IR579 HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN EUROPE
| Course Code: | 3140579 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (0.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | International Relations |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. NECATİ POLAT |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Students are expected to acquire:
- a mastery of human rights protection in Europe
- information concerning the nature of human rights grievances in the area
- knowledge of international human rights at work
- insights into the function and relevance of international law in inter-state relations
- skills to re-interpret and contextualize human rights issues in Turkey, highly pressing, in the light of the experiences in western Europe
Course Content
This is a legal course in international human rights law that centres on a close scrutiny of actual cases in mapping and discussing issues of human rights in western Europe. As a theme ``human rights`` is usually associated with somewhat peripheral political cultures in which the civil society is typically weak and grievances abound due to partisan, patriarchal or discriminating uses of public authority. The present course focuses instead on democracies in western Europe that seem rarely suspect in this regard, stretching from the UK, France and Germany to Iceland and Norway, from Spain and Italy, to Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Basic knowledge of human rights protection system in Europe, including the relevant processes and procedures
- Acquisition of the basic terms and principles that relate to human rights protection
- Skills in reading and making sense of the case files of the European Court of Human Rights
- Competency in assessing the scope of human rights issues in western Europe