Infopaket

European Human Rights Law

ДВС.5.01

Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2023/2024

2 Semester

4

To know the history of the conclusion of the European Convention on Human Rights, the history and practice of the bodies established on its basis, the peculiarities of their interpreting the Convention; the peculiarities of the substantive, territorial, personal and temporal scope of the ECHR; contents and peculiarities of the application of the Law of Ukraine «On the Execution of Judgments and the Application of the Practice of the European Court of Human Rights» of 2006; content of the rights and freedoms provided for in the ECHR and its Protocols in the light of their interpretation and application in the practice of the ECtHR.

1. To know the fundamental of theory and the main branches of public international law, the general foundations of human rights, comparative constitutional law, comparative criminal law and procedure, comparative civil law and procedure, comparative administrative law. 2. Be able to analyse and determine the content of the rights and obligations of subjects of international law, apply the rules and principles of international law and decisions of international courts to meet specific objectives, analyse and establish the content of Ukrainian and foreign legislation. 3. Have basic skills of legal analysis and synthesis, critical thinking, elaboration of a large array of legal material with one’s own conclusions and suggestions

Thematic plan of the discipline: 1. Normative and institutional structure of European human rights law. Interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights. 2. Scope of the ECHR. Extraterritorial application of the Convention. 3. The right to life 4. Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. 5. Freedom from slavery and forced labour. Right to liberty and security of person. 6. Right to a fair trial and to be free from retroactive criminal punishment. Procedural rights 7. Right to respect for private and family life. Right to marriage. 8. Freedom of thought, conscience and religion. Freedom of expression. Freedom of assembly and association. Right to education. Right to free elections.

1. Європейська конвенція з прав людини від 4 листопада 1950 року та Протоколи до неї. 2. Law of the European Convention on Human Rights // D.J. Harris, M. O’Boyle, E.P. Bates, C.M. Buckley, 4th edition. – Oxford University Press, 2018. 3. The European Convention on Human Rights by Bernadette Rainey, Elizabeth Wicks and Claire Ovey, 7th edition. – Oxford University Press, 2017. 4. Reid, Karen. A Practitioner’s Guide to the European Convention on Human Rights. 6th edition. – Sweet and Maxwell, 2019. 5. Schabas, William. The European European Convention on Human Rights. A commentary. – Oxford University Press, 2015. Додаткові:

Lectures, seminars

Evaluation is carried out according to the modular rating system. Current control: answers (up to 22 points), written assignment (up to 20 points), final modular test (up to 20 points). The form of final control is a final test. The final test is conducted in writing. The student's answer to the final test – up to 40 points.

Ukrainian