COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS BY THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMH 6069 THE PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS BY THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Law

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TIJEN DÜNDAR SEZER

Offered to

Public Law

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to examine the international human rights mechanisms for the protection of human rights. International human rights law practice emerged following the World War II and developed rapidly. For the protection of human rights, various mechanisms have been constituted within the framework of the United Nations which is an international organization and the European Council, the Organization of American States and the African Union that are regional organizations. Some of these protection mechanisms are treaty based while others are non-treaty based. Within the scope of this course, it's aimed that the studens will be able to comprehend the said institutional and the case law developments.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to analyze the historical development of human rights and human rights law
2   To be able to explain about the international organizations at the international and regional level regarding the protection of human rights.
3   To be able to evaluate the international human rights conventions and the case law of the convenventionbodys established by these conventions
4   To be able to analyze the non treaty based human rights protection mechanisms
5   To be able to comprehend the ways of applying to international supervisory bodies
6   To be able to establish a relationship between the decisions of the national human rights supervisory bodys and the international human rights control mechanisms.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Historical development of human rights, basic concepts related to human rights
2 Historical development of international human rights law
3 Establishment of the United Nations and the organs of the United Nations
4 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and United Nations human rights conventions
5 Core UN human rights conventions and their supervisory bodies
6 Examination of the selected UN core human rights conventions: ICCPR , ICESCR, CEDAW, UNCRC, UNCRPD
7 Midterm exam/The structure of the supervisory bodies (committees) of the United Nations Conventions and the characteristics of their decisions
8 United Nation's non-treaty based human rights control mechanism: Human Rights Council and its mechanisms.
9 The establishment of the Council of Europe and human rights conventions adopted in the framework of the Council of Europe
10 The main features of the European Convention on Human Rights and the structure of the European Court of Human Rights
11 Charasteristics, and execution of the European Court of Human Rights decisions- judgments / Assignment presentation
12 Human rights conventions adopted in the framework of Council of Europe (other than the ECHR) and their supervisory bodies/ Assignment presentation
13 The protection of human rights under the Organization of American States and the African Union/ Assignment presentation
14 The impact of international human rights mechanisms on national law/ Assignment presentation
15 Assignment presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

-Aybay, Rona, Insan Hakları Hukuku, Istanbul- 2017
-Gemalmaz, Semih, Ulusal Üstü Insan Hakları Hukukunun Genel Teorisine Giriş, Istanbul-2013
-Gölcüklü, Feyyaz-Gözübüyük, Şeref, Avrupa Insan Hakları Sözleşmesi ve Uygulaması, 2016-Ankara.
-Gören, Zafer, Temel Hak Genel Teorisi, Izmir -2000
-Gözler, Kemal, Insan Hakları Hukuku, Bursa -2017
-Gülmez, Mesut, Birleşmiş Milletler Sisteminde Insan Haklarının Korunması, Ankara 2004
-Tezcan, Durmuş- Erdem, Mustafa Ruhan-Sancaktar,Oğuz-Önok, Murat, Insan Hakları El Kitabı, Ankara-2019

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and seminar work

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 * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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)

tijen.sezer@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 11:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 134

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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