COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 4019 HUMAN RIGHTS LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR YAŞAR METIN ÖZDEMIR

Offered to

Public Administration
Public Administration

Course Objective

To examine the concept of human rights and main issues of human rights law with national and international dimensions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to identify the weaknesses of national laws on protecting human rights.
2   Being able to compare the national / international human rights protection mechanisms.
3   Being able to analyze the compliance of national laws with universal human rights standards,
4   Being able to recognize national human rights protection mechanisms
5   Being able to recognize international human rights protection mechanisms

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Historical Development of the Idea of Human Rights
2 Classification of Human rights.
3 Protecting human rights in national law
4 Human Rights Protection in International law
5 United Nations and Human Rights
6 International Documents on Human Rights : United Nations Core Human Rights Conventions
7 Human Rights Protection in Council of Europe
8 Mid-term exam
9 Mid-term exam
10 Control mechanism of the European Convention on Human Rights
11 Limitation clauses of rights and freedoms in International Human Rights documents
12 National mechanisms on human rights protection
13 Remedies on Human Rights violations
14 Compliance of national laws with universal human rights standards

Recomended or Required Reading

Durmuş Tezcan / Mustafa Ruhan Erdem / Oğuz Sancakdar/Rifat Murat Önok, Insan Hakları El Kitabı, Ankara 2010.
Gölcüklü A. Feyyaz / Gözübüyük Şeref , Avrupa Insan Hakları Sözleşmesi ve Uygulaması, Ankara 1996.
Kapani Münci, Insan Haklarının Uluslararası Boyutları, Ankara 2011.
Kuçuradi Ioanna , Insan Hakları (Human Rights), Istanbul 2011.
Ahmet Mumcu / Elif Küzeci , Insan Hakları ve Kamu Özgürlükleri, Ankara 2011.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical lectures. Discussion of current issues. It is done practical excercises to strengthen the theoretical knowledge.

Assessment Methods

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


*** 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)

metin.ozdemir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 11 11
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 112

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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