ECTS - Current Debates in Human Rights Law
Current Debates in Human Rights Law (KMH604) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Current Debates in Human Rights Law | KMH604 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Ph.D. |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | This class aims to develop knowledge and abilities of students about international and national human rights law; help students understand the meaning of social, political, economiz, cultural and environmental changes for human rights law; develop abilities of students to observe, examine and analyse the emerging developments about human rights law and create solutions; develop students’ potential in creating innovative research about human rights law. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | The classification of human rights, global public law and the idea of human rights, the sources of human rights law, UN Charter and UN human rights treaties and the comitees, European-American and African human rights regimes, human rights protection mechanisms in Turkish Law, the right to individual application to ECHR and Turkish Constitutional Court, social movements and human rights, globalization and corporate responsibility, women?s rights. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | The classification of human rights | Human Rights: Concept and Standarts, (Yayına Hazırlayan: Janusz SYMONIDES), UNESCO Publishing, 2000. |
| 2 | The sources of human rights law | Mehmet Semih Gemalmaz, Devlet, Birey, Özgürlük, Legal Yayınları. |
| 3 | Global public law and the idea of human rights | İoanna Kuçuradi, İnsan Hakları Kavramları ve Sorunları, Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu Yayınları, 2011. Derleme: 21. Yüzyılın Başında İnsan Haklarını Korumada Karşılaşılan Sorunlar, Editör İoanna Kuçuradi, Maltepe Üniversitesi Yayınları. |
| 4 | UN Charter and UN human rights treaties and the comitees | - Universal Declaration of Human Rights. - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. - International Covenant on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights. - UN Human Rights Treaties. -Derleme: Birleşmiş Milletler'de İnsan Hakları Yorumları: İnsan Hakları Komitesi ve Ekonomik, Sosyal ve Kültürel Haklar Komitesi 1981-2006, Derleyen ve metinleri çeviren: Lema Uyar, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2006. |
| 5 | American human rights regime | The American Convention on Human Rights |
| 6 | African human rights regime | The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights |
| 7 | Mid-term exam | |
| 8 | European human rights regime | - HUDOC database of ECHR. - European Social Charter. - Jacobs White and Ovey, The European Convention on Human Rights 6th ed., OUP, 2014. - Harris O'Boyle and Warbrick, Law of the European Convention on Human Rights 3rd ed., Oxford, 2014. |
| 9 | European human rights regime | Richard Falk, Human rights in Turkey. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. |
| 10 | The right to individual application to ECHR and Turkish Constitutional Court | Richard Falk, Human rights in Turkey. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. |
| 11 | Empirical analyses of human rights and human rights NGOs | - Costas Douzinas, Hukuk, Adalet ve İnsan Hakları (Eleştirel Bir Yaklaşım), NotaBene Yayınları. -Jack Donnelly, Teoride ve Uygulamada Evrensel İnsan Hakları, Yetkin Yayınları. - Johan Galtung, Bir Başka Açıdan İnsan Hakları, Metis Yayınları. |
| 12 | Globalization and corporate responsibility | 21. Yüzyılın Başında İnsan Haklarını Korumada Karşılaşılan Sorunlar, Editör İoanna Kuçuradi, Maltepe Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2011. |
| 13 | Gender inequality and women’s rights. | Women’s Human Rights CEDAW in International, Regional and National Law, (Yayına Hazırlayan: Anne HELLUM – Henriette SINDING AASEN), Cambridge University Press, UK, 2013. |
| 14 | Student presentations | |
| 15 | Student presentations | |
| 16 | Finals |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. İoanna Kuçuradi, İnsan Hakları Kavramları ve Sorunları, Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu Yayınları, 2011. |
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| 2. Human Rights: Concept and Standarts, (Yayına Hazırlayan: Janusz SYMONIDES), UNESCO Publishing, 2000. | |
| 3. Bülent Algan, Ekonomik, Sosyal ve Kültürel Hakların Korunması, Seçkin Yayınları, 2007. | |
| 4. Jacobs White and Ovey, The European Convention on Human Rights 6th ed., OUP, 2014. | |
| 5. Harris O'Boyle and Warbrick, Law of the European Convention on Human Rights 3rd ed., Oxford, 2014. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | 1 | 20 |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 50 |
| Toplam | 3 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | |
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| Major Area Courses | X |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Improves the knowledge of concepts, institutions and methods in the field of Public Law at the level of expertise. | X | ||||
| 2 | Makes original definitions and qualifications about legal concepts and methods. | X | ||||
| 3 | To analyze and evaluate the problems of public law relations by using the information obtained, reaches new and original results and thoughts. | X | ||||
| 4 | Evaluates an existing or a new concept or institution in the field of Public Law with a new thought, approach and method. | X | ||||
| 5 | Have the ability to understand and process the national and international dimensions of law by following court jurisprudence and practices. | X | ||||
| 6 | Have the ability to diagnose and solve public law problems. | X | ||||
| 7 | Gains original perspective in the field of public law. | X | ||||
| 8 | Has the ability to conduct research in the field of Public Law and to produce an original scientific work. | X | ||||
| 9 | Gains the ability to make oral and written presentations in accordance with academic and ethical rules. | X | ||||
| 10 | Establishes an effective communication in defending his / her original views and showing his competence in the field of public law issues. | X | ||||
| 11 | Has the ability to solve current legal problems within the framework of contemporary legal approaches. | X | ||||
| 12 | It contributes to the establishment and implementation of legal and academic ethical rules. | X | ||||
| 13 | It contributes to the establishment of the awareness of law and justice in the society and the process of sustaining it. | X | ||||
| 14 | Students will have the ability to interact effectively by using strategic decision-making processes in solving problems arising from legal theory and practice and affecting social life. | X | ||||
| 15 | It contributes to the theory and practice of law by publishing at least one scientific article in the field of Public Law in national or international refereed and / or reputable journals. | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 5 | 6 | 30 |
| Total Workload | 126 | ||