The course aims to give the students an overview of the principal international legal systems that protect fundamental rights, both at a regional and universal level. To this end, the lessons will focus on the role played by international organisations in the promotion of human rights.
Students that do not attend my course may prepare for the examination with the text by Pietro Pustorino, "Lezioni di tutela internazionale dei diritti umani", Cacucci editore, latest edition available. Instead, attending students can prepare for the exam on the basis of the contents of the lectures and the materials provided by the lecturer in class. However, it is highly recommended to study the text by Pustorino, in order to supplement the materials analysed during the lessons.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the course, students will be able to identify international human rights violations and the remedies available in each existing system, both at a regional and universal level.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for attending the course and for taking the exam.
However, basic knowledge of public international law may facilitate an understanding of the topics covered.
Teaching Methods
The course will consist of classroom lectures, requiring the interactive participation of students. Topical issues will be often used as a starting point for legal analysis.
Type of Assessment
Oral exams.
Course program
Individual interests and the human rights sources in International law
General characteristics of human rights
Basic knowledge of the American, Arab and Asian systems of human rights protection
The protection of fundamental rights within the framework of the United Nations - The 1966 Covenants and their monitoring bodies
Protection of fundamental rights within the framework of the EU
The protection of fundamental rights in the framework of the Council of Europe:
Specific focus on:
- The individual application to the ECtHR
- The extraterritorial application of the ECHR
- Right to life
- Prohibition of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment
- Right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence