Правительство Российской Федерации
Федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования
"Национальный исследовательский университет
"Высшая школа экономики"
Общеуниверситетская кафедра публичной политики
Программа дисциплины “Международные механизмы защиты прав человека”
“International mechanisms of human rights protection”
для направления 03.0200.68«Политология» подготовки магистра
для магистерской программы «Политический анализ и публичная политика» по специализации «Права человека и демократическое управление»
Автор программы:
, кандидат юридических наук, *****@***ru
Одобрена на заседании общеуниверситетской кафедры публичной политики «___»____________ 2011 г
Зав. Беляева
Рекомендована секцией УМС [Введите название секции УМС] «___»____________ 200 г
Председатель [Введите ]
Утверждена УС факультета [Введите название факультета] «___»_____________200 г.
Ученый секретарь [Введите ] ________________________ [подпись]
Москва, 2012
Настоящая программа не может быть использована другими подразделениями университета и другими вузами без разрешения кафедры-разработчика программы.
2 Scope of the program and compliance with the internal university standards
The present syllabus is aimed at faculty teaching this course, their teaching assistants, and students of the degree program 03.0200.68 ‘Political Science’, master’s program ‘Political Analysis and Public Policy’ with the specialization in human rights and democratic governing studying the course “International mechanisms of human rights protection”.
This syllabus meets the standards required by:
• National Research University - Higher School of Economics,
• degree program 030200.68 ‘Political Science’, master’s program ‘Political Analysis and Public Policy’,
• Master program curriculum as of 2012.
3 Course goals
The course “International mechanisms of human rights protection” has the following goals:
- to provide students with profound knowledge of existing mechanisms of human rights protection on international level, their functions, development, interrelation, effectiveness, advantages and disadvantages;
- to show the importance of international mechanisms of human rights protection in conflict prevention and resolution, restoration of justice, sustainable development, the rule of law and democratic governance;
- to teach master students to chose most effective and reliable instruments for particular cases of human rights violations, evaluate and manage risks, apply appropriate instruments in practice;
- to cultivate the skills of critical assessment of human rights protection on different levels and by different institutions;
- to assess needs and propose public policy actions aimed at improvement of existing human rights mechanisms on institutional and legislative level both internationally and domestically.
4 Competences
By the end of the course, the students are expected:
• to have a knowledge of the basic human rights treaties, their scope and mechanisms of implementation; interrelation between international and domestic human rights standards and mechanisms of their protection; functions of international and national institutions of human rights protection, their advantages and disadvantages; basic documents of the controlling bodies of the UN and the Council of Europe, tests and approaches elaborated by the European Court of Human Rights in its decision-making; judicial practice of the Russian Constitutional Court and other courts on human rights; procedure for submitting complaints to international and national institutions of human rights protection;
- to be able to analyze cases of human rights violations and propose mechanisms for restoration of justice; to identify cases of human rights violations an distinguish them from other legal disputes; to apply a balancing exercise in cases of competing human rights; to draft reports and policy papers as a result of fact-finding missions or analysis of complaints, cases, legislation for international and national bodies at their request;
- to have skills to identify the jurisdiction of the human rights violation and bodies authorized to protect a particular right both on national and international level; to analyze the activities of the domestic and international bodies of human rights protection and their effectiveness; to analyze the compliance of state human rights policy with its international obligations and Constitution of the Russian Federation.
Students’ competences expected by the end of the course:
Competence | Code | Descriptors | Teaching methods and forms |
Is able to update and develop his/her level of culture and intelligence level | ОК-1 | Makes definitions on his/her own, possesses skills to select and adopt new literature on his/her topics of specialization or on interfaces, interprets subjects under the study in cultural, political, social context considering historical and technological changes. | Work without assistance with literature, home works on bibliography and abstracting the literature practice. Classroom discussions, data retrieval practice using data bases and Internet, essay writing. |
Is able to study new research methods without assistance. | ОК-2 | Selects and adopts up-to-date scientific literature on research topic without assistance. Has formed the habit to observe regularly new information on the research topic from different sources. Can apply knowledge he/she has adopted through literature or distant education. | Working on his/her own with the course teachers periodical control, writing essays, home works preparation. |
Is able to use skills and knowledge to conduct researches, to manage a team, to influence the group goals formulation, to evaluate the results. | ОК-5 | Is able to work in team, to manage work stage, to control the tasks are done in time, to set goals precisely and work up phased research plan according to the goals, to complete tasks in time the others charged him/her, to foresee the risks for the plan realization and work up strategy to mitigate it. Is able to evaluate objectively the other colleagues do their job. | Participation in the group work. |
ПК-2 | Chooses those informational technologies which could be applied to the research, possesses the tools, uses in a creative way contemporary national and foreign experience. | Participation in the group work, writing essays, home works preparation. | |
ПК-3 | Performs the research results according to professional requirements and type of research work. | Homework and team work results presentations. | |
ПК-6 | Chooses appropriate common and specific methods to analyze a research subject. | Participation in the group work, writing essays, home works preparation. | |
ПК-7 | Is able to give definitions for subjects under research, to interpret them referring to the context, to determine processes and issues. Demonstrates the skill to unveil cause-effect relation, is able to prove the goals and research plan chosen for research or expert work. | Participation in the group work, writing essays, home works preparation. |
5 Place of the discipline in the structure of the educational program
This course is a professional one, taught in the first semester of the first year of Master Program ‘Political Analysis and Public Policy’ for the specialization ‘Human Rights and Democratic Governance’. This is an elective course that welcomes but does not necessarily require prior knowledge in human rights.
This course is crucial for mastering the degree program of students of a human rights specialization and is based on/linked to the following courses:
• Theory and Philosophy of Human Rights in Globalizing World
• Global Actors in Public Policy
• International Relations & Governance in Global Security
• Human Rights in non-Western cultures,
• Academic-research seminar “Human Rights Monitoring”.
It is also crucial for the students’ research papers and Master’s dissertation, especially for those who chose specialization in human rights and democratic governance.
6 Тематический план учебной дисциплины
№ | Название раздела | Всего часов | Аудиторные часы | Самостоятельная работа | ||
Лекции | Семинары | Практические занятия | ||||
International mechanisms of human rights protection | ||||||
1 | The UN System: principal charter-based institutions | 10 | 4 | 8 | ||
2 | The UN Human Rights Council. UN Special procedures and the other UN techniques for responding to violations Role of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | 10 | 4 | 8 | ||
3 | The UN System: Treaty bodies | 10 | 4 | 8 | ||
4 | The ICCPR Human Rights Committee: analysis of the opinions | 10 | 4 | 8 | ||
5 | Alternative reports – aims and targets, specifics of the submission and presentation | 10 | 4 | 8 | ||
6 | International Criminal Law and Human Rights | 10 | 4 | 8 | ||
7 | Regional Arrangements. OSCE. CIS human rights structure. The European Convention System. | 10 | 2 | 8 | ||
8 | European Court of Human Rights: history, reforms, rules and procedures. Implementation of the court’s judgments. | 10 | 2 | 8 | ||
9 | Articles 2 and 3 of the ECtHR: illustrative decisions | 10 | 4 | 8 | ||
10 | Articles 6 and 13 of the ECtHR: illustrative decisions | 10 | 4 | 8 | ||
11 | Article 8 of the ECtHR: illustrative decisions | 10 | 4 | 2 | 18 | |
Итого | 144 | 32 | 10 | 98 |
7 Формы контроля знаний студентов
Interim control | Form of control | 1st year | Parameters ** | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
Essay | 15 | 8-10 pages (font 12, interlinear interval 1.5) | ||||
Final | Exam | 16 | Written exam, 60 min |
7.1 Evaluation criteria
The interim control includes one essay as prescribed by the curriculum.
An essay is to be done at home. Sample topics are given in the course syllabus.
Within the frame of the course the student should demonstrate: the knowledge of theoretical and normative literature on the topics of the course, good knowledge of the literature from the main list and some knowledge of the literature given in the additional list; ability to analyze the material read; ability to summarize and to confront arguments, facts, figures and points of view given in the reading materials and lectures; to put the received information in the current national and international context; ability to discuss the topics covered within the frame of the course on a high level.
The final control is done in the form of the written exam. The duration of the exam is 60 min with the use of reading and normative materials (open book exam) or without (close book exam).
During the final control the student should demonstrate that the material, prescribed by the syllabus was learned fully as well as the ability to analyze and creatively interpret the information received, to demonstrate the ability to identify the jurisdiction of a particular human rights violation, mechanisms of human rights protection on national and international level competent to review information and to take action with regard this violation, the ability to analyze actions and decisions of human rights protection bodies and state policy in the sphere of human rights.
The presentation of the student on the exam should be clear precise and comprehensive. It should cover substance of the question and demonstrate a student’s understanding of a vaious aspects of the problem.
8 Content of the course
Week 1. The UN System: charter-based institutions
General overview of the international human rights institutions. History of the UN and its contemporary developments System of charter-based institutions in human rights protection. General Assembly. Security Council. Secretariat.
Assigned readings:
Reader. Cases and materials (as assigned by the lecturer).
The United Nations and international law/ edited by Cristopher C. Joyner. Cambridge University press. 1999. P. 9-26.
Международная и внутригосударственная защита прав человека: Учебное пособие для вузов / Отв. ред. , . Казань: Казанский государственный университет им -Ленина, 2007. c. 101-146
Additional readings:
Henry J. Steiner, Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman. International human rights in context. Law, politics, morals./Third edition. Oxford University Press. 2007.
New Challenges for the UN Human Rights Machinery. What Future for the UN Treaty Body System and the Human Rights Council Procedures? M. Cherif Bassiouni (ed.), William A. Schabas (ed.). Intersentia. 2011
Human Rights: International protection, monitoring, enforcement. ed. Janusz Simonides. Ashgate publishing. 2003. p 3-90
The United Nations and Human Rights. Julie A. Mertus. 2005. P. 115-141
Учебное пособие по курсу «Права Человека», МХГ, 2009. С.73-81
Реабилитация права. Интервью с Биллом Баурингом, Полит. ру. (http://www. *****/article/2010/11/22/rights/)
Деятельность международных органов по защите прав ребенка, предусмотренных семейным законодательством Российской Федерации// Защита прав ребенка в современной России.- Материалы научно-практической конференции.- М.- ИГПАН, 2004. С.41-45
http://www. un. org/ru/rights/
Week 2. The UN Human Rights Council. UN Special procedures and the other UN techniques for responding to violations. Role of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
History of formation of the UN Human Rights Council. Universal Periodic Review. Human Rights Council complaints procedure (1503 procedure, 1235 procedure). UN Special Procedures – mandates and principals of activity. Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights in the system of UN human rights bodies. Role of the High Commissioner on human rights.
Assigned readings:
Reader. Cases and materials (as assigned by the lecturer).
Международная и внутригосударственная защита прав человека: Учебное пособие для вузов / Отв. ред. , . Казань: Казанский государственный университет им -Ленина, 2007. C 460-463, C.464-468
Additional readings:
Henry J. Steiner, Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman. International human rights in context. Law, politics, morals./Third edition. Oxford University Press. 2007.
The United Nations and Human Rights. Julie A. Mertus. 2005. P 8-43
Meeting the challenge: transforming the Commission on Human Rights into a Human Rights Council, Amnesty International (http://www. amnesty. org/en/library/info/IOR40/008/2005/en)
Yvonne Terlingen. http://www. chrgj. org/publications/docs/wp/Alston%20Lillich%20Lecture. pdf The Human Rights Council: A New Era in UN Human Rights Work? (http://www. un-ngls. org/article. php3?id_article=332)
Philip Alston. Promoting the accountability of members of the new UN Human Rights Council (http://www. chrgj. org/publications/docs/wp/Alston%20Lillich%20Lecture. pdf)
Response to Criticism of the U. N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. Letter from Human Rights Watch to Sectretary Rice (http://www. hrw. org/fr/news/2005/12/14/response-criticism-un-high-commissioner-human-rights)
http://www2.ohchr. org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/
http://www.ohchr.org
http://www. un. org/ru/rights/issues/
http://www. *****/institutions/ohchr. html
Week 3 The UN System: Treaty bodies
The system of UN treaty bodies. Reform proposals. Powers, functions and performance of the ICCPR Committee. Reports of the Russian Federation to the treaty bodies and their consideration by the committees. Alternative reports –preparation, submission and presentation.
Assigned readings:
Reader. Cases and materials (as assigned by the lecturer).
The United Nations and international law/ edited by Cristopher C. Joyner. Cambridge University press. 1999. P. 44-59, 133-145.
Международная и внутригосударственная защита прав человека: Учебное пособие для вузов / Отв. ред. , . Казань: Казанский государственный университет им -Ленина, 2007. C. 468-473
Прецедентные дела Комитета по правам человека. Сост.: Райя . Институт прав человека при Университете Або Академии. Финляндия. 2004. С.45-50, 178-182.
Альтернативный доклад по соблюдению Российской Федерацией Международного Пакта о гражданских и политических правах. Москва, 2003 (http://www. *****/hr/news/doklnpo/index. htm)
Альтернативный доклад НПО по соблюдению Российской Федерацией Международного Пакта об экономических, социальных и культурных правах. Москва, 2003 (http://www. *****/publications/36B6BA9)
Additional readings:
Henry J. Steiner, Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman. International human rights in context. Law, politics, morals./Third edition. Oxford University Press. 2007.
Human Rights: International protection, monitoring, enforcement. ed. Janusz Simonides. Ashgate publishing. 2003. P.3-90
The UN Children's Rights Convention: Theory meets practice. André Alen (ed.), Henry Bosly (ed.), Maria De Bie (ed.), Johan Vande Lanotte (ed.), Fiona Ang (ed.), Isabelle Delens-Ravier (ed.), Marie Delplace (ed.), Charlotte Herman (ed.), Didier Reynaert (ed.), Valentina Staelens (ed.), Riet Steel (ed.), Mieke Verheyde (ed.). Intersentia. 2007
Consolidated Guidelines for State reports under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. CCPR/C/66/GUI/Rev.2
A Guide for Non-governmental Organiations Reporting to the Committee on the Rights of the Child. NGOCRC (http://www. crin. org/docs/resources/publications/NGOCRC/NGOCRC-Guide-en. pdf)
Nigel Rodley. The work of non-governmental organizations in the world-wide promotion and protection of Human Rights. Bulletin of Human RightsP/41-63
Tatyana Lokshine, Natalia *****ssia and the UN Committee on Human Rights – what happens to states that have failed to learn the rules of conduct in a decent society? Press statement
Основные факты об Организации Объединенных Наций. М. Изд.: Весь мир, 2005. С.3-82.
Обеспечение права ребенка на жизнь и воспитание в семье в России в свете рекомендаций Комитета ООН по правам ребенка// Гражданин и право, 2009, №10
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/special/index.htm
http://www. ohchr. org/EN/HRBodies/Pages/HumanRightsBodies. aspx
Week 4. The ICCPR Human Rights Committee: decisions’ analysis
On the first meeting students choose the country on the example of which they are going to study topics of the course. Through the recommendations of the various UN bodies with regard to these country students will analyze political and human rights discourses.
On the seminar dedicated to the analysis of the Human rights Committee decisions each student will choose several Committee’ decisions against the country he/she represents and will analyse them. The main emphasis should be made on the international standards on the particular rights protection and logic of the decision motivation. This analysis will later be also used for the comparison with the standards and logic elaborated by the European Court of Human Rights.
Assigned readings:
Reader. Cases and materials (as assigned by the lecturer).
Прецедентные дела Комитета по правам человека. Сост.: Райя . Институт прав человека при Университете Або Академии. Финляндия. 2004. С.45-50, 178-182.
Additional readings::
The United Nations and international law/ edited by Cristopher C. Joyner. Cambridge University press. 1999. P. 44-59, 133-145.
Основные факты об Организации Объединенных Наций. М. Изд.: Весь мир, 2005. С.3-82.
Week 5. Alternative reports – aims and targets, specifics of the submission and presentation
On the seminar dedicated to the alternative report-writing and presentation each student will study state and alternative reports to the various UN bodies on the chosen country. He/she will draft an alternative report style submission on one human rights issue basing on the reports read and up-to-date information. This submission should be presented in class in accordance with the rules of reports presentation to the auditory which will play the roles of Committee experts.
Assigned readings:
Reader. Cases and materials (as assigned by the lecturer).
Consolidated Guidelines for State reports under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. CCPR/C/66/GUI/Rev.2
Альтернативный доклад по соблюдению Российской Федерацией Международного Пакта о гражданских и политических правах. Москва, 2003 (http://www. *****/hr/news/doklnpo/index. htm)
Альтернативный доклад НПО по соблюдению Российской Федерацией Международного Пакта об экономических, социальных и культурных правах. Москва, 2003 (http://www. *****/publications/36B6BA9)
Additional readings:
Henry J. Steiner, Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman. International human rights in context. Law, politics, morals./Third edition. Oxford University Press. 2007.
Обеспечение права ребенка на жизнь и воспитание в семье в России в свете рекомендаций Комитета ООН по правам ребенка// Гражданин и право, 2009, №10
A Guide for Non-governmental Organizations Reporting to the Committee on the Rights of the Child. NGOCRC (http://www. crin. org/docs/resources/publications/NGOCRC/NGOCRC-Guide-en. pdf)
Nigel Rodley. The work of non-governmental organizations in the world-wide promotion and protection of Human Rights. Bulletin of Human RightsP.41-63
http://www2.ohchr. org/english/bodies/chr/special/index. htm
http://www. ohchr. org/EN/HRBodies/Pages/HumanRightsBodies. aspx
Week 6. International Criminal Law and Human Rights
Nurnberg trial – main features and outcomes. International criminal tribunals for Rwanda and for the Former Yugoslavia. Hybrid Courts. International Criminal Court.
Assigned readings:
Reader. Cases and materials (as assigned by the lecturer).
Международная и внутригосударственная защита прав человека: Учебное пособие для вузов / Отв. ред. , . Казань: Казанский государственный университет им -Ленина, 2007. C 421-427
Additional readings:
Henry J. Steiner, Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman. International human rights in context. Law, politics, morals./Third edition. Oxford University Press. 2007.
http://www. un. org/ru/law/icc/
http://www. icc-cpi. int/Menus/ICC? lan=en-GB
www. pict-pcti. org
Week 7 Regional Arrangements. OSCE. CIS human rights structure. The European Convention System
Comparison of the regional and universal systems of human rights protection bodies. OSCE in human rights protection. CIS Human rights convention. CoE human rights protection institutions.
Assigned readings:
Reader. Cases and materials (as assigned by the lecturer).
Bill Bowring. The Russian Federation, Protocol № 14 (and 14bis), and the Battle for the Soul of the ECHR, 257-258
Международная и внутригосударственная защита прав человека: Учебное пособие для вузов / Отв. ред. , . Казань: Казанский государственный университет им -Ленина, 2007. C. 479-552.
Additional readings:
Henry J. Steiner, Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman. International human rights in context. Law, politics, morals./Third edition. Oxford University Press. 2007.
http://www. coe. int/defaultEN. asp
http://www. osce. org/activities/18805.html
http://www. cis. /main. aspx? uid=11296
Week 8 European Court of Human Rights: history, reforms, rules and procedures. Implementation of the court’s judgments
History of the ECtHR creation and its further *****les and procedures of the Court. Individual petitions and interstate procedure. Implementation mechanisms of the ECHR. Implementation of the Court’s judgments against Russia: progress and problems.
Assigned readings:
Reader. Cases and materials (as assigned by the lecturer).
Международная и внутригосударственная защита прав человека: Учебное пособие для вузов / Отв. ред. , . Казань: Казанский государственный университет им -Ленина, 2007. C.566-603
Надзор за исполнением решений Европейского суда по правам человека (http://www. *****/hr/refugees/sem9rus/Chapter2.htm)
Additional readings:
Jeremy McBride. Human rights and criminal procedure. The case law of the European Court of Human Rights. CoE publishing. Strasbourg. 2009.
Philip Leach. Taking a case to the European Court of human rights. Second edition. Oxford University press. 2005. P. 88-112, 94-113
General International Law Before Human Rights Courts. Assessing the Specialty Claims of Human Rights Law. Frédéric Vanneste. Intersentia. 2009
Responding to Systemic Human Rights Violations. An Analysis of 'Pilot Judgments' of the European Court of Human Rights and Their Impact at National Level. Philip Leach, Helen Hardman, Svetlana Stephenson, Brad K. Blitz. Intersentia. 2010
The European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Central and Eastern Europe. Eleven International Publishing. 2012.
Стандарты Европейского Суда по правам человека и российская правоприменительная практика: Сборник аналитических статей / Под ред. . . М.: Издательство «Анахарсис», 2005. C. 26-47, 248-315, 48-50
Адвокатская деятельность.- Уч.-практ. пос.- 3 изд.- М., Статут, 2005. С.479-506
Международная защита прав человека.//Под ред . Изд. Четвертое. Москва, 2006. С.10-26
Российские жалобы в Европейском Суде – практика по неприемлемым делам. Полит. ру (http://www. *****/article/2009/11/18/dikov/)
http://*****/documents/1640.html
http://*****/2010/07/13/1557/
Week 9. Articles 2 and 3 of the ECtHR: illustrative decisions
Rights set in the Articles 2 and 3 of the ECHR. Main concepts, principles and standards. Case-law against Russia.
Assigned readings:
Reader. Cases and materials (as assigned by the lecturer).
Международная защита прав человека.//Под ред . Изд. Четвертое. Москва, 2006. C.27-31
Additional readings:
Jeremy McBride. Human rights and criminal procedure. The case law of the European Court of Human Rights. CoE publishing. Strasbourg. 2009.
Douwe Korff. A guide to the implementation of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights. CoE. Strasbourg. 2006
Philip Leach. Taking a case to the European Court of human rights. Second edition. Oxford University press. 2005.P.183-218
Стандарты Европейского Суда по правам человека и российская правоприменительная практика: Сборник аналитических статей / Под ред. . . М.: Издательство «Анахарсис», 2005. С.50-196
Week 10 Articles 6 and 13 of the ECtHR: illustrative decisions
Rights set in the Articles 6 and 13 of the ECHR. Main concepts, principles and standards. Case-law against Russia.
Assigned readings:
Reader. Cases and materials (as assigned by the lecturer).
Международная защита прав человека.//Под ред . Изд. Четвертое. Москва, 2006. С.41-67, 72-73
Additional readings:
Jeremy McBride. Human rights and criminal procedure. The case law of the European Court of Human Rights. CoE publishing. Strasbourg. 2009.
Dovidas Vitkauskas, Grigoriy Dikov. Protecting the right to a fair trial under the European Convention on Human Rights. CoE, Strasbourg, 2012
Philip Leach. Taking a case to the European Court of human rights. Second edition. Oxford University press. 2005.P.341-345
Европейские стандарты права на справедливое судебное разбирательство и российская практика. Под общей ред. . – Екатеринбург: Изд. «Чароид», 2003. С.7-45
Week 11 Article 8 of the ECtHR: illustrative decisions
The variety of rights guaranteed by the Article 8 of the ECHR. Court’s case-law. |Main judgments against Russia.
Assigned readings:
Reader. Cases and materials (as assigned by the lecturer).
Стандарты Европейского Суда по правам человека и российская правоприменительная практика: Сборник аналитических статей / Под ред. . . М.: Издательство «Анахарсис», 2005. C.248-315
Additional readings:
Ivana Roagna. Protecting the right to respect for private and family life under the European Convention on Human Rights. CoE, Strasbourg, 2012
Philip Leach. Taking a case to the European Court of human rights. Second edition. Oxford University press. 2005. P. 248-315.
Оценка Европейским Судом по правам человека действий и решений национальных органов по делам о праве ребенка на жизнь и воспитание в семье.— Права человека: Законодательство и судебная практика: Сб. науч. тр. / Отв. Ред. , – М., РАН. ИНИОН
Европейский суд по правам человека и защита прав ребенка// Международная система защиты прав человека.- Бюллетень Мемориал-EHRAC, №4 – зима 2005. С.3-4
9 Образовательные технологии
The course is taught with the use of interactive techniques. Students are expected to analyze the human rights situation in the chosen country, work on the UN bodies on/in the country, coherence and logic of the approach etc and to deliver their reports within the frame of the seminars. Students will also participate in the “drafting and presentation of the alternative report” exercise. Within the frame of the European Court of Human Rights part of the course the drafting of the application to the European Court is envisaged by the course syllabus.
The course is taught by the staff-members of the department, who have a considerable experience of work with the national and international mechanisms of human rights protection. The invitation of the representatives of the Russian human rights sector working with the international human rights protection bodies to talk on their experience is possible.
On the first meeting students choose the country on the example of which they are going to study topics of the course. Through the recommendations of the various UN bodies with regard to this country students will analyze political and human rights discourses.
10 Оценочные средства для текущего контроля и аттестации студента
10.1 Sample topics for the essay
· Protection of socio-economic rights by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.
· Role of domestic judicial system in protection of human rights: effectiveness, challenges and perspectives.
· Protection of human rights of detained persons on domestic level.
· Judicial and non-judicial means of protection of political rights in Russia or country of origin of the student.
· National non-judicial mechanisms of human rights protection in Russia as compared with the home country of the student.
· Application of international standards in jurisprudence of the Russian Constitutional Court (or the Constitutional Court of the home country of the student).
· The right to fair trial: guarantees on national and international level.
· Role of ‘advokatura’ and NGOs in defense of victims of human rights violations.
· Defense of human rights in administrative proceedings.
· Juvenile justice and protection of children – criminal offenders or victims of crimes in compliance with national and international human rights standards.
· State and non-state actors in protection of rights of the child.
· Law enforcement and human rights.
· Federal Ombudsperson: legal basis for the institution, functions, main activities, legal and political consequences of the intrusion.
· Ombudsmen in Russia and home country of the student: comparative analysis of the effectiveness of the institution.
· Public oversight over the activities of the law enforcement and closed institutions.
· Public Chamber, Presidential Commission on Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, regional human rights commissions and other bodies of public control: funcions, political role and effectiveness from human rights perspective
· The overall characteristics of the international human rights organizations.
· History of creation and contemporary developments of the UN. UN Reform.
· Overview and characteristics of the UN system of charter-based institutions. Human rights related activities of the UN charter-based institutions.
· Overview and characteristics of the UN system of treaty-based bodies. Critics of the system. Reform proposals.
· Overview and characteristics of activities of the UN Human rights Committee.
· UN Human rights Committee’s consideration of the state reports as method of human rights protection.
· Development of the General Recommendations by the UN CRC as method of human rights protection.
· UN Human rights Council: history of creation, techniques for responding the human rights violations, future perspectives.
· Role of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the system of the UN human rights protection bodies.
· Preparation and submission of the alternative information to the international bodies as an important field of activities of human rights organizations.
· UN special procedures – their role in the system of the UN human rights bodies, current mandates, specifics of activities and their future
· ICC in the system of international criminal law justice.
· Nurnberg trial – its specifics and importance for the future development of the international criminal justice.
· Regional and universal systems of human rights protection – comparison and analysis of the perspective of future developments.
· CoE human rights bodies system.
· OSCE activities in human rights promotion and protection.
· ECtHR in protection of the right to life.
· ECtHR in protection of rights guaranteed by the Article 3 of the European Convention
· ECtHR in protection of the right to respect for private and family life
· ECtHR in protection of the right to a fair trial
· Implementation of the ECtHR judgments in Russia – problems and perspectives.
10.2 Questions for the final evaluation
The sample questions are adduced in this program for the purpose of self-control by the students. The exam questions may differ.
1. Human rights v. constitutional rights: similarity and differentiation in scope and mechanisms of protection.
2. State and non-state institutes of human rights protection in Russia: functions and effectiveness.
3. Judicial mechanisms of human rights protection in Russia.
4. Human rights in the decisions of the Russian Constitutional Court: main approaches, examples of cases.
5. Federal Ombudsman: legislative and institutional basis, functions, measures undertaken, legal consequences of intrusion, practice.
6. Legal statues, powers and role of the Public Chamber and Presidential Coincil on Civil Society Development and Human Rights in the Russian system of human rights protection.
7. The role of law enforcement agencies in protection of victims of human rights violations and proper investigation of human rights abuses.
11 Порядок формирования оценок по дисциплине
The teacher evaluates student homework and essays they have written. The grades the students got for homework and essays the teacher notes down into the work sheet.
The resultant grade (10-marks scale is used) for essays is determined as Oessay.
The resultant grade for current check consists of a student results in the following way:
Оcurrent = 0,5Оhomework №2 + 0,5·Оessay
The final control is performed as an exam. The grade for the final control forms 50% of the resultant grade for the course.
During the final control the student has to demonstrate that he/she has entirely adopted the prospected material (knows basic concepts, uses correctly the terms, knows standards, can put gathered data into social and political contexts and so on), is able to analyze and comprehend information he/she got in a creative way, can evaluate easily and quickly a practical situation, possesses skill to explain studied issues.
The resultant grade for the final control (exam) is formed in the following way: Оfinal = 0,5·О exam + 0,5·О current, where Oexam - the grade the students gets during exam itself.
During the repeating of the exam the student is not provided with the chance to obtain additional mark to compensate the grade for current or intermediate controls.
Final control grade which is the resultant grade for the course goes to certificate of degree.
12 Учебно-методическое и информационное обеспечение дисциплины
12.1 Базовый учебник
Reader. Cases and materials (as assigned by the lecturer).
Международная и внутригосударственная защита прав человека: Учебное пособие для вузов / Отв. ред. , . Казань: Казанский государственный университет им -Ленина, 20с.
Международные и внутригосударственные акты о правах человека. Сборник документов / Сост. , . Казань: Казанский государственный университет им. -Ленина, 20с.
12.2 Основная литература
Henry J. Steiner, Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman. International human rights in context. Law, politics, morals./Third edition. Oxford University Press. 2007.
The United Nations and international law/ edited by Cristopher C. Joyner. Cambridge University press. 1999.
New Challenges for the UN Human Rights Machinery. What Future for the UN Treaty Body System and the Human Rights Council Procedures? M. Cherif Bassiouni (ed.), William A. Schabas (ed.). Intersentia. 2011
Учебное пособие по курсу «Права Человека», МХГ, 2009.
Прецедентные дела Комитета по правам человека. Сост.: Райя . Институт прав человека при Университете Або Академии. Финляндия. 2004.
Альтернативный доклад по соблюдению Российской Федерацией Международного Пакта о гражданских и политических правах. Москва, 2003 (http://www. *****/hr/news/doklnpo/index. htm)
Альтернативный доклад НПО по соблюдению Российской Федерацией Международного Пакта об экономических, социальных и культурных правах. Москва, 2003 (http://www. *****/publications/36B6BA9)
Международная защита прав человека.//Под ред . Изд. Четвертое. Москва, 2006.
Надзор за исполнением решений Европейского суда по правам человека (http://www. *****/hr/refugees/sem9rus/Chapter2.htm)
12.3 Дополнительная литература
Jeremy McBride. Human rights and criminal procedure. The case law of the European Court of Human Rights. CoE publishing. Strasbourg. 2009.
Douwe Korff. A guide to the implementation of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights. CoE. Strasbourg. 2006
Dovidas Vitkauskas, Grigoriy Dikov. Protecting the right to a fair trial under the European Convention on Human Rights. CoE, Strasbourg, 2012
Ivana Roagna. Protecting the right to respect for private and family life under the European Convention on Human Rights. CoE, Strasbourg, 2012
Philip Leach. Taking a case to the European Court of human rights. Second edition. Oxford University press. 2005.
General International Law Before Human Rights Courts. Assessing the Specialty Claims of Human Rights Law. Frédéric Vanneste. Intersentia. 2009
Human Rights: International protection, monitoring, enforcement. ed. Janusz Simonides. Ashgate publishing. 2003
Yvonne Terlingen. http://www. chrgj. org/publications/docs/wp/Alston%20Lillich%20Lecture. pdf The Human Rights Council: A New Era in UN Human Rights Work? (http://www. un-ngls. org/article. php3?id_article=332)
Philip Alston. Promoting the accountability of members of the new UN Human Rights Council (http://www. chrgj. org/publications/docs/wp/Alston%20Lillich%20Lecture. pdf)
The United Nations and Human Rights. Julie A. Mertus. 2005.
The European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Central and Eastern Europe. Eleven International Publishing. 2012
Nigel Rodley. The work of non-governmental organizations in the world-wide promotion and protection of Human Rights. Bulletin of Human RightsP.41-63
Bill Bowring. The Russian Federation, Protocol № 14 (and 14bis), and the Battle for the Soul of the ECHR, 257-258
Meeting the challenge: transforming the Commission on Human Rights into a Human Rights Council, Amnesty International (http://www. amnesty. org/en/library/info/IOR40/008/2005/en)
Response to Criticism of the U. N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. Letter from Human Rights Watch to Sectretary Rice (http://www. hrw. org/fr/news/2005/12/14/response-criticism-un-high-commissioner-human-rights)
Consolidated Guidelines for State reports under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. CCPR/C/66/GUI/Rev.2 (www. un. org)
A Guide for Non-governmental Organiations Reporting to the Committee on the Rights of the Child. NGOCRC (http://www. crin. org/docs/resources/publications/NGOCRC/NGOCRC-Guide-en. pdf)
The UN Children's Rights Convention: Theory meets practice. André Alen (ed.), Henry Bosly (ed.), Maria De Bie (ed.), Johan Vande Lanotte (ed.), Fiona Ang (ed.), Isabelle Delens-Ravier (ed.), Marie Delplace (ed.), Charlotte Herman (ed.), Didier Reynaert (ed.), Valentina Staelens (ed.), Riet Steel (ed.), Mieke Verheyde (ed.). Intersentia. 2007
Tatyana Lokshine, Natalia *****ssia and the UN Committee on Human Rights – what happens to states that have failed to learn the rules of conduct in a decent society? Press statement (ридер)
Responding to Systemic Human Rights Violations. An Analysis of 'Pilot Judgments' of the European Court of Human Rights and Their Impact at National Level. Philip Leach, Helen Hardman, Svetlana Stephenson, Brad K. Blitz. Intersentia. 2010
International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia (www. pict-pcti. org)
Основные факты об Организации Объединенных Наций. М. Изд.: Весь мир, 2005. С.3-82.
Стандарты Европейского Суда по правам человека и российская правоприменительная практика: Сборник аналитических статей / Под ред. . . М.: Издательство «Анахарсис», 2005.
Адвокатская деятельность.- Уч.-практ. пос.- 3 изд.- М., Статут, 2005.
Международная защита прав человека.//Под ред . Изд. Четвертое. Москва, 2006.
Кравчук. Н. Деятельность международных органов по защите прав ребенка, предусмотренных семейным законодательством Российской Федерации// Защита прав ребенка в современной России.- Материалы научно-практической конференции.- М.- ИГПАН, 2004. С.41-45
Кравчук. Н. Европейский суд по правам человека и защита прав ребенка// Международная система защиты прав человека.- Бюллетень Мемориал-EHRAC, №4 – зима 2005. С.3-4
Кравчук. Н. Обеспечение права ребенка на жизнь и воспитание в семье в России в свете рекомендаций Комитета ООН по правам ребенка// Гражданин и право, 2009, №10. С.16-23
Кравчук. Н. Оценка Европейским Судом по правам человека действий и решений национальных органов по делам о праве ребенка на жизнь и воспитание в семье.— Права человека: Законодательство и судебная практика: Сб. науч. тр. / Отв. Ред. , – М., РАН. ИНИОН, 2009.
Европейские стандарты права на справедливое судебное разбирательство и российская практика. Под общей ред. . – Екатеринбург: Изд. «Чароид», 2003. С.7-45
Реабилитация права. Интервью с Биллом Баурингом, Полит. ру. (http://www. *****/article/2010/11/22/rights/)
Российские жалобы в Европейском Суде – практика по неприемлемым делам. Полит. ру (http://www. *****/article/2009/11/18/dikov/)
http://www. un. org/ru/rights/
http://www. ohchr. org
http://www. un. org/ru/rights/issues/
http://www. *****/institutions/ohchr. html
http://www. un. org/ru/law/icc/
http://www. icc-cpi. int/Menus/ICC? lan=en-GB
http://www. coe. int/defaultEN. asp
http://www. osce. org/activities/18805.html
http://www. cis. /main. aspx? uid=11296
http://*****/documents/1640.html
http://*****/2010/07/13/1557/
Links to Russian legislation in English: http://www. nyulawglobal. org/globalex/Russia. htm#_Constitution
