COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SYSTEM AND OPERATION OF AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS BY MEANS OF COURTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INS 5017 SYSTEM AND OPERATION OF AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS BY MEANS OF COURTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Human Rights Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR SERDAR NARIN

Offered to

Human Rights Law

Course Objective

To teach the American human rights system, human rights conventions and the protection mechanisms which are accepted within the context of Organisation of American States.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have a grasp of the role and importance of the Organisation of American States in protection of human rights.
2   To express the importance and the reform of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
3   To have a good command of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and additional protocols.
4   To express the human rights' protection mechanisms and especially the functions and missions of the American Court of Human Rights within the American human rights system.
5   To express the rights and freedoms and auditing institutions in American system which are protected by other human rights documents.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The importance and function of the Organisation of American States about protection of human rights.
2 Organisation of American States and Charter of OAS
3 American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
4 American Convention on Human Rights
5 Rights and the restriction of the rights in the American Convention on Human Rights
6 American Human Rights Comission
7 Power of the precautionary measures decisions of American Human Rights Comission and right to ask for provisional measures from the court
8 Intermediate
9 American Court of Human Rights
10 Extent and examining procedure of the personal and state applications' within the American Human Rights' System
11 Power and the extent of the provisional measures decisions' of the American Court of Human Rights
12 Recommendations of the American Court of Human Rights
13 American Convention on Human Rights and the additional protocols
14 Other human rights documents in Inter-American System

Recomended or Required Reading

Gülmez, Mesut, Birleşmiş Milletler Sisteminde Insan Haklarının Korunması, Ankara, 2004.
De Schutter, Olivier, International Human Rights Law, Cases, Materials, Commentary, New York, 2012.
Pasqualucci, Jo M. ``The Inter American Regional Human Rights System , International Human Rights Law Six Decades after the UDHR and Beyond, Ed. by Mashood A. Baderin and Manisuli Ssenyonjo, 2010

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, seminar, practical analysing

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

D.E.Ü. Hukuk Fakültesi Dokuzçeşmeler Kampusü- Buca 35160 Izmir/TÜRKIYE
Tel : (90) (232) 420 18 32 10302 ( Dahili )
E-Posta : serdarnarins@hotmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 36 36
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparing presentations 1 22 22
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 180

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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