Week |
Date |
Topics & designated readings |
Expected study hours |
1 |
14 Sep |
【Introduction】 What is International Law of Human Rights? Is it effective?
- C. McCrudden (2015) Why Do National Court Judges Refer to Human Rights Treaties?... The American Journal of International Law, 109(3): 534-550. |
3 |
2 |
21 Sep |
【Institution】 Human Rights Monitoring System of the United Nations
- J. Krommendijk (2015) The domestic effectiveness of international human rights monitoring in established democracies. The case of the UN human rights treaty bodies. Review of International Organizations, 10: 489-512. |
4.5 |
3 |
28 Sep |
【Institution】Implementation of International Human Rights Treaties in Taiwan
- Y.-J. Chen (2018) Localizing Human Rights Treaty Monitoring: Case Study of Taiwan as a Non-UN Member State. Wisconsin International Law Journal, 35(2): 277-325. |
4.5 |
4 |
05 Oct |
【Institution】 European Convention on Human Rights and its monitoring system
- M. Madsen (2021) 'Unity in Diversity' Reloaded: The European Court of Human Rights’ Turn to Subsidiarity and its Consequences. iCourts Working Paper Series, 244. |
4.5 |
5 |
12 Oct |
【Institution】 EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and EU Court of Justice
- L. Glas & J Krommendijk (2017), From Opinion 2/13 to Avotin?s?: Recent Developments in the Relationship between the Luxembourg and Strasbourg Courts. Human Rights Law Review, 17: 567-587. |
4.5 |
6 |
19 Oct |
【Institution】Inter-American System of Human Rights Monitoring
- A. Dulitzky (2015) An Inter-American Constitutional Court - The Invention of the Conventionality Control by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Texas International Law Journal, 50(1): 45-93. |
4.5 |
7 |
26 Oct |
【Institution】African System of Human and Peoples’ Rights Protection
- F. Viljoen (2018) Understanding and Overcoming Challenges in Accessing the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 67: 63-98. |
4.5 |
8 |
02 Nov |
【Practitioner’s Talk】(to be determined / Invitation of a judge, prosecutor, lawyer or NGO member to intervene |
3 |
9 |
09 Nov |
Mid-Term Oral Examination |
|
10 |
16 Nov |
【Jurisprudence】Prohibition of Torture and Slavery
- ECtHR, Hirsi Jamaa and Others v. Italy, no. 27765/09, 23/02/2012
- ECtHR, Rantsev v. Cyprus and Russia, no. 25965/04, 07/01/2010 |
5 |
11 |
23 Nov |
【Jurisprudence】Right to Life and Right to Health
- Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 597 U.S. ___ (2022)
- ECtHR, A, B & C v. Ireland, no. 25579/05), 16/12/2010 |
5 |
12 |
30 Nov |
【Jurisprudence】Non-Discrimination and Right to Equality
- ICJ, Qatar v. United Arab Emirates, 04/02/2021 (paras. 74-105)
- CRPD, Michael Lockrey v. Australia, 01/04/2016, CRPD/C/15/D/13/2013 |
5 |
13 |
07 Dec |
【Jurisprudence】Right to Adequate Standard of Living
- CESCR, Mohamed Ben Djazia and Naouel Bellili v. Spain, 20/06/2017, E/C.12/61/D/5/2015
- CCPR, Naidenova et al. v. Bulgaria, 30/10/2012, CCPR/C/106/D/2073/2011 |
5 |
14 |
14 Dec |
【Jurisprudence】Personal Identity and Family Life
- ECtHR, A.P., Garçon and Nicot v. France, nos. 79885/12 52471/13 52596/13, 06/04/2017
- ECtHR, Valdís Fjölnisdóttir and Others v. Iceland, no. 71552/17, 18/05/2021 |
5 |
15 |
21 Dec |
【Jurisprudence】Economy, Environment and Human Rights
- ECtHR, Cordella and Others v. Italy, no. 17484/15, 25/07/2017 (Eng. summary)
- IACtHR, Indigenous Communities Members of the Lhaka Honhat Association v. Argentina, 06/02/2020 (Eng. translation) |
5 |
16 |
28 Dec |
Term Oral Examination |
6 |
17 |
04 Jan |
“My Human Rights Practices” – Individual project executions/experiments (Week 1) |
3 |
18 |
12 Jan |
“My Human Rights Practices” – Individual project executions/experiments (Week 2) |
3 |