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INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Course Code: DR IV 9 • Study year: IV • Academic Year: 2019-2020
Domain: Law • Field of study: Law
Type of course: Compulsory
Language of instruction: Romanian
Erasmus Language of instruction: English
Name of lecturer: Mihaela Bogdana Simion
Seminar tutor: Mihaela Bogdana Simion
Form of education Full-time
Form of instruction: Class
Number of teaching hours per semester: 40
Number of teaching hours per week: 4
Semester: Summer
Form of receiving a credit for a course: Grade
Number of ECTS credits allocated 5

Course aims:

• The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the mechanisms of international protection of human rights and, in particular, with the mechanisms and procedures of the European Court of Human Rights
• To assimilate the human rights from a jurisprudential perspective.
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Course Entry Requirements:

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Course contents:

Human Rights: definition, classification, history, principles; United Nations system of the human rights protection; The European system of human rights protection. The Council of Europe; European Court of Human Rights: general presentation, composition of the Court, procedure; Right to life. Prohibition of torture. ECHR case law analysis; Right to liberty and security. Right to a fair trial. ECHR case law analysis; Right to respect for private and family life. Right to marry. ECHR case law analysis; Freedom of thought, conscience and religion. Freedom of expression. Freedom of assembly and association. ECHR case law analysis; Right to an effective remedy. Prohibition of discrimination. ECHR case law analysis; Right to propriety. ECHR case law analysis.

Teaching methods:

Lecture, conversation, exemplification.

Learning outcomes:

• Applying theories, principles and concepts in a context determined • Preliminary analysis of the data, their interpretation, the carrying out of classifications and some conceptual delineations

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Written paper – interpretative essay – 80%; continuous assessment – 20%.

Recommended reading:

 C.Bârsan, Convenţia europeană a drepturilor omului, Comentariu pe articole, 2 edition, I and II volume, C.H.Beck Publishing House, 2010;
• 2.C. Bârsan, M. Eftimiu, Convenţia europeană a drepturilor omului, Hamangiu Publishing House, 2010;
• 3.O.Predescu, N.M. Vlădoiu, Drept european şi internaţional al drepturilor omului. Note de curs, Hamangiu Publishing House, 2014;
• 4.T. Corlăţean, Protecţia europeană şi internaţională a drepturilor omului, Universul Juridic Publishing House, 2012;
• 5.B. Selejan-Guţan, Protecţia europeană a drepturilor omului, C.H.Beck Publishing House, 2011;