3 ECTS credits
90 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 6001585FNR voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een gespecialiseerd master niveau.
The course aims at providing a broad overview of international and European human rights law, case law, policy and practice. The course is divided into 3 parts.
The first part focuses on the history and development of human rights; identifies the particular position of human rights law in international law (the human as a “subject” of international law); discusses and compares the different categories (or “generations”) of rights in their historical and political contexts; endeavors to distinguish and articulate the political, ethical and legal modes of existing of human rights; and presents an overview of the law and institutional structures for international/universal and regional protection and promotion of human rights.
The second part looks closer at the different institutional and procedural systems of protection and promotion of human rights: the universal UN-system, and the regional systems at European (both CoE and EU), Inter-American and African level. It compares their principles and implementation mechanisms.
The third part is devoted to the analysis and discussion of more substantial issues in human rights, such as, for example:
- collective rights and the right to self-determination of peoples;
- privacy and personal data protection;
- the prohibition of torture and inhuman treatment, and imprisonment;
- the right to food and the fight against hunger;
- freedom of expression (on the internet);
- cultural diversity and universal human rights;
- freedom of religion in secular states;
- …
For the third part, guest professors, specialised in a certain field, will be invited to speak about specific human rights issues (e.g., prevention of torture, human trafficking, ...).
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This course has the following learning objectives:
- to introduce the history and theory of human rights;
- to provide an overview and analysis of the universal and regional human rights system, including the UN-system, the European systems, the African or/and Inter-American systems;
- to deepen the knowledge of the two European systems of protecting and promoting human rights, respectively the Council of Europe system and the EU-system; and,
- to discuss and critically examine the role and practices of human rights in the contemporary world.
After the course, students should have thorough knowledge of the most important features of international and European human rights law (objectives, principles, institutional frameworks, decision-making mechanisms, and most pertinent challenges) and should be familiar with a number of substantial issues of international and European human rights law (the role of human rights law in democratic constitutional states, the right of self-determination of peoples and collective human rights, the rights to privacy and personal data protection, torture and inhuman treatment, human trafficking, the right to food, depending on current issues).
On this basis, students should be able to effectively address issues of international and European human rights law for both academic and practical-legal purposes.
De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
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Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master in International and European Law: Standaard traject (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)