Current Issues in Human Rights Law

Dozent/in	Prof. Dr. iur. Martina Caroni, LL.M.
Veranstaltungsart	Vorlesung
Code	HS141137
Semester	Herbstsemester 2014
Durchführender Fachbereich	Öffentliches Recht
Studienstufe	Master
Termin/e	wöchentlich (Do), ab 18.09.2014, 10:00 - 12:00 Uhr, 4.A05
Umfang	2 Semesterwochenstunden
Inhalt	The course focuses on current issues in Human Rights Law. These may include, inter alia, rights of indigenous minorities, reproductive rights, enforced disappearances, migration etc. In doing so, both the approaches, questions and answers given at the universal and the regional level shall be analyzed, compared and discussed. As the course will be held in a seminar-like style, i.e. emphasising class discussions, active participation in the class is expected.
Voraussetzungen	Knowledge of human rights law Die LV Current Issues in Human Rights Law baut auf der LV International Human Rights Law auf und setzt gute Kenntnisse der Menschenrechte voraus. Sie kann daher nur für jene Studierende des Masterstudienganges WG/WP geöffnet werden, die bereits erfolgreich die LV International Human Rights Law besucht haben.
Sprache	Englisch
Abschlussform / Credits	Graded written or oral exam / 6 Credits
Hörer-/innen	Ja
Kontakt	nicole.scheiber@unilu.ch (research assistant) angela.hefti@unilu.ch (research assistant) maya.taylan@unilu.ch (research assistant) martina.caroni@unilu.ch
Literatur	1. Essential teaching materials • The course reader; • Materials accessible or distributed electronically. 2. Further reading • Walter Kälin/Jörg Künzli, The Law of International Human Rights Protection, Oxford 2009; • Daniel Moeckli/Sangeeta Shah/Sandesh Sivakumaran (Eds.), International Human Rights Law, 2nd edition, Oxford 2014.