| Dozent/in |
Prof. Dr. iur. Martina Caroni |
| Veranstaltungsart |
Vorlesung |
| Code |
FS141343 |
| Semester |
Frühjahrssemester 2014 |
| Durchführender Fachbereich |
Öffentliches Recht |
| Studienstufe |
Master |
| Termin/e |
wöchentlich (Mi), ab 19.02.2014, 15:00 - 17:00 Uhr, 4.B51 |
| Umfang |
2 Semesterwochenstunden |
| Inhalt |
The course focuses on the emergence, expansion, and enforcement of international human rights norms. It introduces the major international institutions and political processes by which international human rights norms are established and enforced, namely the regimes established under the United Nations, regional human rights conventions (European, Inter-American, African), and various treaties. The course is divided into two parts: the first part introduces the evolution and conceptual foundations of human rights, the most important human rights treaties and the mechanism for their implementation; the second part considers selected, current human rights issues in a comparative mode using standards developed in international human rights law as well as regional (e.g. European) standards.. As the course will be held in a seminar-like style, i.e. emphasizing class discussions, active participation in the class is expected. |
| Lernziele |
Students are ably to indentify, analyze and assess issues relating to human rights questions. |
| Voraussetzungen |
Basic knowledge of public international law (e.g. attendance of the course "Völkerrecht" in the BLaw-program) recommended |
| Sprache |
Englisch |
| Abschlussform / Credits |
The examination type (oral or written) will be announced at the beginning of the term / 6 Credits
|
| Hörer-/innen |
Ja |
| Kontakt |
nicole.scheiber@unilu.ch (Assistant)
maya.taylan@unilu.ch (Assistant)
martina.caroni@unilu.ch |
| Material |
See below |
| Literatur |
1. Essential teaching materials?
• The course reader;
• Copies of the most important human rights treaties: European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (including the Additional Protocols); International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (including the Optional Protocols); Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (including Optional Protocol); United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (including Optional Protocols); etc. the text of these treaties is available on the website of the OHCHR, at http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/index.htm. However, you may wish to consider buying a treaty collection, e.g. Ian Brownlie/Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, Brownlie’s Documents on Human Rights (Oxford, 6th Edition 2010) or P.R. Ghandhi, Blackstone’s Statutes – International Human Rights Documents (Oxford, 8th Edition 2012). 2. Further Reading Further reading can be done on the basis of any book on international human rights law. |