to discuss the region of South Asia which has no such human rights mechanism despite that there have been voices in favour of it. Before dwelling on the question why there is no human rights mechanism in South Asia? The course classes would elaborate upon the philosophical, historical, political, economic, cultural backdrops of human rights in this region.
After this the conclusions drawn at the end of comparative analysis of the existing human rights mechanisms would be applied to the region of South Asia in order to make a case for establishing such a system in this region too. Lastly, the students would be invited to contribute to this course by way of their blueprint for having a human Rights Mechanism for South Asia!
Výstupy z učení
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
1. Understand the reasons behind the emergence of regional human rights mechanisms;
2. Be introduced to human rights culture of South Asia;
3. Be able to create new ideas to contribute to the future of human rights theory and practice;
4. Will be able to learn more about human rights from interdisciplinary aspect
5. Be able to make reasonable deductions on the topic of the course and more.
Osnova
  • 1. The pyramid of human rights monitoring: Need for International Model to Regional Models
  • 2. The regional human rights mechanisms of Europe and Inter-America
  • 3. The regional human rights Mechanisms of Africa and Arab
  • 4. Asian approach to human rights mechanism: Southeast Asian systém
  • 5. South Asia: Geopolitics of Human Rights of the region
  • 6. Drafting the blueprint of Human rights Mechanism for South Asia
Literatura
  • See Teacher’s Information for full details.
Výukové metody
The medium of instructions would be English and the classes would be a blend of lectures, interactions and discussions. Students would be given independent work to draw their own arguments for the class discussion as they would be continuously involved by way of their rich inputs to the issues being dealt in the class. It is expected of students to have read the materials beforehand in order to bring the best outcomes.The arguments would be drawn from interdisciplinary analysis.
Metody hodnocení
The assessment of the students would be as following:
1. First test: An take home assessment of one essay question would be given to the students on the first day of the course and would have to be submitted on the third day. 40 Points.
2. Second test: A set of 40 MCQs would be provided to the students on the fifth day. The test would be held for 30 minutes of duration. 40 Points.
3. Class performance or exceptional participation wold carry extra points out of 10 points.
4. Regularity in attending classes would be marked out of 6 points.
5. Class presentations on each day would carry 4 points.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Literature
The publications are enlisted as suggested readings. The articles will be made available before the course begins. It will be referred to the book written by the professor throughout the course and all the articles and writings of other authors will be provided before the course.
1. Shveta Dhaliwal, Human Rights Mechanism in South Asia, Routledge, New York-London, 2017.
2. Regionalization of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs): An Appraisal of the Initiatives taken in the Asia-Pacific, Indian Socio-Legal Journal, Vol. XXXVI, No. 1 and 2, 2010, pp.135-142. (Joint paper) ISSN No. 0970-7972. PART –I.
3. Regionalization of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs): An Appraisal of the Initiatives taken in the Asia-Pacific, Indian Socio-Legal Journal, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1, 2011, pp. 121-131. (Joint paper) ISSN No. 0970-7972. PART –II.
4. International and Regional Human Rights Monitoring: Comparison between the United Nations and the European Regimes, Indian Socio-Legal Journal, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1, 2011, pp. 115-120. ISSN No. 0970-7972.
5. European and South Asian Social Charters: A Comparative Analysis, Cuadernos Universitarios, Publicaciones Academicas, Vol. 6, No. VI, December 2013, pp. 63-80. (Translated to Spanish by Dr. Martin A. Rodriguez ad Gala Soler, University of Argetina). Available at: SSRN.
6. Road Map for South Asian Human Rights Initiative: Lessons from the African Mechanism, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria, Journal of Public and Private Law, Vol. 6, July 2014, pp. 168-178. Available on SSRN.
7. Development of Human Rights Culture in South Asia: Role of SAARC, Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. LXIX, No. 3, July Sept. , 2008, pp. 565-575.
8. Universal Human Rights Norms Imbued in Hinduism: A Conceptual Analysis, Diviner, Vol. 6, No. 1, Jan-June, 2009, pp. 130-138. ISSN No. 0973-8320.
9. Minority Rights as Human Rights: Promotion and Protection under Regional Human Rights Mechanisms, Punjabi University Law Journal, Vol. II, 2008, pp. 263-291.
10. Human Rights of Women in South Asia: Promotion and Protection Under SAARC, Kashmir Law Review, Vol. XV, No. 1, 2008, pp. 31-44.
11. Regional Human Rights Mechanisms: An Overview of the American System, Conference Papers of the Sixth Annual Conference on International Law in the Contemporary World, Indian Society of International Law, 1-4 February 2009, pp. 202-219.
12. The Regional Human Rights Mechanism of Arab Region: Exploring Relevance in the Times of Revolution, Diviner, Vol. XIII, No. 1, Jan.-June 2011, pp. 187-195.
13. Cultural Relativism: Relevance to Universal and regional Human Rights Monitoring, The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. LXXII, No. 3, July-September, 2011, pp. 635-640. ISSN: 0019-5510. Available on SSRN.
14. International and Regional Human Rights Monitoring: Comparison Between the United Nations and the European Regimes, Indian Socio-Legal Journal, Vol. XXXVII, Nos. 1&2., pp. 115-121. ISSN: 0970-7972
15. Dichotomy between the First Two Generations of Human Rights and the Treaty Based Monitoring of the UN: An Analysis, Political Science and Global Governance: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Paramjit S. Jaswal, G.I.S. Sandhu and Shveta Dhaliwal (Eds.). Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab, Publication, Patiala, 2011, pp. 7-13.
The course would be using the primary documents like the European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, The Inter-American Convention on Human Rights, 1969, The African Charter on Human and Peoples‘ Rights, 1981, The SAARC Charter etc.
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