The aim of the lecture is to teach the rights, which are put under protection internationally in the light of the decisions of international mechanisms in details.
Prerequisite(s)
None
Corequisite(s)
None
Special Requisite(s)
None
Instructor(s)
Professor Durmuş Tezcan, Assist. Prof. Dr. Ceren YILDIZ
Course Assistant(s)
Res. Asst. Mehmet Can TOK
Schedule
Monday 15:00-16:45 Amfi VII
Office Hour(s)
Prof. Dr. Durmuş Tezcan, Salı 15.00-16.45, Şirinevler Yerleşkesi, H-303
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ceren YILDIZ, Salı, 13.00-15.00, Şirinevler Yerleşkesi H-201-02
Teaching Methods and Techniques
-Lecture, Discussion, Case Study, Demonstration
Principle Sources
-Tezcan/Erdem/Sancakdar/Önok, İnsan Hakları El Kitabı, Seçkin Yayıncılık, 6. Baskı, Ankara 2018.
Other Sources
-Tezcan/Erdem/Sancakdar, Türkiye’nin İnsan Hakları Sorunu, Seçkin Yayıncılık, 2. Baskı, Ankara 2004.
-Münci Kapani, İnsan Haklarının Uluslararası Boyutları,Bilgi Yayınları, 4. Baskı, Ankara 2011.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction to Human Rights Law, The Concept of Human Rights, Types of Human Rights
Oral presentation
2. Week
Fundamental Principles of Human Rights
Oral presentation
3. Week
Right to Life
Oral presentation, Discussion, Case study
4. Week
Prohibiton of Torture
Oral presentation, Discussion, Case study
5. Week
Prohibition of Slavery and Forced Labour, Right to Liberty and Security
Oral presentation, Discussion, Case study
6. Week
Right to a fair trial
Oral presentation, Discussion, Case study
7. Week
No Punishment without Law, Right to Respect for Private and Family Life, Right to Respect for Home
Oral presentation, Discussion, Case study
8. Week
Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion, Freedom of Expression
Oral presentation, Discussion, Case study
9. Week
Freedom of Information, Freedom of Press, Freedom of Association and Assembly
Oral presentation, Discussion, Case study
10. Week
Right to an Effective Remedy, Prohibition of Discrimination, Protection of Property, Right to Education
Oral presentation, Discussion, Case study
11. Week
Right to free elections, Freedom of movement
Oral presentation, Discussion, Case study
12. Week
Freedom of Science and Arts, Right to Collectively Bargain, Right to Strike and Lockout, Right to Health and Rights of Patients Right to Environment, Right to Social Security
Oral presentation, Discussion, Case study
13. Week
Women’s Rights, Child Rights, Disability Rights, Rights of Asylum, Minority Rights
Oral presentation, Discussion, Case study
14. Week
Restrictions and Limitations of Restrictions of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
Oral presentation, Discussion
15. Week
Final Exams Week
16. Week
Final Exams Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Final Exam
1
100
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Have the ability to reach and evaluate information sources;
PO-2
Have the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data;
PO-3
Have historical knowledge enabling to interpret modern law achievements;
PO-4
Have the ability to use Turkish efficiently verbally and in written;
PO-5
Have the ability to follow up professional literature at least in a foreign language;
PO-6
Have acquired professional and ethical sense of responsibility;
PO-7
Have the ability to use vocational information technologies efficiently for solution of legal problems;
PO-8
Have the ability to apply information acquired to solution of a concrete case;
PO-9
Have full knowledge of legal rules which regulate relationship among natural legal persons and have the ability to interpret such rules;
PO-10
Have full knowledge of legal rules which regulate relationship between individual and state and have the ability to interpret such rules;
PO-11
Have the ability to practice the profession as a lawyer who adopts universal principles of law;
PO-12
Have full knowledge of basic concepts and rules regarding structure and relationship manners of international community; have the ability to interpret and discuss about the foregoing;
PO-13
Have basic knowledge enabling to evaluate international community’s common issues and their possible solutions;
PO-14
Have knowledge enabling to apply to human rights bodies having a supranational judicial quality and to follow up the process;
PO-15
Have knowledge on European Union Acquis Communautaire and operation of its institutions;
PO-16
Have a world view enabling to question, criticize and develop law in direction with needs of humanity;
PO-17
Have knowledge on historical development process of jurisprudence and judicial systems;
PO-18
Have the ability to solve actual legal problems within the frame of contemporary legal approaches;
PO-19
Be at the level of understanding and knowledge which reflects all qualities in the best way required by the profession on national and international scale;
PO-20
Have full knowledge of legal arrangements and practices regarding economic and financial mechanisms;
PO-21
Have knowledge on historical development of rights of individuals and societies and on basic texts adopted during the process;
PO-22
Have the ability to express himself individually and before a group;
PO-23
Have the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data;
PO-24
Have the ability to follow up regulations and legal quests in order to meet new needs appeared within the frame of relationships between individuals;
PO-25
Have the ability to cooperate by implementing activities during courses, hypothetical law suits and judicial studies and other vocational and academic visits;
PO-26
Have the ability to understand and handle national and international dimensions of law, jurisprudence and practices by means of follow up;
PO-27
Have knowledge of international judicial bodies and their ways of operation.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To determine whether an act violates any human right
LO-2
To describe the national and international legal procedure to follow in case of human rights violation
LO-3
To argue the decisions of international human rights mechanisms with a critical aspect
LO-4
To review the recent developments concerning human rights
LO-5
To write a letter of application to the European Court of Human Rights
