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Lecturer(s)
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Kratochvíl Jan, doc. Mgr. Ph.D., LL.M.
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Course content
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1.The wearing and displaying religious symbols 2.Limits on the freedom of expression: the conflict of freedom of speech and morality, or religion 3. Targeted sanctions of the UN and Human Rights 4. Is prohibition of torture really absolute? 5. Human Rights and Medicine: home births, mandatory vaccinations 6. Human rights and Medicine II: access to medical care 7. Human rights and Medicine III: assisted reproduction, surrogate motherhood 8. Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, the issue of adoptions 9. Right to family life: childcare after parents' separation, removal of children from their parents
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
- Homework for Teaching
- 3 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Compulsory elective module Current Issue in Human Rights builds on the compulsory module Fundamental Rights. The module offers deepening the knowledge of human rights beyond this compulsory module. The aim of the module is to make students familiar with certain selected topical human rights issues that are currently being publicly debated. The topics of the seminars will reflect these current issues but also the interests of enrolled students. The actual topics can therefore vary. The structure of the seminars is however stable and will consist mainly in discussion, activities and case studies of the individual topics. Participation of invited guests who are experts on particular topics will be possible.
At the end of the module students will be familiar with the discussed issues. They will be able to work effectively with case law and will better understand human rights in context.
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Prerequisites
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Completion of this course is not conditional upon completion of some other courses.
KUP/MZP1 and KUP/MZP2
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Essay, Student performance
The teaching methods (emphasis on discussion) will specially require students' active participation in the seminars. Extensive home preparation for each seminar will be necessary and will include the study of primary sources (case law) and to a lesser extent, secondary sources about the discussed topic. At least passive knowledge of English will be required in order to read foreign texts and decisions of international or foreign national courts.
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Recommended literature
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Bartoň, M. a kol. (2016). Základní práva. Leges.
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Harris, D. - O'Boyle, M. - Warbrick, C. (2014). Law of the European Convention on Human Rights. 3rd edition.. Oxford : Oxford University Press.
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Kmec, J., Kosař, D., Kratochvíl, J., Bobek, M. (2012). Evropská úmluva o lidských právech. Komentář. 1. vydání.. Praha : C. H. Beck.
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Moeckli, D., Shah, S., Sivakumaran, S. (ed.). (2013). International Human Rights Law. 2. vyd.. Oxford.
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Wagnerová, E., Šimíček, V., Langášek, T., Pospíšil, I. a kol. (2012). Listina základních práv a svobod: Komentář.. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, a.s.
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