CZS40 International Law and Human Rights

Pan-university studies
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Pavel Molek, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
JUDr. Kateřina Uhlířová, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
JUDr. Ladislav Vyhnánek, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Martin Glogar
Contact Person: Mgr. Martin Glogar
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to:
• Understand what the human rights are and how they are structured
• Key actors and instruments in the field of protection of human rights
• Limits and conflicts of some of the basic freedoms (e.g. of expression)
• What is the access to the legal help in the Czech Republic and in CEE region
Syllabus
  • Introduction: Human being and her rights (14.1.) Lecturer: Pavel Molek
  • Levels of protection: Who is protecting our human rights? (15.1.) Lecturer: Pavel Molek
  • Freedom of expression in the European Court of Human Rights perspective (16.1.) Lecturer: Pavel Molek
  • To be or not to be: Right to life (17.1.) Lecturer: Pavel Molek
  • Site visit to the Constitutional Court (17.1.)
  • Workshop with NGOs in the field of Human Rights (18.1., in Prague)
  • Conceptual Contours of the Right to the Freedom of Expression (FoE): Overview of International Human Rights Instruments and its Standards (21.1.) Lecturer: Kateřina Uhliřová
  • Introduction into the Relationship between FoE and Hate Speech: Curtailement of FoE and Permissible Limits of Restriction (22.1.) Lecturer: Kateřina Uhliřová
  • Site visit to the Supreme Administrative Court (22.1.)
  • Hate Speech Laws: Good or Bad Idea? (Examples from Europe, Australia, Asia and USA) (23.1.) Lecturer: Kateřina Uhliřová
  • Debate over three Human Rights issues (24.1.)
  • Hate Speech as an (International) Crime? (Incitement to Genocide; Persecution as a Crime Against Humanity) (26.1.) Lecturer: Kateřina Uhliřová
  • Site visit to the Open Society Justice Initiative, and to the European Roma Rights Centre (25.1., both in Budapest)
  • Constitutional Courts and their roles in protecting Human Rights (28.1.) Lecturer: Ladislav Vyhnánek
  • Site visit to the Ombudsman Office (28.1.)
  • Basic Principles: Human Dignity (29.1.) Lecturer: Ladislav Vyhnánek
  • Equality and Discrimination (30.1.) Lecturer: Ladislav Vyhnánek
  • Social rights (31.1.) Lecturer: Ladislav Vyhnánek
  • Site visit to the United Nations, Vienna (1.2.)
Assessment methods
Course Evaluation
- Final Test: 45% (31 Jan)
- Essay (5 pages): 45% (due on 24 Feb) - In-class participation: 10%
The threshold to pass is 55 points of 100 possible. The grade scale is as follows: A 82-100, B 75-81, C 68-74, D 61-67, E 55-60, F 0-5
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 48 hodin výuky + 6 exkurzí.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, spring 2023, Autumn 2023, spring 2024.
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