3 ECTS credits
90 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 6023925FER voor alle studenten in het 2e semester met een gespecialiseerd master niveau.
This course aims to prepare students for the world of human rights protection in practice. The students will become familiar with the actors who traditionally claim the protection of the individual and collective rights of victims who are not able or have no possibility to claim their rights. They will also become familiar with procedural and substantive requirements to access options for claiming rights protection (or venues to seek remedy for human rights violations) at the European and international levels - mainly the judicial and quasi-judicial bodies of various international and regional organisations such as the UN, the Council of Europe, the Inter-American and African human rights systems. This is a legal field of growing relevance as many issues that were not traditionally the domain of human rights bodies are now being formulated in human rights terms. For example, corporate accountability, the implications of big data for the protection of personal data, etc. Hence, students will also be introduced to and delve into specialized subjects such as the practice of business and human rights and human rights and technology (mainly data driven technologies such as AI).
The course will be eminently practical. Accordingly, the issues addressed and the contextual prospects will take the form of a fictitious case in which various procedural documents are prepared, a moot court/mock trial, an engagement with and reach out to human rights focused NGOs, etc.
The course assumes familiarity with the principles, actors, processes and objectives of law, international human rights law and emerging issues such as the role of private actors and emerging technologies.
The course does not expect students to have prior familiarity with the practice of human rights protection.
- Identify the rightsholders and stakeholders involved in disputes related to human rights violations;
- Explain which national, regional and international judicial, non-judicial and non-state mechanisms exist to resolve disputes related to the violation of human rights;
- Actively participate in judicial or extrajudicial human rights dispute resolution processes as a party, as third party or as adjudicator;
- To formulate written claims or replies in the context of proceedings relating to human rights violations; and,
- Participate in oral hearings as a representative of the parties, of third parties, in the general interest, or as an adjudicator or mediator.
De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Mondeling bepaalt 25% van het eindcijfer
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 50% van het eindcijfer
Examen Praktijk bepaalt 25% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Mondeling dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
Binnen de categorie Examen Praktijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
The course assessment and evaluation method follows a continuous and ongoing assessment method through written and oral tasks in a group and individual bases. Below are key evaluation modes (details will be provided in due course)
Oral exam: Mock trial based on a fictitious case (25%)
Practical exam: Outreach exercise to human rights NGOs and preparation of a report (25%)
Written exam: Final term paper (50%) – this can be judgment, memorials of the parties, amicus curiae or policy paper.
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master in International and European Law: Standaard traject (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)