CZS40 International Law and Human Rights

Pan-university studies
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 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. Erin Anna Huták
Contact Person: Mgr. Erin Anna Huták
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
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 (7.1.) Lecturer: Pavel Molek
  • Levels of protection: Who is protecting our human rights? (8.1.) Lecturer: Pavel Molek
  • Constitutional Courts and their role in human rights protection (9.1.) Lecturer: Ladislav Vyhnanek
  • Human Dignity (10.1.) Lecturer: Ladislav Vyhnanek
  • Site visit to the Constitutional Court (10.1.)
  • Workshop with NGOs in the field of Human Rights (11.1., in Prague)
  • Equality and Discrimination (14.1.) Lecturer: Ladislav Vyhnánek
  • Social Rights (15.1.) Lecturer: Ladislav Vyhnánek
  • Site visit to the Supreme Administrative Court (15.1.)
  • To be or not to be: Right to life (16.1.) Lecturer: Kateřina Uhliřová
  • Human Rights and Terrorism (17.1.) Lecturer: Ladislav Vyhnánek
  • Site visit to the Visit to the UN the Refugee Agency (Regional Representation for Central Europe), and to the European Roma Rights Centre (18.1., both in Budapest)
  • 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
  • Hate Speech Laws: Good or Bad Idea? (Examples from Europe, Australia, Asia and USA) (23.1.) Lecturer: Kateřina Uhliřová
  • Hate Speech as an (International) Crime? (Incitement to Genocide; Persecution as a Crime Against Humanity) (24.1.) Lecturer: Kateřina Uhliřová
  • Site visit to the United Nations, Vienna (25.1.)
Assessment methods
Course Evaluation
- Test - Module 1: 15% (15 Jan)
- Final Test: 35% (25 Jan)
- Essay (5 pages): 35% (due on 17 Feb)
- In-class participation: 15%
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)
Study Materials
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 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, spring 2023, Autumn 2023, spring 2024.
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