Human Rights Protection in Post-Communist Countries and ECHR Case Law - HP2016

• Title: Ochrana lidských práv v postkomunistických zemích s přihlédnutím k judikatuře ESLP
• Guaranteed by: Department of Public International Law (22-KMP)
• Faculty: Faculty of Law
• Actual: from 2014 to 2014
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: winter s.:oral
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• For which faculty: zahraniční studenti
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: prof. JUDr. Pavel Šturma, DrSc.; JUDr. Mgr. Alla Tymofeyeva, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): prof. JUDr. Mahulena Hofmannová, CSc.; prof. JUDr. Pavel Šturma, DrSc.; JUDr. Mgr. Alla Tymofeyeva, Ph.D.
• Pre-requisite : HP0851, HP0852

Annotation

English

Last update: JUDr. Mgr. Alla Tymofeyeva, Ph.D. (10.02.2018)

This compulsory optional course is intended for the students of 3rd, 4th and 5th year with good knowledge of English who want to learn how to effectively search, evaluate and interpret the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the ECtHR”). The course will deal with examining of the impact of the case-law of the ECtHR on the decision-making activities of administrative bodies and courts in the Czech Republic. Knowledge, particularly in the area of the right to a fair trial, will also serve as a good preparation for the final examination. Apart from this, the subject will provide students with the opportunity to improve their skills in speaking and writing in English.

At the end of the course, the students will have a possibility to visit the hearing of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg (France) and take part in the workshop given by a lawyer of the European Court. They will have an opportunity to visit the Library of the Court, the Department for Execution of the Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and the other bodies of the Council of Europe.

Czech

Last update: JUDr. Mgr. Alla Tymofeyeva, Ph.D. (20.12.2016)

Povinně volitelný předmět je určen pro studenty starších ročníku s dobrou znalostí angličtiny, kteří se chtějí naučit efektivnímu vyhledávání, vyhodnocování a interpretaci judikatury Evropského soudu pro lidská práva.
Znalosti, zejména v oblasti práva na spravedlivý proces, budou také dobrou přípravou na státní závěrečné zkoušky. Předmět mimo jiné poskytne studentům možnost zdokonalit své dovednosti v mluveném a psaném projevu v anglickém jazyce.
Na konci kurzu je plánována návštěva soudního zasedání Evropského soudu ve Štrasburku (Francie), workshop s právníky tohoto soudu, návštěva knihovny Evropského soudu pro lidská práva a dalších institucí Rady Evropy ve Štrasburku.

Aim of the course

Last update: JUDr. Mgr. Alla Tymofeyeva, Ph.D. (20.12.2016)

The aim of the course is to provide students with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills, which could be used in further study and practice of law. ECtHR’ case-law affects a very wide range of legal sectors and is applicable to both the procedural and substantive law. Knowledge of the basic principles of interpretation of the law of the ECHR and skills to quickly navigate through the individual judgments and decisions of the ECtHR, will teach students to work effectively with legal texts. The course can serve as preparation for the Moot court competition in International or European law in the English language. 

Teaching methods

Last update: JUDr. Milan Lipovský, Ph.D. (24.09.2020)

Classes will be held with use of a powerpoint presentation and based on the direct study of the sources. Students will also receive preparatory materials for home study, in particular, they will have to study the case-law of the ECtHR and apply this knowledge to solving of fictitious cases. One of the seminars will be in the form of a moot court before the ECtHR, which should be held in the courtroom of the Law Faculty of the Charles University. 

Requirements to the exam

Last update: JUDr. Mgr. Alla Tymofeyeva, Ph.D. (31.03.2020)

Each student shall make a presentation on one case of the ECtHR and to take part in a moot court. Students will have to submit a written complaint to the ECtHR and/or the observations of the government in English language at least a week before the final oral exam. The exam will be held in the form of discussion of the written submissions (oral defence).

Attendance is a prerequisite for admission to the examination. The maximum number of absences during the semester is three. Compulsory is the attendance at the seminar in the form of a moot court before the ECtHR.

The final course grade includes the following components:

25 %               moot court

15 %               oral presentation

15 %               active participation throughout the course

25 %               written submission

20 %               oral defence of the submission

 

Grade 1 -  81 - 100 % 

Grade 2 -  61 - 80 % 

Grade 3 -  51 - 60 % 

Failed - less than 50 % 

Syllabus

Last update: JUDr. Mgr. Alla Tymofeyeva, Ph.D. (10.02.2018)

 

 Preliminary schedule of the seminars:

1st Seminar

Introduction to the course: the sources, exam requirements and conditions of effective work in the classroom.  Overview of the mechanism set forth by the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR).

2nd Seminar

Admissibility criteria of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Work with the decisions of the ECtHR regarding the inadmissibility of complaints. Analysis of the incompatibility racione loci, raione temporis, racione personae, ratione materiae. Explanation of the basic principles of interpretation of the ECHR: “margin of appreciation”, “living instrument”, “subsidiarity” and others.

3rd Seminar

Rights relating to personal liberty (Article 2-5 of the ECHR).

4th Seminar

Rights related to spiritual freedom (Articles 8-12 of the ECHR).

5th Seminar

Rights related to the procedural safeguards (Articles 6, 7 and 13 of the ECHR).

6th Seminar

Protocols to the Convention - Right to protection of property (Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the ECHR).

7th Seminar

Some of the other rights guaranteed by the ECHR.

8th Seminar

Rights of legal entities under the ECHR.

9th Seminar

Moot court on a given topic.

10th Seminar

The ECHR through the government eyes. Practical guidelines for the preparation of the government’s observations as to alleged violations of the ECHR. The seminar will be held by a representative of the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for representing the Czech Republic before the ECtHR.

11th Seminar

The work of the Venice Commission and the Case-Law of the ECtHR. Comparison of the Case-Law of the ECtHR with the other mechanisms (e.g. the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) and the US Supreme Court).

12th Seminar

Final comments to the ECHR. Recommendations on preparing for the exam. 

13th Seminar

Workshop at the European Court of Human Rights in June 2017