European Human Rights / European Human Rights

The Academic Board of Law, Odense
Teaching activity id: 8941821.
Teaching language: English.ECTS / weighting: 5 ECTS / 0.083 full-time equivalent.
Examination language: English.
Exam activity id: 8941822.Approved: 28-03-17.
Period: Autumn 2017.
Grading: Internal grading.
Assessment: 7-point scale.
Offered in: Odense.
Subject director:
Ayo Næsborg-Andersen, Department of Law.

Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of human rights, as covered in constitutional law, would be an advantage.

Purpose:
Students are exposed to human rights in constitutional law and they are introduced to the foundations of international law of which international human rights is one part. This course thus supplements the basic knowledge and expands knowledge about human rights at the international level.

The purpose of the course is to give students a firm understanding of the systems for protection of human rights in Europe with a special focus on  the European Convention of Human Rights.

The course aims at developing the students' skills at comparing the different approaches to human rights protection in Europe  and explain likenesses and differences and analyze the relationship between the approaches. Finally the course aims at identifying actual and potential areas of conflict between the approaches and analyzes possible legal and political solutions.

The course shall provide students with competences relating to human rights issues within public administration, the private sector and courts. In addition, the aim is to provide competences on human rights in the restricted European framework which can be added to in other course at the B.A. and masters levels.

Content - Key areas:
  • European Convention for the protection of Human Rights (ECHR)
  • The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)
  • The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
  • The council of Europe
  • Other institutions and instruments for protecting human rights in Europe

Goals description (SOLO taxonomy):
The course aims at enabling students to:
  • analyze judgments of the European Court of Human Rights  
  • identify and explain fundamental principles of human rights protection in Europe
  • compare the protection of particular rights in EU and under the ECHR
  • compare the systems of human rights protection  in Europe
  • search judgments of the European Court of Human rights in HUDOC

Literature:
Harris, O'Boyle, and Warbrick Law of the European Convention on Human Rights, Oxford UP, newest edition.


Additional material will be listed at beginning of the course.

Time of classes:
Fall.

Scheduled classes:
The course will be taught with lectures of 26 hours (13 x 2 hours).

Form of instruction:
The lectures include active student participation. In-class discussions are encouraged and based on the reading for each week.

Four voluntary written assignments (each no more than 4,800 characters) can be handed in; the topics and the deadlines are predefined at the beginning of the course.
Individual feedback is given.

1 ECTS is equivalent to 27 working hours. An estimated distribution of the workload of an average student can be:

Activity
Hours
Lectures
26
Preparation
67,5
Written assignment
16
Preparation for exam
20
Examination
12
Total
135



Time of examination:
Ordinary examination in January (December for exchange students) and re-exam in February.

Registration for the course is automatically a registration for the ordinary examination in the course. Cancellation is not possible. If the student does not participate in the examination, the student will use an examination attempt. The university may grant an exemption from the rules in case of exceptional circumstances. Examination form at the re-examination can be changed.

The student must enroll for the re-examination via Student Self-service within the registration period.

Examination conditions:
None.

Form of examination for the certificate:
Take home.

Supplemental information for the form of examination:
The exam is a 24 hour individual written take home exam. The students are tested in the goals of the course by a variety of questions which amongst others can include short answer questions, essay questions and questions relating to specified judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.

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Duration: Date for submission will appear from the examination plan.
Location: Home assignment.
Internet Access: Necessary
Hand Out: Course page in Blackboard
Hand In: Via SDUassignment in the course page in Blackboard.
Extent: No limitations
Exam Aids: All exam aids allowed. Use of Exam Monitor is not required.


Programmes:
HA(jur.)
5th semester, elective subject. Offered in: Odense
Jura
5th semester, elective subject. Offered in: Odense