Information Package / Course Catalogue
HUK 545 Dealing with the Past and Criminal Justice
MEF University
Degree Programs
Public Law (Non-Thesis)
General Information For Students
Diploma SupplementErasmus Policy Statement
Public Law (Non-Thesis)
Master Length of the Programme: 1.5 Number of Credits: 90 TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 QF-EHEA: Second Cycle EQF: Level 7

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

School/Faculty/Institute Graduate School
Course Code HUK 545
Course Title in English Dealing with the Past and Criminal Justice
Course Title in Turkish Geçmişle Yüzleşme ve Ceza Adaleti
Language of Instruction TR
Type of Course Lecture
Level of Course Select
Semester Fall
Contact Hours per Week
Lecture: 2 Recitation: Lab: Other:
Estimated Student Workload 138 hours per semester
Number of Credits 6 ECTS
Grading Mode Standard Letter Grade
Pre-requisites None
Expected Prior Knowledge none
Co-requisites None
Registration Restrictions Graduate Students Only
Overall Educational Objective To comprehend the content of criminal proceedings among the mechanisms of justice in the transition to democracy and their importance in terms of the activity of confronting the past.
Course Description Otoriter totaliter rejimler sonrasında ya da çatışma ertesinde demokratik düzenlerin tesisi demokrasiye geçiş süreci mekanizmalarının işletilmesi ve bu çerçevede özellikle ceza yargılamaları dersin ana konusunu oluşturur. Derste bir vak’a incelemesi olarak 1990 sonrası Yugoslavya örneği ele alınacaktır. Bunun öncesinde de demokrasiye geçiş süreci adaletinin kavramsal konuları işlenecektir.
Course Description in Turkish Otoriter totaliter rejimler sonrasında ya da çatışma ertesinde demokratik düzenlerin tesisi demokrasiye geçiş süreci mekanizmalarının işletilmesi ve bu çerçevede özellikle ceza yargılamaları dersin ana konusunu oluşturur. Derste bir vak’a incelemesi olarak 1990 sonrası Yugoslavya örneği ele alınacaktır. Bunun öncesinde de demokrasiye geçiş süreci adaletinin kavramsal konuları işlenecektir.

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) To evaluate the legal aspects of the transition to democracy
2) To understand the importance of criminal proceedings in the process of transition to democracy
3) To evaluate the importance of justice in the transition to democracy in terms of dealing with the past
4) Anticipate how legal philosophy and political theory will change in the classical framework
Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes 1 2 3 4
1) An enhancement of the theoretical and practical skills obtained during the undergraduate degree for the subjects within the domain of public law.
2) An updated knowledge of developments in jurisprudence and legislation.
3) An ability to diagnose sources of legal disputes in the domain of public law, and to apply rules and regulations for solving these disputes.
4) A capability to critically analyse existing regulations and theory and to propose new insights to old and new problems occurring in the domain of public law.
5) An ability to describe processes and theories both verbally and in writing on national and international platforms within the field of public law.
6) An awareness of social, scientific and ethical values regarding public law field all related professional activities.
7) An ability to communicate in English both verbally and in writing at European Language Portfolio General Level B2.
8) An understanding of social and environmental aspects of legislative and jurisprudential measures and theories.

Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

N None S Supportive H Highly Related
     
Program Outcomes and Competences Level Assessed by
1) An enhancement of the theoretical and practical skills obtained during the undergraduate degree for the subjects within the domain of public law. H HW,Presentation
2) An updated knowledge of developments in jurisprudence and legislation. N
3) An ability to diagnose sources of legal disputes in the domain of public law, and to apply rules and regulations for solving these disputes. N
4) A capability to critically analyse existing regulations and theory and to propose new insights to old and new problems occurring in the domain of public law. N
5) An ability to describe processes and theories both verbally and in writing on national and international platforms within the field of public law. H HW,Presentation
6) An awareness of social, scientific and ethical values regarding public law field all related professional activities. S HW,Presentation
7) An ability to communicate in English both verbally and in writing at European Language Portfolio General Level B2. N
8) An understanding of social and environmental aspects of legislative and jurisprudential measures and theories. S HW,Presentation
Prepared by and Date ZEYNEP ÖZEN , February 2024
Course Coordinator AKTS1
Semester Fall
Name of Instructor Asst. Prof. Dr. HÜLYA DİNÇER

Course Contents

Week Subject
1) Confronting the past : Historical context and universalization of the concept
2) Transitional Justice: Concept, history and criticisms of TJ
3) Areas of intervention of transitional justice: Justice restoration - Criminal justice, decontamination policies, amnesties
4) Truth seeking - Truth commissions, trials and unofficial truth mechanisms
5) Memorialization - The relationship between collective memory, remembrance and law
6) Reparations - Individual/collective - material/symbolic means of reparation
7) Social peace and reconciliation: possibilities and limits
8) Institutional transformation and preventing the recurrence of violence: Never Again!
9) The limits of law in confronting the past
10) homework tracking
11) homework tracking
12) presentations
13) presentations
14) presentations
15) presentations
16) presentations
Required/Recommended Readings Mithat Sancar, Geçmişle Hesaplaşma: Unutma Kültüründen Hatırlama Kültürüne, İletişim Yayınları, Ankara, 2007. Ozan Erözden, Geçmişle Hesaplaşma ve Ceza Adaleti: Yugoslavya Örneği, Dost Yayınları, Ankara, 2017. Cansu Muratoğlu, Geçmişle Yüzleşme ve Hukuk: İmkânlar ve İmkânsızlıklar, Zoe Kitap, İstanbul, 2018. Hülya Dinçer, Uluslararası İnsan Hakları Hukukunda Hakikat Hakkı, Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi, Galatasaray Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2017. Geçmişin Yükünden Toplumsal Barış ve Demokrasiye, Geçmişle Hesaplaşma: Neden? Ne zaman? Nasıl?, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Derneği Türkiye Temsilciliği, 2007. Bernhard Schlink, Geçmişe İlişkin Suç ve Bugünkü Hukuk, Zoe Kitap, İstanbul, 1. Baskı, 2019. Mark Freeman ve Priscilla B. Hayner, ‘Hakikat Beyanı’, Çeviri: Hakikat Adalet Hafıza Merkezi https://hakikatadalethafiza.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Freeman-ve-Hayner-Hakikat-Beyan%C4%B1.pdf BM İnsan Hakları Yüksek Komiserliği, Çatışma Sonrası Toplumlarda Hukukun Üstünlüğünü Sağlama Araçları, Hakikat Komisyonları, 2011. Sebastian Brett, Louis Bickford, Liz Ševčenko, Marcela Rios, Hafızalaştırma ve Demokrasi: Devlet Politikaları ve Sivil Eylemler, Çeviri: Hakikat Adalet Hafıza Merkezi https://hakikatadalethafiza.org/kaynak/hafizalastirma-ve-demokrasi-devlet-politikalari-ve-sivil-eylemler/ Asena Günal, Önder Özengi (der.), Bir Daha Asla!: Geçmişle Yüzleşme ve Özür, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2013. Özkan Agtaş, Bişeng Özdinç (der.), Hakikat ve İnsan Hakları, Dipnot Yayınları, Ankara, 2011.
Teaching MethodsLecture, homework and presentation
Homework and Projectsarticle related to the assignment topic
Laboratory Work
Computer Use
Other Activities
Assessment Methods
Assessment Tools Count Weight
Homework Assignments 1 % 70
Presentation 1 % 30
TOTAL % 100
Course Administration dincerhu@mef.edu.tr

ECTS Student Workload Estimation

Activity No/Weeks Hours Calculation
No/Weeks per Semester Preparing for the Activity Spent in the Activity Itself Completing the Activity Requirements
Course Hours 14 3 2 2 98
Presentations / Seminar 1 16 2 2 20
Homework Assignments 1 20 20
Total Workload 138
Total Workload/25 5.5
ECTS 6