MV854K Legal Clinic of Antidiscrimination Law I

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Jana Kvasnicová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Karel Suda (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Zuzana Vikarská, MJur, MPhil, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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
MP310Zk Constitutional Law II && SOUHLAS
Real interest in the specific issue of the subject, inventive cognition skills, high level of analytic skills, good knowledge of English or German is an advantage.
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 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/12, only registered: 28/12
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The course includes comprehensive information on equal treatment and prohibition of discrimination in the Czech national law and EU law from both practical and theoretical point of view. It is realised in cooperation with the Office of the Public Defender of Rights. The particular lessons are taught by employees of this Office or by its external experts. After acquitting of essential theoretical information, practice of knowledge in the form of solution of model situations is the significant part of the programme. Hereinafter, the programme includes solution of particular cases in which the discrimination is argued by the claimants under supervision of lawyers from Department of Equal Treatment of the Office of the Public Defender of Rights. At the end of the course, students will be able to apply general theoretical basis including relevant case-law in practice.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:
- describe the basic concepts of anti-discrimination law;
- identify key legal issues in cases where discrimination is alleged;
- apply the concepts learned to specific examples and solve them;
- respond to citizens' complaints to the Office of the Ombudsman;
- lead the discussion on discrimination regulation at national and European level, orientate oneself in the current case law and formulate one's opinion on possible changes in this regulation and case law.
Syllabus
  • 1. Opening session. Equality, equal treatment, anti-discrimination law in Czechia and EU 2. Public Defender of Rights as equality body. Discrimination before court. Legal action against discrimination 3. Discrimination in employment 4. Discrimination in education 5. Discrimination in health care. EU citizenship and discrimination 6. Discrimination in goods and services
Literature
    required literature
  • ŠABATOVÁ, Anna, Jana KVASNICOVÁ, Eva NEHUDKOVÁ and Petr POLÁK. Diskriminace. 1. vyd. Brno: Kancelář veřejného ochránce práv, 2019, 296 pp. Sborník stanovisek veřejného ochránce práv. ISBN 978-80-7598-430-2. URL info
  • Rovnost a diskriminace. Edited by Michal Bobek - Pavla Boučková - Zdeněk Kühn. Vyd. 1. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2007, xlviii, 47. ISBN 9788071795841. info
    recommended literature
  • FREDMAN, Sandra. Antidiskriminační právo. Translated by Tereza Kodíčková. Praha: Multikulturní centrum Praha, 2007, xxvi, 209. ISBN 9788025410547. info
  • KVASNICOVÁ, Jana and Jiří ŠAMÁNEK. Antidiskriminační zákon. Komentář. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, a. s., 2015. ISBN 978-80-7478-879-6. info
  • Antidiskriminační zákon : komentář. Edited by Pavla Boučková. 1. vyd. Praha: C.H.Beck, 2010, xiv, 405. ISBN 9788074003158. info
  • ŠABATOVÁ, Anna, Stanislav KŘEČEK, Iva PALKOVSKÁ and Veronika BAZALOVÁ. Občanství Evropské unie (Citizenship of the European Union). Brno: Kancelář veřejného ochránce práv, 2017, 136 pp. Sborník stanovisek veřejného ochránce práv č. 18. ISBN 978-80-87949-64-1. URL info
Teaching methods
Interactive teaching methods with using of principles of team work and analytic techniques. Training of acquired knowledge by presenting of solutions of model situations and practical examples.
Assessment methods
Solution of model situations, during colloquium presentation of solution of provided problem in individual performance by usage of acquired knowledge.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: + 40 hodin klinické části.
Teacher's information
Classes are held once a fortnight at the Office of the Public Defender of Rights at Údolní 39, Brno.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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