MVV57914K European Human Rights Moot Court Competition II

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martina Grochová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Zuzana Vikarská, MJur, MPhil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Zuzana Vikarská, MJur, MPhil, Ph.D.
Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Andrea Špačková, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Prerequisites
SOUHLAS
Students interested in this course should have already pursued the previous course (European Human Rights Moot Court Competition I). However, this prerequisite can be dropped in individual cases if the students notify the course convenor before the start of the semester.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to prepare students interested in human rights issues for an international moot court in human rights, namely the EHRMCC organised by ELSA, with a final round in Strasbourg at the European Court of Human Rights. Not all participants of this course will participate in the competition; yet, all the persons having taken this course should be well-equipped to do so.
Learning outcomes
After pursuing this course, students should be able to:
- understand the organisation, the functionning and the procedures at the European Court of Human Rights ('ECtHR');
- orientate independently in the case-law of the ECtHR, including the most recent cases;
- find the ECtHR's Guides to all relevant articles and protocols of the European Convention of Human Rights;
- identify the main issues for each of the Convention's articles;
- draft written submissions for a human rights case in English;
- orally argue a human rights case in English;
- assess the strength of individual legal arguments;
- advise a client on human rights issues in any field of law.
Syllabus
  • The course contents will be communicated to the students before the beginning of the semester, taking into account the input and the preferences of the students who enrol in the course in the given year, and having due regard to the topic of the EHRMCC in the given year.
Literature
    required literature
  • NUSSBERGER, Angelika. The European Court of Human Rights. First edition published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020, xxxiii, 21. ISBN 9780198849650. info
  • HARRIS, D. J., M. O'BOYLE, Ed BATES, Carla BUCKLEY, Paul HARVEY, Krešimir KAMBER, Michelle LAFFERTY, Peter CUMPER and Heather GREEN. Harris, O'Boyle & Warbrick : law of the European Convention on Human Rights. Fourth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, lxv, 986. ISBN 9780198785163. info
  • The European convention on human rights : a commentary. Edited by William Schabas. First edition published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, cxxiii, 13. ISBN 9780199594061. info
  • KMEC, Jiří, David KOSAŘ, Jan KRATOCHVÍL and Michal BOBEK. Evropská úmluva o lidských právech. Komentář (European Convention on Human Rights). 1. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2012, 1696 pp. Velké komentáře. ISBN 978-80-7400-365-3. info
  • REID, Karen. A practitioner's guide to the European Convention on Human Rights. 4th ed. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2011, xci, 915. ISBN 9780414042421. info
    recommended literature
  • GERARDS, Janneke. General principles of the European convention on human rights. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019, vii, 266. ISBN 9781108718288. info
  • PETROV, Jan. Unpacking the Partnership: Typology of Constitutional Courts’ Roles in Implementation of the European Court of Human Rights’ Case Law. European Constitutional Law Review. 2018, vol. 14, No 3, p. 499-531. ISSN 1574-0196. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1574019618000299. Web časopisu info
  • KOSAŘ, David. Nudging Domestic Judicial Reforms from Strasbourg: How the European Court of Human Rights shapes domestic judicial design. Utrecht Law Review. Utrecht: Utrecht University School of Law, 2017, vol. 13, No 1, p. 112-123. ISSN 1871-515X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.18352/ulr.368. Open access časopisu info
  • MALÍŘ, Jan and Tomáš DOLEŽAL. Evropská úmluva o ochraně lidských práv a základních svobod a zdravotnictví: současný stav a perspektivy. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2016, 209 stran. ISBN 9788075522245. info
  • LAVRYSEN, Laurens. Human rights in a positive state : rethinking the relationship between positive and negative obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. Cambridge: Intersentia, 2016, x, 428. ISBN 9781780684253. info
  • The European Court of Human Rights between law and politics. Edited by Jonas Christoffersen - Mikael Rask Madsen. 1st ed. pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, xvi, 256. ISBN 9780199686445. info
  • KELLER, Helen, Magdalena FOROWICZ and Lorenz ENGI. Friendly settlements before the European Court of Human Rights : theory and practice. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, xxxvii, 31. ISBN 9780199600977. info
Teaching methods
Practical tasks, case law research, case notes (case briefs), legal reasoning, legal argumentation, drafting written submissions, practicing oral submissions, repeated practice of pleadings.
Assessment methods
The students are expected to attend the seminars, to participate actively, to submit their written work regularly, and to incorporate the given feedback. More detailed instructions as to the assessment methods will be communicated to the students at the beginning of the semester.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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