| Course Name | Human Rights Law |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| LAW 204 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Service Course | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Objectives | Obtaining the knowledge about the effects of human rights law in the law system and bringing the knowledge that will gain in human rights law as a practice discipline to an usable level is the aim of this course. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | Historical development of human rights law, basic classical texts, sources at international level, national rights protection mechanisms, and non-judicial or non-judicial protection mechanisms working at international level constitute the general content of this course. |
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| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction to Human Rights Law: The Development of Human Rights and International Human Rights Law, Introducing Human Rights Law, Current Challenges | Bantekas & Oette, International Human Rights Law and Notions of Human Rights: Foundations, Achievements and Challenges, pp. 1-49. Karaman, General Principles of Human Rights, Section I in Human Rights Law, Seçkin Yayıncılık, 2014, pp. 36- 53. |
| 2 | Sources of Human Rights Law | Columbia Law School, Human Rights Law Research Guide, https://guides.law.columbia.edu/ /c.php?g=1221801&p=8960716 Bantekas & Oette, International Human Rights Law: The Normative Framework, pp.50-102 Karaman, General Principles of Human Rights, Section I, p. 18- 35. |
| 3 | Characteristics of Human Rights; Classification of Human Rights, Responsibilities and Duties of States | UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioners, Human Rights Handbook for Parliamentarians N° 26, pp.31-38. Karaman, General Principles of Human Rights, Section I, pp. 53- 63; 64- 73. |
| 4 | Human Rights in Turkey: Past, Present and Future | Balcioglu, Ercan (2020). Human Rights in Turkey: Past, Present and Future. In “Human Rights in Turkey: Assaults on Human Dignity - Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations 15 (Paperback)” Hasan Aydin (editor), Winston Langley (editor) |
| 5 | Civil and Political Rights -I- | Bantekas & Oette, International Human Rights Law: The Normative Framework, pp. 350- 389 |
| 6 | Civil and Political Rights -II- | Bantekas & Oette, International Human Rights Law: The Normative Framework, pp. 389 - 410 |
| 7 | Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Olivier De Schutter, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as Human Rights : An Introduction , CRIDHO Working Paper 2013/2 Bantekas & Oette, International Human Rights Law: The Normative Framework, pp. 412-460 |
| 8 | Midterm Exam | |
| 9 | Individual Complaints Procedures | Turkish Constitution, https://global.tbmm.gov.tr/docs/constitution_en.pdf. ECtHR, Practical Guide on Admissibility Criteria, Council of Europe, pp. 7-19 Bantekas & Oette, International Human Rights Law: The Normative Framework, pp. 304-348 |
| 10 | UN Human Rights Protection System | Bantekas & Oette, International Human Rights Law: The Normative Framework, pp. 194-237 UN Treaties, https://treaties.un.org/ |
| 11 | Regional Protection of Human Rights & European Court of Human Rights | Bantekas & Oette, International Human Rights Law: The Normative Framework, pp. 239-301 ECtHR, https://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=home |
| 12 | The Human Rights of Women, Child Rights & Recognition and Protection of the Human Rights of Vulnerable Groups and Persons | Bantekas & Oette, International Human Rights Law: The Normative Framework, pp. 508-526, 544-546, 577-590. |
| 13 | The Application of Human Rights in Armed Conflict & Basics of Humanitarian Law | ICRC, Basics of International Humanitarian Law, https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/assets/files/publications/icrc-002-0850.pdf Bantekas & Oette, International Human Rights Law: The Normative Framework, pp. 718-750 |
| 14 | Case Study | |
| 15 | Case Study &Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Ilias BANTEKAS & Lutz OETTE, International Human Rights Law and Practice, Third Edition, Cambridge Press, 2020, ISBN: 978-1-108-71175-3 Paperback
Ebru KARAMAN, Human Rights Law, Seçkin Yayıncılık, 2014, ISBN: 9786051521664. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Rhona K. M. Smith, International Human Rights Law, 10th ed., Oxford University Press, 2021, ISBN: 9780192845382
UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioners, Human Rights Handbook for Parliamentarians N° 26
Olivier De Schutter, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as Human Rights : An Introduction , CRIDHO Working Paper 2013/2
ECtHR, Practical Guide on Admissibility Criteria, Council of Europe.
ICRC, Basics of International Humanitarian Law, https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/assets/files/publications/icrc-002-0850.pdf
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| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
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| Presentation / Jury | ||
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| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 40 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 60 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 60 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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| 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 | 1 | 62 | 62 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 40 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 60 | |
| Total | 210 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to possess the knowledge in legal terminology, concepts and principles. | |||||
| 2 | To be able to solve the legal problems with an analytic and integral point of view. | |||||
| 3 | To be able to evaluate the legal knowledge and abilities obtained with a critical approach. | |||||
| 4 | To be able to evaluate the developments in legal theory and practice by monitoring local, international and interdisciplinary dimensions. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to have awareness of social, professional and scientific principles of ethic behaviour. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to take responsibility in solving problems by creative and innovative thinking. | |||||
| 7 | 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. | |||||
| 8 | Working efficiently and effectively, learning how to be a team member, taking responsibilities, being open minded, constructive, open to criticism and having self confidence | |||||
| 9 | To be able to use the daily scientific sources and court judgments in the framework of life time learning approach. | |||||
| 10 | To be able to inform the related persons and institutions about legal matters both verbally and in written. | |||||
| 11 | To be able to monitor the daily legal information/court decisions and interacts with the colleagues in a foreign language (“European Language Portfolio Global Scale” Level B1) . | |||||
| 12 | To be able to use 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
