Dersin Detayları Dersin Dili İngilizce Dersin Düzeyi Lisans Bölümü / Programı Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Lisans Programı Öğrenim Türü Örgün Öğretim Dersin Türü Seçmeli Dersin Öğretim Şekli Yüz Yüze Dersin Amacı The purpose of this course is to develop the student's capacity to critically examine problems in human rights culture and democratic development of the states, consider the range of possible solutions to those problems, and communicate the results of this analysis to others. These objectives are to be accomplished by exposing students to relevant literature and several important databases. Dersin İçeriği This course is designed to provide a survey of international human rights law by introducing its basic characteristics and major features and its linkage with democracy as one of the universal core values and principles of the United Nations. Thus, during the first ten weeks, the course will focus on the United Nations system for the promotion of democracy and protection of human rights. The lectures will cover the history of democracy and human rights, the different categories of rights, as well as the debate on universality and cultural relativism and other critiques on human rights. UN human rights standards and monitoring mechanisms will also be dealt with. These mechanisms include the Charter-based mechanisms, such as the Human Rights Council, as well as the treaty-based mechanisms, especially the individual complaints proceedings, both in relation to procedural issues (jurisdiction and admissibility) and the substantive level of protection provided by specific rights. The further weeks will be devoted to the regional human rights systems. The lectures in week twelve will provide an introduction to the European system of democracy and for the protection of human rights. The lectures in next weeks will give an overview of the substance and procedures of the Inter-American and the African system for the protection of human rights, as well as security cooperation component within the Organization of Turkic States with the focus on coordination among law enforcement authorities to combat transnational organized crimes. The final week will deal with the role of non-State actors in the protection of human rights, in particular multinational corporations, international intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and their role in contemporary treaty making process. The tutorials will facilitate in depth discussions on current topics, including reservations to human rights treaties, the rights to life and private life, and freedom of religion and expression, corporate human rights due diligence and challenges of non-state actors for democracy and human rights. For the purpose of this course, students are assumed to have at least basic knowledge of public international law. Dersin Yöntem ve Teknikleri Our classes will be interactive and participatory, which means that you are expected to read the reading materials in advance in order to participate in class discussions. I will guide you through the readings and the topic of the class. However, do not expect your professor to solely lecture you on the subject matter. As a part of learning exercise, you all have to contribute to discussions with your ideas and opinions, and therefore please DO come to the class ready, by having read the class material. Ön Koşulları Yok Dersin Koordinatörü Yok Dersi Verenler Dr.Öğretim Üyesi Najiba Mustafayeva najiba.mustafayeva@ihu.edu.tr Dersin Yardımcıları Yok Dersin Staj Durumu Yok Ders Kaynakları Kaynaklar - Malcolm Evans, Blackstone’s International Law Documents, latest edition, Oxford University Press. - Compulsory reading is announced weekly. Some of these materials you need to find on your own, in order to get acquainted with several important databases (e.g. www.ohchr.org). - Case law: Judgments and decisions of the European Court of Human Rights can be found with the search engine HUDOC on the Court’ s website www.echr.coe.int (Links to an external site.). Decisions of the of the ICJ can be found with the search on the Court`s website https://www.icj-cij.org/en/advanced-search. You are not asked to read the whole judgment. You should skim it, read the facts, and study especially those paragraphs that contain the relevant reasoning of the Court (in relation to the topic studied that week): usually there will not be more than a couple of pages that you really need to study closely (It is advisable to have those paragraphs that are relevant for the topic discussed that week with you ( - Students are expected to attend all lectures and working groups. If you need, however, to miss a class, due to health or other related conditions, you should notify the instructor in advance. In case of persistent failure to attend, non-preparation, or lack of participation, further access to the working groups may be denied at the lecturer’s discretion. - Please do not be late for the class. Your late arrivals undermine the learning spirit and show disrespect to the course. Do not come into the class after your instructor. If you are late for 10 minutes or more, the professor has the right not to let you in the class and consider you as being absent from the class on that day. - I may communicate with students via e-mail. Students are responsible to check that their e-mail address on file with the university is the address they are using regularly. - Because they are distracting to others, cell phones (voice or text) and MP3 players may not be used during lecture and should be turned off at the start of class. Laptops and tablets may be used to take notes, but not for email, web browsing, or social media. Electronic devices may not be used to photograph, video, or stream course lectures or discussion, but lectures may be audio recorded with permission of the professor.

 





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