COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROHIBITION OF TORTURE IN THE CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INS 5013 PROHIBITION OF TORTURE IN THE CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Human Rights Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BEHIYE KAZANCI

Offered to

Human Rights Law

Course Objective

Learning of the practicing inquiry of culprit with details and deeply and apprehending the regulation and sanctions of torture, apprehending regulations in European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on the academic level.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to learn the practicing of culprit s inquiry in Turkish law system.
2   t apprehend necessary things to do for not breaching human rights.
3   t apprehend regulations related with torture in Turkish Criminal Code with details.
4   4.to express the regulations of torture ban in international texts.
5   to apprehend the assessment of torture ban in light of European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) s decisions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The principles that are necessary complying with at the time of taking depositions or investigation of culprit.
2 The methods of taking depositions or investigation of culprit.
3 Technics and Tactics of taking depositions or investigation of culprit.
4 Evidence prohibitions (The legal value of depositions that are contrary to the rules of taking depositions)
5 Cross-examination
6 Taking depositions of persons that are special in terms of taking depositions and inquiry/public examination.
7 Torture in Turkish Criminal Code
8 Middterm Exam
9 Torture in European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
10 Torture in the light of the decisions European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)
11 Torture in comparative law
12 Crimes in Turkish Criminal Code that are similar to torture
13 Combat Methods against to torture.
14 Torture in international documents (on a regional scale)
15 Torture in international documents (on a global scale)

Recomended or Required Reading

Fundamental Resource:
The books of Criminal Procedural Law
Supplementary Resource: The books of Criminal Law(Special Provisions), The books of Criminal Law(General Provisions)
References:
Other course materials: Course Notes.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To acquire knowledge about practice by the mediation of theoretical lectures, practices, analysing of example eventsa and court s decision, vocational visits.

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 * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + 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)

D.E.U- The Faculty of Law - Buca 35160 Izmir/TURKEY Telephone : (90) (232) 301 04 88
Fax : (90) (232) 420 18 32
E-Mail : behiye.eker@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

on Thursday 13.00-14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for final exam 1 45 45
Preparation for midterm exam 1 36 36
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.111
LO.211
LO.31
LO.411
LO.511

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