D5MEV22 Protection of Human Rights (International)

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Zdeněk Nový, Ph.D., LL.M. (seminar tutor)
prof. JUDr. Vladimír Týč, CSc. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Kateřina Uhlířová, Ph.D., LL.M. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Kateřina Uhlířová, Ph.D., LL.M.
Department of International and European Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Jana Dopitová
Supplier department: Department of International and European Law – Faculty of Law
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
Human rights protection in international scale. International documents (General Declaration of HR, UN Covenants 1966, UN Committee for HR). European regional HR protection outside EU: Council of Europe, European Convention and its enforcement mechanism (European court in Strasbourg).
Syllabus
  • Human rights protection in international scale. International documents (General Declaration of HR, UN Covenants 1966, UN Committee for HR). European regional HR protection outside EU: Council of Europe, European Convention and its enforcement mechanism (European court in Strasbourg).
Literature
  • CONTE, Alex and Richard BURCHILL. Defining civil and political rights : the jurisprudence of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Pub. Co., 2009, xlviii, 35. ISBN 9780754676560. info
  • JANIS, Mark W., Richard S. KAY and A. W. BRADLEY. European human rights law : text and materials. Edited by Aileen McColgan - J. L. Murdoch. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, lvi, 957. ISBN 9780199277469. info
  • LETSAS, George. A theory of interpretation of the European convention on human rights. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, xviii, 145. ISBN 9780199563883. info
  • SHARMA, Arvind. Are human rights Western? : a contribution to the dialogue of civilizations. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006, xvii, 289. ISBN 0195679482. info
  • GOODHART, Michael E. Democracy as human rights : freedom and equality in the age of globalization. New York, NY: Routledge, 2005, viii, 256. ISBN 041595178X. info
  • MERRILLS, J. G. and A. H. ROBERTSON. Human rights in Europe : a study of the European convention on human rights. 4th ed. New York: Juris publishing, 2001, xxi, 362. ISBN 1929446098. info
  • Introduction to human rights. Edited by George Clack. Updated and reissued. [Washington]: United States Information Agency, 1998, 49 s. info
Teaching methods
consultation, seminar
Assessment methods
seminární práce
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
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