PrF:D5MEV22 Prot. of Human Rights (Int.) - Course Information
D5MEV22 Protection of Human Rights (International)
Faculty of LawAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- JUDr. Zdeněk Nový, Ph.D., LL.M. (seminar tutor)
prof. JUDr. Vladimír Týč, CSc. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Kateřina Uhlířová, Ph.D., LL.M. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- JUDr. Kateřina Uhlířová, Ph.D., LL.M.
Department of International and European Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Jana Dopitová
Supplier department: Department of International and European Law – Faculty of Law - Prerequisites
- Solid fundamentals of international law and internal law of human rights.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- International and European Law (programme PrF, D-TPV4) (2)
- Course objectives
- Human rights protection in international scale. International documents (General Declaration of HR, UN Covenants 1966, UN Committee for HR). European regional HR protection outside EU: Council of Europe, European Convention and its enforcement mechanism (European court in Strasbourg).
- Learning outcomes
- - Student will be able to gain a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of international human rights. - student will be able to identify the controversial points in the field of international human rights. - Student will be able to critically think on international human rights. . Student will understand the relation of international human rights to domestic law.
- Syllabus
- Human rights protection in international scale. International documents (General Declaration of HR, UN Covenants 1966, UN Committee for HR). European regional HR protection outside EU: Council of Europe, European Convention and its enforcement mechanism (European court in Strasbourg).
- Literature
- CONTE, Alex and Richard BURCHILL. Defining civil and political rights : the jurisprudence of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Pub. Co., 2009, xlviii, 35. ISBN 9780754676560. info
- JANIS, Mark W., Richard S. KAY and A. W. BRADLEY. European human rights law : text and materials. Edited by Aileen McColgan - J. L. Murdoch. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, lvi, 957. ISBN 9780199277469. info
- LETSAS, George. A theory of interpretation of the European convention on human rights. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, xviii, 145. ISBN 9780199563883. info
- SHARMA, Arvind. Are human rights Western? : a contribution to the dialogue of civilizations. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006, xvii, 289. ISBN 0195679482. info
- GOODHART, Michael E. Democracy as human rights : freedom and equality in the age of globalization. New York, NY: Routledge, 2005, viii, 256. ISBN 041595178X. URL info
- MERRILLS, J. G. and A. H. ROBERTSON. Human rights in Europe : a study of the European convention on human rights. 4th ed. New York: Juris publishing, 2001, xxi, 362. ISBN 1929446098. info
- Introduction to human rights. Edited by George Clack. Updated and reissued. [Washington]: United States Information Agency, 1998, 49 s. info
- Teaching methods
- consultation, seminar
- Assessment methods
- seminární práce/anebo prezentace.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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