LAWS6917 - European Human Rights Law

Objectives

• Examine the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights, the world’s first major human rights treaty, adopted by the Council of Europe after massive rights violations in the Second World War.
• Explore the origins of the Convention; which rights it protects; the system’s institutional architecture (including post-1998 reforms of the European Commission and the European Court of Human Rights); and key jurisprudence of the European Court.

Content

The Convention’s implementation in national legal systems (such as the Human Rights Act 1998 (UK) and the equivalent Irish Act passed in 2003); the relationship of the European system to international human rights law; and the interaction of the Convention system with the human rights functions of the European Union (especially the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the draft EU Constitution).

Session

Semester 1 Intensive
6-9 April 2009

The timetable is subject to frequent changes. Please refer to the latest version of the Postgraduate Timetable.

Assessment

• 1 x 2,500 Word Assignment (30%)
• 1 x 5,000 Word Essay (70%)

Courses this unit is available in

Master of Laws | Graduate Diploma in Law | Master of Administrative Law and Policy | Master of International Law | Graduate Diploma in International Law | Master of Jurisprudence | Graduate Diploma in Juriprudence