International Protection of Human Rights

Course: «Еducational and Professional Program Law»

Structural unit: Education and Research Law School

Title
International Protection of Human Rights
Code
ДВС.4.02
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
7 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2
Learning outcomes
Know the general provisions of human rights, general characteristics of the international human rights treaties. Determine the features of the legal status of bodies dealing with the protection of human rights in the UN system, draw conclusions on the activities of the UN Human Rights Council, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, and the Committee on the Rights of the Child. Know the features of regional human rights protection systems. Provide legal positions on appeals to the European Court of Human Rights, know the peculiarities of the implementation of the decisions.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Know the basic international legal acts that form the basis of international human rights law, the principles of public international law, decisions of international judicial institutions; theoretical developments in the field of international human rights law; list, structure, competence of international organizations, 2. Be able to analyze law-making and law-enforcement international and national practice. 3. Study of disciplines "Theory of State and Law", "International Law", "Constitutional Law".
Course content
The discipline reveals the following issues on the principle of architectonics: the nature and essence of human rights; protection of human rights in the UN; human rights bodies in the UN system; regional human rights protection systems; international legal acts concerning certain categories of rights; international protection of certain categories and groups of persons.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Deshko L. Application of Legal Entities to the European Court of Human Rights: a Significant Disadvantage as the Condition of Admissibility. Croatian International Relations Review. 2018. №24 (83). Р. 84-103. 2.Deshko L. National institutions established in accordance with the Paris principles, engaged into the promotion and protection of human rights in the system of internal means of security. Конституційно-правові академічні студії. 2020. Вип. 2. С. 25-32. 3. Deshko L., Lotiuk O., Sinkevych O, Kravtsova Z., Kudriavtseva O., Cherniak, I. The human right to quality medical care: changing the paradigm of international cooperation between states and interaction of public authorities and local self-government in foreign countries. Georgian medical news. 2021. Volume 319. P. 160-165.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Webinars, lectures on youtube channels, online testing, peer review, film, Mind Maps, analytical notes, case studies, discussions, small group work, analysis of interviews and situations, simulation of various situations, educational role-play games (modeling of the session of the European Court of Human Rights, etc.).
Assessment methods and criteria
Assessment methods - the type of work / activity of the applicant, which will assess the level of achievement of learning outcomes (testing, creative tasks, individual work, independent work, etc. and the minimum threshold after which a positive assessment is credited) - and evaluation criteria are communicated to applicants before beginning of the study of the discipline by a teacher who conducts seminars. At the ongoing and final performance evaluation are subject to assessment: the level of "Knowledge", "Understanding", "Application", "Analysis" / "Synthesis" / "Evaluation", demonstrated by the applicant. If the applicant is absent from the seminar for good reasons, he can work out the missed lesson at extracurricular time. Points are not awarded for missed classes.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

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