DEGREE PROGRAMMES

: Human Rights Law

General Description

History

Human Rights Law Graduates Program with thesis is founded within the scope of department of public law in 2012. According to the article 20 of D.E.U Regulations of Postgraduate Education the object of Graduates Program with thesis is gaining deep knowledge on vocational issues and practising of existing knowledge. In this direction, the object of program is providing specialization of students who are graduated from law faculty.
This program is intended for lawyers who comprehends the human rights which is foundation of law in theory and practice; internalize universal legal principles, have an expert level of evaluating and analyzing legal disputes. Following, researching, analyzing recent national and international developments and solving legal disputes and conflicts; analyzing human rights individually an das a whole, through this specialized education process, having an ability of legal reasoning by comparative and critical thinking and illuminating the society and individuals about legal rights within the perspective of human rights litigation.

Qualification Awarded

Master s Degree in Human Rights Law (MA)

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) diploma; a minimum score of 55 from the Academic Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) in the related field or GRE/GMAT equivalent; a minimum score of 50 from the Foreign Language Exams (ÜDS/KPDS/YDS/e-YDS/YÖKDİL) or from equivalent foreign language proficiency exam approved by OSYM or a minimum

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

According to the Regulations of Dokuz Eylül University for Graduate Schools, students are not connected to the right for internal transfer, previously taken courses at another graduate programme by another university with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes after the letter of the students includes course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the head of the departments and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing Exchange students have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

2 years, 2 semesters per year, 16 weeks per semester, 120 ECTS in total.

Profile of the Programme

This program is intended for lawyers who have internalized the universal principles of law and have competency of legal legislation and the fundamental legal concepts and rules. Through a competency based education process, the national and international developments are analyzed legally and the ability of solving and identifying of legal disputes and conflicts is improved. The ability of legal reasoning is deepened by comparative and critical thinking ability. In addition to these objectives, illuminating the society and individuals about their legal rights.

Key Learning Outcomes

1   Comprehends the fundemental principles of human rights law and human rights litigation in an advanced level.
2   Acquiring the skills of lifelong learning and having the competency of evaluating the private law knowledge critically, guiding the learning and performing advance level studies individually.
3   Understanding the human rights texts in a foreign language.
4   Analyzing and improving the idea of human rights on national and international level.
5   Having advanced knowledge on international protection of human rights.
6   Having the enough knowledge of methodology of law for solving the legal disputes and conflicts.
7   Analyzing the impacts of human rights law to Turkish law.
8   Having the advanced knowledge about fundamental rights, general principles of law and human rights.
9   Following the recent developments about different fields of human rights law and other related fields
10   Having the ability of using software and hardware knowledge and the information and communication technologies at a required level.
11   Analyzing the intervention of satate s to fundemental rights and the exercise of this power in public law.
12   For the exercise of rights and freedoms that are enacted on national and international level, associating each one to another from political, social, cultural, administrative, environmental and legal points.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Diploma suppl. 5.2

Access to Further Studies

May apply to third cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Human Rights Law Postgraduate Programme with thesis obligates 4 must (one of them and in the first semester, three of them in the second semester ) 4 elective (three of them in the first semester, one of them in the second period ) courses. There are 16 elective courses for two semesters. All elective courses are offered by the Department of EU Studies. There is no pool of must or selective courses offered by the University. There are no prerequisite courses. All the courses are based on semester credit system.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory
B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
1 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 İNS 5019 METHODOLOGY OF LAW COMPULSORY 3 0 0 9
G 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 21
TOTAL:   30
 
1 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 İNS 5003 INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
G 2 İNS 5005 FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS IN LABOUR RELATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
G 3 İNS 5007 RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF FOREIGNERS IN TURKEY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
G 4 İNS 5021 THE RULE OF LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
G 5 İNS 5013 PROHIBITION OF TORTURE IN THE CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
G 6 İNS 5015 LEGAL ELEMENTS OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
G 7 İNS 5017 SYSTEM AND OPERATION OF AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS BY MEANS OF COURTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
G 8 İNS 5009 HUMAN RIGHTS BOARDS AND INSTITUTIONS IN TURKEY: THEIR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
 
2 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 SBE 5000 TECHNIQUES OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION ETHICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5
B 2 İNS 5196 SEMINAR COMPULSORY 0 2 0 3
B 3 İNS 5198 FIELD STUDY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4
B 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 18
TOTAL:   30
 
2 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 İNS 5040 ROLE OF CRIMINAL LAW IN PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 2 İNS 5042 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND ITS APPLICATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 3 İNS 5046 FAIR TRIAL IN CIVIL PROCEDURE LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 4 İNS 5048 SOCIAL GENDER EQUALITY AND PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 5 İNS 5050 RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL EUROPEAN IN THE CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 6 İNS 5052 UNIVERSALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND CULTURAL RELATIVITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 7 İNS 5066 HUMAN RIGHTS IN COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 8 İNS 5056 FUNDEMENTAL RIGHTS IN ENFORCEMENT LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 9 İNS 5058 SYSTEM AND OPERATION OF AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLE?S RIGHTS IN PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS BY MEANS OF COURTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 10 İNS 5060 THE FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE AND RELIGION IN THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 11 İNS 5062 INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF REFUGUEES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 12 İNS 5064 INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 13 İNS 5054 PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATAS AS A HUMAN RIGHT AND CRIMINAL LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
 
3.Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 İNS 5099 THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
4.Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 İNS 5099 THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Evaluation and assessment methods for each course is defined in the the Course Description Form which is prepared by related faculty member / s and included in the information package. Exams and course success notes is subject to the relevant articles of the DEU Regulation on Graduate Education.
Dokuz Eylul University, Graduate Education Regulation web address: http://www.sbe.deu.edu.tr/sbe/mevzuat

Graduation Requirements

Second Cycle (Master's Degree) Program with thesis is comprised of courses (at least 55 ECTS), a seminar (2 ECTS) and field study (3 ECTS) and thesis (60 ECTS), in total 120 ECTS credits. Students must have minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.50/4.00 and completed all the courses with at least CB/ S / TP grades.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Prof. Dr. Yusuf KARAKOÇ
Phone: (90) (232) 420 41 80
e-mail: yusuf.karakoc@deu.edu.tr