Study Programmes 2016-2017
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| Human rights | ||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Frédéric Bouhon | ||
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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 first semester, review in January | ||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Learning unit contents :
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| The course continues the study of fundamental rights that the students started in other legal disciplines and aims to present a general overview of the questions raised by the fundamental rights in Belgian legal practice.
After a short introduction to the history of the evolution of fundamental rights, the first part of the course will be devoted to the presentation of the relevant legal sources (constitutional provisions, European Convention on Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, etc.), the mechanisms for protection of fundamental rights and a certain number of general concepts specific to the issue. In the second part of the course, the emphasis will be on a selection of fundamental rights. For each of these, we will look at presenting key lessons that emerge from Belgian and European jurisprudence. |
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Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
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| The course aims at developing the understanding of the principal issues connected to fundamental rights and at familiarising students with the reasoning of the national and European jurisdictions that monitor compliance.
At the end of the semester, students should be able: - to answer general theoretical questions about human rights, - to show that they have understood the main stakes of the field, - to analyse summarily judgments of courts like the Belgian Constitutional Court of the European Court of Human Rights, - to produce, on the basis of given facts, an appropriate reasoning in order to suggest a suitable legal solution to the matter. |
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| A basic knowledge of public law (in particular, constitutional law) and of the fundamental mechanisms of international law (in particular, treaty law) is recommended. | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| This course is given in the form of lectures. Some sessions may be complemented by guest speakers. The students will moreover be asked to become familiar with a certain number of judicial decisions using a compendium that will be made available to them. They will be expected to talk about these decisions during classes. Participation of the students is welcome. | ||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face | ||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| A compendium of cases will be made available to the students at the beginning of the second term and will be considered required reading.
An overall outline for the course will also be given to the students. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| There will be a written examination in each of the first and the second sessions.
It will comprise several open questions on the material studied. Students may bring a code that includes relevant primary sources (Constitution, international treaties, laws, etc.) and the compendium of cases which is mentioned above. These texts may be underlined or highlighted but under no circumstances may they be annotated. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The Academic sessions will be held in the first term, every Tuesday from 1.30pm to 3.30pm. | ||
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Contacts :
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| Students may contact the professor directly (f.bouhon@ulg.ac.be). | ||