COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND ITS APPLICATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INS 5042 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND ITS APPLICATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Human Rights Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR OĞUZ SANCAKDAR

Offered to

Human Rights Law

Course Objective

Defining the concept of human rights, disclosure of the historical development and theoretical underpinnings of human rights,evaluation of the system regard to the protection of human rights in the context of domestic law and the ECHR

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define concept of the human rights
2   To explain the properties of the human rights
3   To apply the rules relating to the protection of human rights disputes
4   To apply the principles for the protection of human rights
5   To learn the application of human rights

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concept of human rights, the importance and philosophical foundations
2 Types of the human rights
3 The basic principles of human rights law
4 Protection of human rights in domestic law
5 The nature and limitation of fundamental rights and freedoms under domestic law regime
6 National and international governmental bodies and institutions related to human rights
7 Remedies through the channel of human rights boards
8 Midterm exam
9 Application area of the ECHR
10 Ways to apply the ECHR
11 Protection of human rights in the context of the ECHR
12 Tasks of the ECHR
13 The fulfillment of the decisions of ECHR in domestic law
14 Responsibility of administration for violations of human rights

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Resources:(Textbook)
TEZCAN, Durmuş /ERDEM, Mustafa Ruhan/SANCAKDAR, Oğuz, AIHS Işığında Türkiye nin Insan Hakları Sorunu, Seçkin yayınları, Ankara 2004
TEZCAN, Durmuş /ERDEM, Mustafa Ruhan/SANCAKDAR, Oğuz/ ÖNOK, Rıfat Murat, Insan Hakları El Kitabı, Seçkin Yayınları, Ankara 2011
GÖZÜBÜYÜK, Şeref/GÖLCÜKLÜ, Feyyaz, AIHS Ve Uygulaması, Turhan Kitabevi, Ankara 2011
AYBAY, Rona, Insan Hakları, Pencere Yayınları, Istanbul 2010
AKILLIOĞLU Tekin, Insan Hakları, 2.B., Ankara 2010

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Information is given about the basic principles of human rights, the resources for the protection of human rights, decisions of national courts and the ECHR decisions are evaluated in the light of current developments in the human rights.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

oguz.sancakdar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 40 40
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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