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| DROI1272-1 | Human Rights Law
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Number of credits : |
| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Business Law, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Business Law, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Public and Administrative Law, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Public and Administrative Law, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Private Law, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Private Law, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Interuniversity Mobility, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Law, Professional focus in Criminal Law, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Law, Professional focus in Criminal Law, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Labour Law, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Labour Law, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) | | 5 |
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| Lecturer : | Diane Bernard, Elsa Bernard |
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| Coordinator : | N... |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| The rights guaranteed by the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
The course is devoted to the analysis, in English, of the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (hereinafter « the Convention »). These rights, essentially of a civil and political nature, are safeguarded by Articles 1 to 13 of the Convention, which cover, respectively, the right to life (Art. 2), the right not to be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (Art. 3), the right not to be held in slavery or servitude or to be required to perform forced or compulsory labour (Art. 4), the right to freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention (Art. 5), the right to a fair trial (Art. 6), the right not to be punished without law (Art. 7), the right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence (Art. 8), the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion (Art. 9), the right to freedom of expression (Art. 10), the right to freedom of assembly and association (Art. 11), the right to marry (Art. 12), the right to an effective remedy before a national authority (Art. 13). These various rights and freedoms, as well as the interdiction of discrimination in their application (Art. 14), will be studied in light of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. The relevant rulings associated with each guaranteed right will be studied in order to highlight the evolving interpretations of the Court. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| In substance, the course completes the general course (delivered in French) on human rights, by providing students with an exhaustive overview of the rights guaranteed by the Convention, as well as the various interpretations to which they are subject. Concurrently, it aims at improving students' knowledge of legal English.
Each conventional right will be scrutinised through the prism of associated case law, thus familiarising students with the relevant vocabulary and legal expressions of the Court of Strasbourg, as well as the form and structure of its rulings.
Frequent oral assignments pertaining to case law will be with a view to strengthening students' synthetic and analytical skills. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Knowledge of the Convention, its history, the fundamental principles governing its interpretation and the work of the European Court of Human Rights.
Students' aptitude to follow a course in English, participate in a discussion and deliver an oral presentation in the English language. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Students will be required to read the rulings prior to each course to which they relate. Some students will present the rulings orally and initiate discussions in which all other students will be required to participate. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course will be delivered by Elsa Bernard. Participation entails preparation work in advance of each course. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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- Files containing extracts of cases will be available on line for the students
- Jacobs and White, The European Convention on Human Rights, Oxford University Press, 2006
- G. Letsas, A theory of Interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights, Oxford University Press, 2007
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Students can opt to present a case during a lecture. In this case, the presentation will be marked out of 5 points and will count towards final marks. Final exams will be marked out of 15 points, to which will be added the points allocated for presentation.
For students who do not make any oral presentation the exams will be marked out of 20 points.
Examination will be oral.
Students will be granted 15 minutes' preparation time to deliver a 10-minute presentation on the subject in question.
They will then be requested to answer questions pertaining both to the proposed subject and to the rest of the course. |
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