COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HUK 3056 INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Law

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR UĞUR SAMANCI

Offered to

Law

Course Objective

The general framework of this course is gradual development of the concept of human rights respectively in national and international spheres after emergence of modern state, and universal and regional mechanisms for the protection of human rights.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to dominate, the theoretical and historical origins of human rights
2   Being able to dominate, political, economical and social reasons of the transition from national dimension to international dimension of human rights
3   Being able to dominate, preparation, content, meaning and value of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
4   Being able to dominate, protection of human rights at he international level within the framework of the United Nations International Human Rights Conventions
5   Being able to identify, International Conventions for the protection of Human Rights at regional level and protections mechanisms introduced by this conventions
6   Being able to examine, politicization of human rights and military, economic or political interventions in case of being used as a means of legitimizing for underdeveloped countries.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The historical and theoretical foundations of human rights
2 The historical origins human rights as a limitation for political power and its examples
3 The transition to international level of human rights and its theoretical background
4 From League of Nations to United Nations: foundation, organs, mechanism and contribution to internationalization of human rights
5 The First Practical Reflection of Human Rights in the international area: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, preparation, contents, meaning and value
6 Carried out within the framework of the United Nations international human rights Conventions
7 UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
8 BM International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
9 Other Conventions and Documents related with human rights in United Nations Concept
10 Regional Level Protection of Human Rights: The European Convention on Human Rights and Its Protection Mechanism
11 ECHR, Organization, Functioning and Impact of the Decisions of the Domestic Law of the State Parties
12 American Convention of Human Rights and Its Supervisiory Mechanism
13 African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and Its Supervisory Mechanism
14 Mid-Term

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Mehmet Semih Gemalmaz; Ulusalüstü Insan Hakları Hukukunun Genel Teorisine Giriş, Beta Yayınları, 3. Bası, Istanbul, 2001.
2- Münci Kapani, Insan Haklarının Uluslar arası Boyutları, Bilgi yayınevi, 2. Basım 1991.
3- Münci Kapani, Kamu Hürriyetleri, Yetkin Yayınları, 1993.
4- Tekin Akıllıoğlu, Insan Hakları, Ankara 1995.
5- Durmuş TEzcan/M.Ruhan Erdem/Oğuz Sancakdar/Murat Önok, Insan Hakları El Kitabı, Seçkin Yayınları, 2010.
6- Feyyaz Gölcüklü/Şeref Gözübüyük, Avrupa Insan Hakları Sözleşmesi ve Uygulaması, Turhan kitabevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturers

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE roundKPU + FN,0
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) roundKPU + BUT,0


*** 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)

ugur.samanci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 24 24
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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