Infopaket

Human Rights Protection

ВК 2.17

Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП

Third

2022/2023

4 Semester

4

Achievement by graduate students of the following competencies, in particular: the ability to conduct independent research in the field of human rights protection; work in the international scientific space related to human rights protection; the ability to collect, process and analyze legal sources on human rights; engage in dialogue and argumentation during scientific and business discussions on the application of human rights legislation.

Distance form

To know the main aspects of application of statutes regulating the nature, acquisition and enjoyment of human rights; basic aspects of EU law, literature sources, acts of legislation regulating human rights relations. To know how to analyze international acts, rules and regulations, doctrinal sources, to determine the nature and sources of regulation regarding to certain subjective law. To have the basic skills of drafting legal documents, including judicial claims, complaints and contracts

Forms of lecturing and methods of study of this course are aimed at legal analysis of the legal nature of human rights, determining their place among other legal concepts and constructions. Within the educational course the following issues are studied: the backgrounds of human rights; classifications and generations of human rights; regional systems for the promotion and protection of human rights; the particularities of individual human rights and their protection (the right to life, to health care, to the rights of women, children, etc.).

1. Forsythe David P. Human rights in International relations. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2012. 2. Kälin W., Künzli J. The Law of International Human rights Protection. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2012. 3. Keller H., Ulfstein G. UN Human rights treaty Bodies - Law and Legitimacy. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2012. 4. Rubin, N. S., Flores, R. L. The Cambridge handbook of psychology and human rights. Сambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2020. 850 p.

Lectures, seminars, independent work of the student on the basis of textbooks, abstracts, methodical recommendations, consultations with the teacher.

In seminar classes, the current control of the student's knowledge of the discipline includes:. е1. two reports (two speeches on a given topic) - from 3 to 4 points for each (total: from 6 to 8 points); supplementary report - 2 points; two essays - from 3 to 5 points for each (total: from 6 to 10 points); two reports-presentations - from 5 to 10 points for each (total: from 10 to 20 points). The following are subject to evaluation: the level of knowledge demonstrated in the answer; activity in discussing issues; systematic work in class; results of homework. Students can make up for seminar classes missed for valid reasons during extracurricular time (teacher's consultation time) by oral questioning, testing, and preparing a research report. A student who has not reached the minimum threshold level of assessment (24 points) of those learning outcomes that cannot be assessed during the final examination may not be admitted to the final examination.

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