MVV21468K European Human Rights Moot Court Competition I

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
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 && MP310Z Constitutional Law II - sem.
No prerequisites, but previous participation in (any) moot court competition is always a plus.
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 Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition 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 competition 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
    recommended literature
  • 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
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
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
Teacher's information
https://helgapedersenmoot.elsa.org/
Looking forward to meeting you and working with you! :)
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
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