| Course Name | Social Rights |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUK 474 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | Turkish | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionProblem SolvingQ&ALecture / Presentation | |||||
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| Course Objectives | This course aims to examine the importance and function of social rights in the exercise of fundamental human rights within the scope of national and international instruments. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The aim of this course is to examine the regulation and implementation of social rights in international and national law. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | X | |
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Basic concepts of International Law, International Legal Order | Melda SUR; Giriş, “Tanım ve İçerik”, Uluslararası Hukukun Esasları, Gözden Geçirilmiş 17. Baskı (İstanbul: Beta Yayıncılık 2024) s. 1-15. |
| 2 | Characteristics of International Law and Sources of International Law | SUR; 1. Bölüm, “Genel Olarak”, s. 3-19. |
| 3 | Historical Development of Human Rights Law, Place of Rules on Human Rights, Sources of Human Rights Law. | Durmuş Tezcan, Mustafa Ruhan Erdem, Oğuz Sancakdar, Rıfat Murat Önok; İnsan Hakları, Önemi, Felsefi Temelleri ve Uluslararası Boyutları, İnsan Hakları El Kitabı, 10. Baskı (İstanbul: Seçkin 2024), s. 19-28 |
| 4 | Characteristics of Human Rights, Types of Human Rights | Tezcan, Erdem, Sancakdar, Önok; İnsan Hakları, “İnsan Haklarının Türleri”, s 63-68. |
| 5 | Characteristics of Social Rights and the European Charter of Social Rights, | Tezcan, Erdem, Sancakdar, Önok; İnsan Hakları, “İnsan Haklarının Türleri”, s 66-67; Avrupa Sosyal Haklar Şartı, https://www.coe.int/en/web/european-social-charter |
| 6 | Right to work, Right to fair working conditions | Avrupa Sosyal Haklar Şartı, https://www.coe.int/en/web/european-social-charter |
| 7 | The right to safe and healthy working conditions, The right to a fair remuneration | Avrupa Sosyal Haklar Şartı, https://www.coe.int/en/web/european-social-charter |
| 8 | Right organise, Right to collective bargaining, The right to information and consultation in collective redundancy procedures | Avrupa Sosyal Haklar Şartı, https://www.coe.int/en/web/european-social-charter |
| 9 | Midterm- Exam | |
| 10 | Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter Providing for a System of Collective Complaints | Avrupa Sosyal Haklar Şartı, https://www.coe.int/en/web/european-social-charter |
| 11 | European Committee of Social Rights and Collective Complaint Procedure | Avrupa Sosyal Haklar Şartı, https://www.coe.int/en/web/european-social-charter |
| 12 | The right of children and young persons protection, The right of employed women to protection, Right to protection of health, Right to social and medical assistance, Right to social security | Avrupa Sosyal Haklar Şartı, https://www.coe.int/en/web/european-social-charter |
| 13 | The right to vocational guidance, The right to vocational training, The right to take part in the determination and improvement of the working conditions and working environment, The right to benefit from social welfare services, The right of physically or mentally disabled persons to vocational training, rehabilitation and social resettlement | Avrupa Sosyal Haklar Şartı, https://www.coe.int/en/web/european-social-charter |
| 14 | The right of the family, mothers and children to social, legal and economic protection, the right to equal opportunities and treatment, the right to housing | Avrupa Sosyal Haklar Şartı, https://www.coe.int/en/web/european-social-charter |
| 15 | Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Final exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Melda SUR; Uluslararası Hukukun Genel Esasları, Gözden Geçirilmiş 17. Baskı, Beta Yayıncılık, İstanbul 2024. ISBN: 9786052427583
Durmuş Tezcan, Mustafa Ruhan Erdem, Oğuz Sancakdar, Rıfat Murat Önok, İnsan Hakları El Kitabı, 10. Baskı (İstanbul: Seçkin 2024
Avrupa Sosyal Haklar Şartı, https://www.coe.int/en/web/european-social-charter |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Hüseyin Pazarcı ve Erdem Denk, Uluslararası Hukuk, 23. Baskı, Turhan, Ankara, 2024, ISBN: 9786256545564; Kemal Gözler, İnsan Hakları Hukuku, 5. Baskı, Ekin Basım, 2023, ISBN:9786256460676 |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 20 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 2 | 50 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 50 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 12 | 1 | 12 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 5 | |
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 10 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 15 | |
| Total | 90 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to possess the knowledge in legal terminology, concepts and principles. | X | ||||
| 2 | Solves the legal problems with an analytic and integral point of view. | |||||
| 3 | Evaluates the legal knowledge and abilities obtained with a critical approach. | |||||
| 4 | Evaluates the developments in legal theory and practice by monitoring local, international and interdisciplinary dimensions. | X | ||||
| 5 | Is conscious of social, professional and scientific principles of ethic behaviour. | X | ||||
| 6 | Takes responsibility in solving problems by creative and innovative thinking. | |||||
| 7 | Interprets the sources of law by ways of legal methodology. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to interpret the legal norms with a sense of justice respectful to human rights and in the light of principles of democratic, secular and social state of law. | |||||
| 9 | To be able to use the daily scientific sources and court judgments in the framework of life time learning approach. | |||||
| 10 | Informs the related persons and institutions about legal matters both verbally and in written. | |||||
| 11 | Monitors the daily legal information/court decisions and interacts with the colleagues in a foreign language (“European Language Portfolio Global Scale” Level B1). | |||||
| 12 | Uses the information and communication technology together with the computer programs in a level required by the area of law (“European Computer Driving Licence, Advanced Level”). | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
