Course: Human Rights Clinic

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Course title Human Rights Clinic
Course code CPV/NLPK
Organizational form of instruction Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Tomoszek Maxim, JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Madleňáková Lucia, JUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Topics for academic year 2019/2020: will be specified after discussion with prof. Bliss

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Training in job and motor Skils, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
  • Semestral Work - 36 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 24 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 24 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
In this course, students will combine theoretical knowledge from various branches of law so that they can comprehensively understand the effect of human rights in practice. At the same time, they will further develop legal skills such as analyzing and resolving legal cases, writing legal documents and more. They will also increase their competence in the field of human rights and will become more aware of the value elements in law. Update for 2019/2020: Subject Human Rights Clinic will be taught every Wednesday from 11:30 to 13:00. Teaching will be in English because it will be largely led by prof. Lisa Radtke Bliss of the Georgia State University College of Law, who will be staying as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair at Palacký Law Faculty. Prof. Bliss is one of the world's leading experts in clinical legal education with an interdisciplinary approach, particularly in the field of human rights and health law. Within the course, students will engage in activities and problems that prof. Bliss uses when teaching her with students in the USA, through which students of Palacký Law Faculty will develop their understanding of human rights. Students will also be working with prof. Bliss on a semestral project that can take the form of a legal analysis or amicus brief (as agreed with the professor).
In this subject, students will link theoretical knowledge of different branches of law to better understand complex functioning of human rights in practice. They will develop legal skills such as legal analysis and problem solving, legal drafting and others. They will also develop their competence in area of human rights law and acquire deeper understanding of values in law.
Prerequisites
There are no pre-requisites for this subject.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Analyssis of the Student's Portfolio, Final Report

To pass the class, students will have to participate in classes and complete their semestral project in the form of an analytical document or amicus brief.
Recommended literature
  • Příručka studenta právních klinik / Clinical Student Handbook.
  • Bartoň, M., Kopa, M., & Tomoszek, M. (2014). Základní práva: příklady a dokumenty. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci.
  • Bartoň, M., Kratochvíl, J., Kopa, M., Tomoszek, M., Jirásek, J., & Svaček, O. Základní práva.
  • Berger, V. (2003). Judikatura Evropského soudu pro lidská práva. IFEC, Praha.
  • Harris, D. - O'Boyle, M. - Warbrick, C. (2014). Law of the European Convention on Human Rights. 3rd edition.. Oxford : Oxford University Press.
  • Hubálková, E. (2003). Evropská úmluva o lidských právech a Česká republika (Judikatura a řízení před Evropským soudem pro lidská práva). Linde, Praha.
  • Wagnerová, E. a kol. (2023). Listina základních práv a svobod- komentář. Wolters Kluwer.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2010) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2010) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2010X) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2010) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 5 Recommended year of study:5, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2010X) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2010X) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 5 Recommended year of study:5, Recommended semester: Winter