| Dozent/in |
Prof. Dr. iur. Martina Caroni |
| Veranstaltungsart |
Vorlesung |
| Code |
HS201139 |
| Semester |
Herbstsemester 2020 |
| Durchführender Fachbereich |
Öffentliches Recht |
| Studienstufe |
Master |
| Termin/e |
wöchentlich (Mo), ab 21.09.2020, 14:15 - 16:00 Uhr, 4.B47 |
| 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 the 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 mechanisms for their implementation; the second part considers selected, current human rights guarantees (e.g. the right to life, prohibition of torture) and cross-cutting issues (e.g. human rights and the environment, business and human rights etc.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 preparation for and participation in the class is expected. |
| E-Learning |
https://lms.uzh.ch/url/repositoryentry/16819650644 |
| Lernziele |
Students are able to indentify, analyse and assess issues relating to human rights questions. |
| Voraussetzungen |
Basic knowledge of Public International Law recommended |
| Sprache |
Englisch |
| Abschlussform / Credits |
Written exam / 5 Credits (für alle Module ohne anderslautende Angabe)
The examination type (oral or written) will be announced at the beginning of the term (StuPO 2016) / 5 Credits (für Modul International Human Rights Law)
The examination type (oral or written) will be announced at the beginning of the term (StuPO 2011) / 6 Credits (für Modul International Human Rights Law)
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| Hörer-/innen |
Ja |
| Kontakt |
lehrstuhl.caroni@unilu.ch |
| Literatur |
Essential teaching materials?
• Reader “International Human Rights Law”: The reader will be made available on OLAT.
• Collection of Treaties “International Human Rights Law”: A collection of relevant human rights law treaties will be available at the Studiladen. Further Reading Further reading can be done on the basis of any book on international human rights law. Treaties pertinent for the exam
• Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR);
• Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR);
• Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT);
• Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OP-CAT);
• European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (as amended by Protocols Nos. 11 and 14 and supplemented by Protocols Nos. 1, 4, 6, 7, 12, 13 and 16) (ECHR);
• African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (AfCHR);
• American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR);
• ASEAN Human Rigths Declaration;
• Arab Charter on Human Rights (2004);
• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide;
• International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED);
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD);
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD);
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC);
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure;
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). |