COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL LAW OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 6111 INTERNATIONAL LAW OF HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

It is aimed to get information about historical process of human rights idea, to analyse international documents and running of control mechanisms and their effects on national law.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To determine documents of supranational human rights law.
2   To explain control mechanisms of human rights law
3   To determine different regional protection mechanisms.
4   To explain remedies in European Court of Human Rights.
5   To determine working principles of European Court 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 Terminology Problem: Human Rights- Fundamental rights and Freedoms- Public Freedoms
2 Emergence and Evolution of Human Rights Idea The Liberal / Marxist- Socialist Law Doctrines
3 Idea of Protection Human Rights in National and International Area: Emergence of Human Rights Law.
4 Protection of Human Rights within the framework of UN Conventions
5 Institutionalization of Human Rights in regional platform.
6 General overview to Regional Protection Mechanism in Europe
7 Other Regional Human Rights Mechanisms : Organization of American States, Declaration and Agreement of United States. Organisation of African Unity
8 Midterm
9 Council of Europe and European Convention of Human Rights
10 Control bodies and application area in the system of European Convention of Human Rights
11 Individual Application- State Application : Fundamental principles
12 Principles of Individual Application
13 and Judgment before Court of Justice
14 Execution of Court Judgments

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): KABOĞLU Ibrahim, Özgürlükler Hukuku, 2006,Imge yayınları
TEZCAN-ERDEM-SANCAKDAR-ÖNOK, Insan Hakları El Kitabı, 2006

Other Materials: DÖNER Ayhan, Insan Haklarının Uluslararası Alanda Korunması ve Avrupa Sistemi, 2003
ÇAĞLAR Bakır, Insan Hakları Avrupa Sözleşmesi Hukukunda Türkiye, 2002
TANÖR Bülent, Türkiye'nin Insan Hakları Sorunu, 1994
TEZCAN-ERDEM-SANCAKDAR, Avrupa Insan Hakları Sözleşmesi Işığında Türkiye'de Insan Hakları Sorunu, 2002
GÖLCÜKLÜ Feyyaz / GÖZÜBÜYÜK Şeref, Avrupa Insan Hakları Sözleşmesi ve Uygulaması, 2001
KUÇURADI Ioanna / PEKER, Bülent Elli Yıllık Deneyimler Işığında Türkiye'de ve Dünyada Insan Hakları, 1999
YILDIZ Mustafa, Avrupa Insan Hakları Mahkemesi Yargısı,2002
CAVUŞOĞLU Naz, Insan Hakları Avrupa Sözleşmesi Ve Avrupa Topluluk Hukukunda Temel Hak Ve Hürriyetler Üzerine, 1994
UYGUN Oktay, Türkiye'de Demokrasi ve Insan Hakları, 1996,
MADRA Ömer Avrupa Insan Hakları Sözleşmesi ve Bireysel Başvuru Hakkı, 1981.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures of Instructor about relevant week.
Evaluation of homeworks / review of decision es.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To control theoretic information learned in the course within the framework of international documents with the help of presentations and homework.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to class and preparation of homeworks within the framework of scientific rules.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

metin.ozdemir@deu.edu.tr- room no: 307

Office Hours

It will be announced at the beginning of each period.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 40 40
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 159

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.154
LO.254
LO.354
LO.454
LO.554