Human Rİghts (KMH525) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Human Rİghts KMH525 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type N/A
Course Level Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Sever
Course Assistants
Course Objectives To examine the basic concepts of human rights law and the restriction regime in parallel with the international developments in this field.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Identify the basic concepts of human rights law
  • Explains the development process of human rights law
  • Defends the application of human rights in terms of positive law
  • Discuss the functionality of international human rights mechanisms
Course Content The development of idea of human rights and the basic concepts of human rights, international treaties on human rights and freedoms, legal effect of ECoHR on Turkish legal system, the jurisprudence of ECHR on the basis of some human rights.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 The idea of human rights Mustafa Erdoğan, İnsan Hakları Teorisi ve Hukuku, Orion, 2012.
2 Pioneering ideas on developing human rghts law Mustafa Erdoğan, İnsan Hakları Teorisi ve Hukuku, Orion, 2012.
3 The international norms on human rights Mustafa Erdoğan, İnsan Hakları Teorisi ve Hukuku, Orion, 2012.
4 The international norms on human rights (2) Mustafa Erdoğan, İnsan Hakları Teorisi ve Hukuku, Orion, 2012.
5 The classification of human rights and their differences on legal form Ahmet Mumcu, İnsan Hakları ve Kamu Özgürlükleri, Turhan, 2012.
6 The classification of human rights and theri differences on legal form (2) Ahmet Mumcu, İnsan Hakları ve Kamu Özgürlükleri, Turhan, 2012.
7 Civil rights and freedoms Ahmet Mumcu, İnsan Hakları ve Kamu Özgürlükleri, Turhan, 2012.
8 Political rights and freedoms Ahmet Mumcu, İnsan Hakları ve Kamu Özgürlükleri, Turhan, 2012.
9 Social, Economic and Cultural Rights Ahmet Mumcu, İnsan Hakları ve Kamu Özgürlükleri, Turhan, 2012.
10 European Court of Human Rights Semih Gemalmaz, Ulusalüstü İnsan Hakları Hukukunun Genel Teorisine Giriş, C. 1-2, Legal 2012.
11 International Conventions on Human rights and their implementation in domestic law Semih Gemalmaz, Ulusalüstü İnsan Hakları Hukukunun Genel Teorisine Giriş, C. 1-2, Legal 2012.
12 Human rights violations in Turkey Bülent Tanör, Türkiye’de İnsan Hakları Sorunu, YKY.
13 Human rights violations in Turkey (2) Bülent Tanör, Türkiye’de İnsan Hakları Sorunu, YKY.
14 General Assessment

Sources

Course Book 1. Mustafa Erdoğan, İnsan Hakları Teorisi ve Hukuku, Orion, 2012.
2. Ahmet Mumcu, İnsan Hakları ve Kamu Özgürlükleri, Turhan, 2012.
3. Semih Gemalmaz, Ulusalüstü İnsan Hakları Hukukunun Genel Teorisine Giriş, C. 1-2, Legal 2012.
4. Bülent Tanör, Türkiye’de İnsan Hakları Sorunu, YKY.
Other Sources 5. Konulara göre çeşitli makalelerde faydalanılacaktır.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 40
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 60
Toplam 2 100
Percentage of Semester Work
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Skills to understand, compare and paraphrase the basic concepts of law as a jurist following common principles of law. X
2 Skills to solve problems using a critical point of view when necessary , to determine and analyse the theoretical and implementation problems of law X
3 Contribution to understanding, planning, exercising and coordinating the functionss of law, by explaining and practising. X
4 Skills to understand the strategic, tactical and practical sides of public law. X
5 Skills to understand the local, national, international, universal and supranational sides of public law X
6 Skills to understand the modern methods and differences of law X
7 Skills to participate in/inter disciplinary group works succesfully X
8 Skills to adopt open minded behaviors in the way of learning and attempting X
9 Skills to assimilate and carry the rules of ethics and profession within the framework of social responsibility X
10 Skills to use Turkish efficiently in writing and speaking, and have the communication talent that is required by a law related career X
11 Skills to approach critically and creativly on the legal and social problems in terms of rule of law and ideal of justice X
12 Skills to understand and practice the national and international sides of law through caselaw and judical implementations X
13 Skills to prepare/present a written or oral academic study within the framework of acedemic ethic and rules X
14 Skills to use vocational information technologies efficiently in solving legal problems X
15 Skills to reinforce knowledge of foreign languages and command of legal terminolgy X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 30 30
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 50 50
Total Workload 128