| Course Title : Human Rights | ||||||||
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| Code | Course Type |
Regular Semester |
Lecture (hours/week) |
Seminar (hours/week) |
Lab (hours/week) |
Credits | ECTS | |
| LAW 212-1 | A | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | |
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| Language | English | |||||||
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| Description | The aim of this course is to provide a description of the human rights according to the main regulators such as: United Nation; European Union and European Convention of Human Rights. | |||||||
| Objectives | Having completed this class, participants should be able to understand human rights legal system, their implementation and the current problems regarding their protection. | |||||||
| Course Outline | ||||||||
| Week | Topics | |||||||
| 1 | Historical Overview of Human Rights | |||||||
| 2 | United Nation legal framework for the Human Rights | |||||||
| 3 | European Convention of Human Rights | |||||||
| 4 | EU Charter on the Fundamental Rights and Freedoms | |||||||
| 5 | The International Crime of Torture | |||||||
| 6 | Legitimate Restrictions on Freedoms of Religion, Thought and Conscience | |||||||
| 7 | Balancing rights – the issue of Privacy | |||||||
| 8 | Midterm Exam | |||||||
| 9 | Discrimination and Equality | |||||||
| 10 | Freedom of Education and Health | |||||||
| 11 | Freedom of food, housing and work | |||||||
| 12 | The Death Penalty | |||||||
| 13 | Cases regarding the protection of teh Human Rigths I | |||||||
| 14 | Cases regarding the protection of teh Human Rigths II | |||||||
| 15 | Review | |||||||
| 16 | Final Exam | |||||||
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| Learning Outcomes and Competences | ||||||||
| 1 | Upon the completion of the course the students should be able to understand the legal framework of the Human rights. | |||||||
| 2 | Upon the completion of the course the students should be able to to distinguish the framework of the functioning United Nations, European Union and European Convention of Human Rights regarding the Human Rights. | |||||||
| 3 | Upon the completion of the course the students should be able to understant the restriction regarding the main freedoms. | |||||||
| Course Evaluation Methods | ||||||||
| In-term studies | Quantity | Percentage | ||||||
| Midterms | 1 | 30 | ||||||
| Quizzes | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Projects | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Term Projects | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Attendance | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 30 | |||||||
| Contribution of final examination to overall grade | 70 | |||||||
| Total | 100 | |||||||
| ECTS (Allocated Based on Student) Workload | ||||||||
| Activities | Quantity | Duration (hours) |
Total Workload (hours) |
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| Course Duration (Including the exam week : 16 x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 | |||||
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 2 | 28 | |||||
| Assignments | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Midterms | 1 | 9 | 9 | |||||
| Final examination | 1 | 15 | 15 | |||||
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total Work Load | 100 | |||||||
| Total Work Load / 25 (hours) | 4 | |||||||
| ECTS | 4 | |||||||
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