HUK 675 Individual Application to International Human Rights Mechanisms MEF UniversityDegree Programs Public LawGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy Statement
Public Law
PhD Length of the Programme: 4 Number of Credits: 240 TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 QF-EHEA: Third Cycle EQF: Level 8

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

School/Faculty/Institute Graduate School
Course Code HUK 675
Course Title in English Individual Application to International Human Rights Mechanisms
Course Title in Turkish Uluslararası İnsan Hakları Mekanizmalarına Bireysel Başvuru
Language of Instruction TR
Type of Course Lecture
Level of Course Advanced
Semester Fall
Contact Hours per Week
Lecture: 3 Recitation: 0 Lab: 0 Other: 0
Estimated Student Workload 188 hours per semester
Number of Credits 7.5 ECTS
Grading Mode Standard Letter Grade
Pre-requisites None
Expected Prior Knowledge None
Co-requisites None
Registration Restrictions Only PhD Studenst
Overall Educational Objective The main objective of this course is to examine the individual application mechanisms to international construction rights mechanisms and to analyze their different and similar aspects.
Course Description The new international system established after the Second World War has led to the emergence of different actors and areas in international law. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted unanimously by the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948, has been a universal milestone in the field of human rights. In the following period, more than 70 universal and regional human rights conventions were adopted and various human rights protection mechanisms were established. In this course, the powers of the UN Charter-based human rights mechanisms (such as Human Rights Council) and the mechanisms set out by the thematic human rights treaties (such as Human Rights Committee, CEDAW, Committee for the Prevention of Torture, Committee for the Rights of the Child) as well as the regional human rights mechanisms (such as the European Court of Human Rights) will be examined.
Course Description in Turkish İkinci Dünya Savaşı’ndan sonra kurulan yeni uluslararası sistem, farklı aktörlerin ve alanların ortaya çıkmasına vesile olmuştur. 10 Aralık 1948 yılında İnsan Hakları Evrensel Beyannamesi’nin BM Genel Kurulu’nda oybirliği ile kabulü, insan hakları alanında evrensel bir milat teşkil etmiştir. Sonraki dönemde 70’ten fazla evrensel ve bölgesel insan hakları sözleşmesi yapılmış ve çeşitli insan hakları koruma mekanizmaları oluşturulmuştur. Bu derste, evrensel ve bölgesel düzeyde faaliyet gösteren ve bireylere şikâyet veya başvuru olanağı öngören Birleşmiş Milletler’in BM Antlaşması’na dayalı mekanizmalar (İnsan Hakları Konseyi gibi) ve tematik antlaşmalar çerçevesindeki mekanizmalar (İnsan Hakları Komitesi, CEDAW, İşkenceyi Önleme Komitesi, Çocuk Hakları Komitesi gibi) ile Avrupa İnsan Hakları Mahkemesi gibi bölgesel uluslararası örgütler nezdindeki mekanizmaların yetkileri irdelenecektir.

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) Student defines and compares the application conditions of human rights mechanisms.
2) The learner evaluates the impact of human rights mechanisms in the United Nations system in terms of human rights.
3) The student distinguishes the differences between the approaches of regional and universal mechanisms to human rights problems.
4) Student understands the role of individual application mechanisms in the development of human rights.
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Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

N None S Supportive H Highly Related
     
Program Outcomes and Competences Level Assessed by
1) * H Exam,HW,Presentation
2) * H Exam,HW,Presentation
3) * H Exam,HW,Presentation
4) * H Exam,HW,Presentation
5) * H Exam,HW,Presentation
6) * H Exam,HW,Presentation
7) * S HW,Presentation
8) * H Exam,HW,Presentation
9) * H HW,Presentation
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11) * S HW
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Prepared by and Date BİLGE ERSON ASAR , January 2024
Course Coordinator AKTS1
Semester Fall
Name of Instructor

Course Contents

Week Subject
1) Course Content Introduction, General Explanations
2) General Framework and Resources of the System of Human Rights Recourse Mechanisms
3) United Nations Charter-Based Human Rights Mechanisms
4) United Nations Thematic Convention Mechanisms - In general
5) Human Rights Committee - Economic and Social Committee
6) Committee on the Prevention of Racial Discrimination - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Committee against Torture - Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
7) Committee on the Rights of the Child - Committee on Migrant Workers - Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Committee on Enforced Disappearance
8) Characteristics and Functions of Regional Human Rights Mechanisms
9) Mechanisms within the European Union
10) Mechanisms under the Council of Europe
11) European Court of Human Rights
12) Human rights mechanisms in the Americas and Africa
13) International Labour OrganizationSystem
14) Comparison of Universal and Regional Human Rights Systems and General Evaluation
15) End of Semester Exams
16) End of Semester Exams
Required/Recommended ReadingsReading texts will be shared weekly by the instructor.
Teaching MethodsDers, ters yüz edilmiş sınıf, sunum.
Homework and Projects
Laboratory Work
Computer Use
Other Activities
Assessment Methods
Assessment Tools Count Weight
Laboratory 7 % 0
Homework Assignments 3 % 40
Presentation 1 % 20
Midterm(s) 1 % 0
Final Examination 1 % 40
TOTAL % 100
Course Administration ersonb@mef.edu.tr

MEF University Office (5th Floor) Meeting times: Tuesday-Thursday 13:30-14:30 *Online by appointment

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 3 2 112
Presentations / Seminar 1 20 2 2 24
Homework Assignments 1 34 34
Final Examination 1 14 2 2 18
Total Workload 188
Total Workload/25 7.5
ECTS 7.5