USESEC122 Protection of Civil Rights in Central Europe

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Tvrdá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Tvrdá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Tvrdá, Ph.D.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the subject is to make the students familiar with the issue of constitutional embodiment of individual fundamental rights and freedoms, the political rights in particular, as well as the issue of their implementation and protection in the field of public administration.
Syllabus
  • Content (all topics are related to the Central European countries):
    1. Fundamental rights and freedoms in the constitutions of the Central European countries
    2. Freedom of expression and right to information
    3. Right to petition
    4. Assembly and right to assembly
    5. Right to participate in the administration of public affairs
    6. Right to judicial and other legal protection
    7. Right to have the case considered without unnecessary delay, right to have the case considered in adequate period
    8. Public defender of rights
    9. Procuracy
    10. Courts as deliberative bodies of protection of fundamental rights and freedoms
    11. Constitutional complaint as a tool of protection of fundamental rights and freedoms
    12. European system of protection of fundamental rights and freedoms.
Literature
    required literature
  • ŠTURMA, Pavel. Mezinárodní a evropské kontrolní mechanismy v oblasti lidských práv. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2010. ISBN 9788074003189. info
  • ŠIŠKOVÁ, N. Dimenze ochrany lidských práv v Evropské unii. Praha: Linde, 2008. ISBN 9788072017102. info
  • HUBÁLKOVÁ, E. Evropská úmluva o lidských právech a Česká republika : judikatura a řízení před Evropským soudem pro lidská práva : text je sestaven a uspořádán podle stavu k 1.4.2003. Praha: Linde, 2003. ISBN 80-7201-417-X. info
  • BAEHR, P. R. Human rights : universality in practice. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001. ISBN 0-333-96856-5. info
    recommended literature
  • JANIS, M. W., Richard S. K. a A. W. BRADLEY. European human rights law :text and materials. In Aileen McColgan - J. L. Murdoch (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 9780199277469. info
  • LETSAS, George. A theory of interpretation of the European convention on human rights. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 9780199563883. info
  • DONNELLY, J. Universal human rights in theory and practice. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003. ISBN 0801487765. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2016, Winter 2017.
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