HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
- Course
- ILAW314 - HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
- Department
- International Law - English - Undergraduate
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 4
- T+P+L
- 2 + 2 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Asst. Prof. Dr. Eymir ALBAL
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
Human Rights Law focuses upon structural and procedural aspects of international protection of human rights. The first part of the course introduces students to elementary concepts of human rights discussing theoretical justifications and historical background. The second part of the course engages with the European Convention on Human Rights studying the development of the Convention system and the substantive rights offered therein, with a particular focus on right to life, prohibition of torture, right to liberty, right to a fair trial, and freedom of thought and conscience. The course concludes with a study of the ways in which Convention rights are enforced in the United Kingdom under the operation of Human Rights Act 1998.
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
Evaluation Tools (Active Term)
| Item | Type | Weight (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Midterm | Midterm | 40 |
| Final | Final | 60 |
| Total | 100 | |
Course outcomes
- 01 TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING ON THE ECHR
- 02 TO ASSESS THE RIGHT TO LIFE AND FREEDOM FROM ILL TREATMENT
- 03 TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY, FAIR TRIAL, FAMILY AND PRIVATE LIFE
- 04 TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION, EXPRESSION, ASSEMBLY, ASSOCIATION AND FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION
- 05 TO DEVELOP GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ON THE TERRORISM
- 06 TO CREATE A LEGAL CASE BRIEF / SUMMARY
- 07 TO GENERATE ADVOCACY AND PRESENTATION SKILLS
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to the course, methods and general overview |
| Week 2 | Theoretical background of human rights |
| Week 3 | Historical overview of rights |
| Week 4 | “Internationalization/ universalization” of human rights: UN and UDHR |
| Week 5 | Core treaties and their mandates |
| Week 6 | Core treaties and their mandates |
| Week 7 | Core treaties and their mandates |
| Week 8 | Midterm |
| Week 9 | Obligations of States: Tripartite Typology |
| Week 10 | Issue of Jurisdiction |
| Week 11 | Case study |
| Week 12 | Regional human rights mechanisms: European |
| Week 13 | Regional human rights mechanisms: African, American and the regional protection mechanisms |
| Week 14 | Regional human rights mechanisms: African, American and the regional protection mechanisms(continued) |
| Week 15 | General overview |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Daniel Moeckli, Sangeeta Shah, Sandesh Sivakumaran International Human Rights Law 2022 Oxford University Press 4th edition
- 02 David Harris, Michael O'Boyle, Ed Bates,Carla M. Buckley Harris, O'Boyle, and Warbrick: Law of the European Convention on Human Rights 2023 Oxford University Press 5th edition
- 03 Ilias Bantekas, Lutz Oette International Human Rights Law and Practice 2024 Cambridge University Press 4th edition
Learning Outcomes
- L01 The student will analyze the nature of the human rights notion. (4) SOLO 4
- L02 The student will be able to compare and distinguish the international and regional human rights law systems (4+4)/2 SOLO 4
- L03 The student discusses critically the central principles of the field of human rights. (3) SOLO 3
- L04 The student theorize various mechanisms for procedures for human rights. (5) SOLO 5
- L05 The student compares two main approaches on human rights: the universal approach and the relativist approach. (4) SOLO 4
- L06 The student formulates the current problems of human rights law. (3) SOLO 3
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