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Lecturer(s)
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Kratochvíl Jan, doc. Mgr. Ph.D., LL.M.
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Bureš Pavel, JUDr.
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Bartoň Michal, doc. JUDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Why Human Rights? History, development, basic notions. 2. Economic and social rights. 3. Human Rights protection mechanisms. 4. Human Rights protection on universal level 5. Civil and political rights. 6. Terrorism and Human Rights 7. Philosophical bases of Human Rights 8. International trade and Human Rights 9. Globalization and Human Rights 10. Human Rights protection in Europe 11. European Convention on Human Rights I. 12. European Convention on Human Rights II.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
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Learning outcomes
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The module will provide an overview of human rights - one of the most significant phenomena of the 20th century. Students will be able to study the basic principles of human rights and their protection by current international law as well as their challenges in the 21st century. The content of the module will pay equal attention to the actual legal content of human rights, the procedures for their protection and their linkages to other areas of international law and international events. The seminars will consist of a combination of lectures, discussions, activities and role-plays. Reading and other preparation for the seminars will be expected.
Students who have completed this course will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to good understanding of basic institutes of the international human rights law, the relation between human rights and other current phenomena and system and mechanisms of their protection.
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Prerequisites
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Completion of this course is not conditional upon completion of some other courses.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance
Active class participation of students is required and therefore class attendance is compulsory, save in cases of duly justified absence. Reading and other preparation for the seminars will be expected. Students will be required to write a final paper, not exceeding 5,000 words, on a topic approved by the instructor.
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Recommended literature
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Evropská úmluva na ochranu lidských práv: Harris, D. et al., Harris, O'Boyle & Warbrick: law of the European Convention on human rights, 2nd ed., Oxford, 2009; Van Dijk, P., et. al., Theory and Practice of the European Convention on Human Rights, 4th ed, Intersentia, 2006.
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http://www.coe.int/.
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http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/Pages/HumanRightsBodies.aspx.
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(2008). Mechanismy na ochranu lidských práv: Tomuschat, Ch., Human Rights Between Idealism and Realism, 2nd ed. Oxford.
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(2005). Mezinárodní pakt o občanských a politických právech: Nowak, M., U.N. Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Commentary, 2nd ed.. N.P.Engel.
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Kratochvíl, J. (ed.). (2008). Bohouš a Dáša za lidská práva. Člověk v tísni.
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Moeckli, D., Shah, S., Sivakumaran, S. (ed.). (2010). International Human Rights Law. Oxford.
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Nowak, M. (2003). Introduction to the International Human Rights Regime. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
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Steiner, H., Alston, P., Goodman, R. (2008). International human rights in context: law, politics, morals : text and materials, 3rd ed. Oxford.
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