COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ROLE OF CRIMINAL LAW IN PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INS 7107 ROLE OF CRIMINAL LAW IN PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Human Rights Law Non-Thesis

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR VELI ÖZER ÖZBEK

Offered to

Human Rights Law Non-Thesis

Course Objective

The purpose of this lecture is to analyze the role of the criminal law in protecting the fundamental rights.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to possess advanced level of the main principles of the human rights law and the human rights jurisdiction
2   Being able to approach the fundemental rights and the freedoms and their relations with the criminal law in the historical development
3   Being able to evaluate the fundamental rights and the freedooms within the frame of the criminal law
4   Being able to analyze the idea of human rights in the domestic and the international community
5   Being able to discuss the cases and the preferences according to the interference to the fundamental rights and the freedoms with the criminal law instruments

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The purposes of the criminal law and the protected legal value
2 The problems arises while applying the protection measures
3 Right to life and its relation with the criminal law
4 Immunity , freedom, security and its relation with the criminal law
5 The right to health and its relation with the criminal law
6 Right to education and its relation with the criminal law
7 midterm exam
8 Right to private life and right to the inviolability of domicile and its relation with the criminal law
9 Right to vote and stand for an election and its relation with the criminal law
10 Prohibition of forced labour and its relation with the criminal law
11 Freedom of information and its relation with the criminal law
12 Freedom of tought and faith and its relation with the criminal law
13 Right to expression and its relation with the criminal law
14 Congregate and demonstrate and its relation with the criminal law

Recomended or Required Reading

Özbek Veli Özer/Kanbur M. Nihat/Doğan Koray/Bacaksız Pınar/Tepe Ilker, Ceza Muhakemesi Hukuku, Ankara, 2011.
Öztürk Bahri/Tezcan Durmuş/Erdem M. Ruhan/Sırma Özge/Saygılar F. Yasemin/Alan Esra, Nazari ve Uygulamalı Ceza Muhakemesi Hukuku, Ankara, 2010.
Hakeri Hakan/Ünver Yener, Ceza Muhakemesi Hukuku, Ankara, 2011.
Centel Nur/Zafer Hamide, Ceza Muhakemesi Hukuku, Istanbul, 2010.
Kunter Nurullah/Yenisey Feridun/Nuhoğlu Ayşe, Ceza Muhakemesi Hukuku, Istanbul, 2010.
Donay Süheyl, Ceza Yargılama Hukuku, Istanbul, 2010.
Şahin Cumhur, Ceza Muhakemesi Hukuku-I-, Ankara, 2009.
Feyzioğlu Metin/Toroslu Nevzat, Ceza Muhakemesi Hukuku, Ankara, 2009.
Tezcan/Erdem/Sancakdar/ Önok; Erman Sahir; Insan Hakları El Kitabı, Ankara 2009

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, presentations, discussions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


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)

ozerozbekmeister@gmail.com

Office Hours

on course days

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 20 2 40
Preparation for final exam 22 2 44
Preparing presentations 9 1 9
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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