Human Rights Law I
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Content
Objective
The goal of this course of Human Rights Law is to familiarize the stufents in their 2nd year with the European Convention on Human Rights. This course is designed to be an -non-exhaustive- introduction to the substantial law of the Convention. After a general presentation of the Convention and its Protocols (week 1), the question of the nature of the rights enshrined in the Convention and its Protocols, their holders and their classification (week 2) will be examined. Following these introductory weeks, the right to life (week 3), prohibition of torture (week 4), positive obligations of the State under the right to life and prohibition of torture (week 5), right to liberty and security (week 6), right to a fair trial (week 7), the principle of nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege (week ), the right to respect for private and family life (week 10), freedom of thought, conscience and religion (week 11), freedom of expression (week 12) and freedom of assembly and association (week 13) will be successively treated. Finally, the last class of the semester will be dedicated to the limitation of rights enumerated between articles 8 and 11.
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | General presentation of the European Convention on Human Rights and its Protocols |
| 2 | Nature, holders and classification of the rights enshrined in the Convention |
| 3 | Right to life |
| 4 | Prohibition of torture |
| 5 | Positive obligations related to the right to life and prohibition of torture |
| 6 | Right to liberty and security |
| 7 | Right to a fair trial |
| 8 | Mid-term exam |
| 9 | The principle of nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege |
| 10 | Right to respect for private and family life |
| 11 | Freedom of thought, conscience and religion |
| 12 | Freedom of expression |
| 13 | Freedom of assembly and association |
| 14 | Limitation of rights enumerated between articles 8 and 11 |
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 0 | 0 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 100 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 |
| Reports | 0 | 0 |
| Learning Diary | 0 | 0 |
| Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 100 |
Relation of Proficiency
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Recognizing fundamental legal concepts, defining, interpreting and using them. | X | ||||
| 2 | Recognizing fundamental disciplines of law and their content, including legislation, case-law and the doctrine in the relevant discipline. | X | ||||
| 3 | Recognizing positive norms in the legislation and being able to define and explain the principals of methodology. | X | ||||
| 4 | Being able to determine, identify and restate legal problems. | X | ||||
| 5 | Being able to use legal interpretation principals in an efficient manner in order to analyse and resolve a legal problem and in order to develop a strategy. | X | ||||
| 6 | Being able to conduct academic researches on legal problems and to propose solutions. | X | ||||
| 7 | Assuming responsibility individually or collectively for resolving complicated legal problems. | X | ||||
| 8 | Being able to criticise positive norms of the law system. | X | ||||
| 9 | Being able to explain technical legal knowledge in Turkish, French and English verbally or in writing, being able to report personal opinion concerning a legal problem verbally or in writing in a persuasive manner. | X | ||||
| 10 | Being able to follow up the local and international legal literature, to update technical legal knowledge permanently, to use information technology in an efficient manner in order to achieve these goals. | X | ||||
| 11 | Being able to conduct comparative academic researches between different law systems. | X | ||||
| 12 | Respecting human rights and universal principals and notions of law. | X | ||||
| 13 | Respecting the ethical standarts, good faith, fairness and equity principals. | X | ||||
| 14 | Being sensitive to social problems, democracy, laicism and rule of law principal. | X | ||||
ECTS
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Hours | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| Working Hours out of Class | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Total Workload | 72 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 2.88 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 3 | ||