UiB : Juridisk Fakultet : Reglementer : Studieplan for mastergradsstudiet

Jus 360: Human rights in theory and practice: With a special focus on economic, social and cultural rights

Course coordinator: Professor Henriette Sinding Aasen

Language: English

Duration: October - November 2007

Content
The course consists of two main parts, each giving 10 credits (studiepoeng):
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (weeks 40 and 41)
Human Rights in Theory, Practice and Cultural context (week 42)

Objectives
Basic understanding of the various human rights and the relationship between them
Basic understanding of the principles governing the interpretation of international treaties
Good insight in selected rights of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESC), such as the right to health, an adequate standard of living, education and social security, as well as the protection of these rights with regard to women and children
Good insight in the perceptions of human rights as being either universal or relative, and in
the relationship between international human rights law and different cultural traditions

Course literature
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Compulsory reading: Eide, Krause and Rosas, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. A Textbook (second revised edition) Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2001, p 3-389
Human Rights in Theory, Practice and Cultural context: Compulsory reading: Jack Donnelly, Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice (second edition), Cornell University Press 2003

Suggested additional reading: To be supplemented

Teaching and Examination
Lectures and seminars, approximately 40 hours during the semester for both courses. A detailed reading and teaching schedule will be developed. Lectures in weeks 40, 41 and 42. Paper presentations in week 45, paper submissions in week 46

Examination: Grades will be given on the basis of paper submission (50 %) and school exam (50 %)

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