Aarhus, Denmark
Current Issues in European Human Rights Protection
When:
23 July - 08 August 2025
Credits:
10 EC
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Social Sciences
When:
24 June - 12 July 2024
School:
University of Oslo International Summer School
Institution:
University of Oslo
City:
Oslo
Country:
Norway
Language:
English
Credits:
10.0 EC
Fee:
1060 USD
This 3 week course consists of lectures and seminars during the first three weeks of the summer session, with a take home exam the following week.The course offers an introduction to the history, philosophy and politics of human rights, as well as to human rights law. Multidisciplinary in scope, nonetheless the course also gives substantive content to human rights law and the basic features and the historical evolution of the modern human rights system. Philosophical positions and debates on the legitimacy and justification of universal human rights are examined. Human rights law is then placed in a broader context of international law, and important legal characteristics of human rights treaties, such as the personal and territorial scope of application, the treaty bodies, the supervision and enforcement mechanisms, and the legal impact on the national and international levels are described and discussed.
Applicants with a completed Bachelor’s degree or a period of study comparable with a Norwegian Bachelor's degree from a recognised institution. Applicants should have a related degree in law, social sciences and/or humanities.
Having completed this course the student will have the competence to:
- Analyse a political situation in terms of human rights and elaborate a strategy for improving it
- Assess the validity and usefulness of different approaches to improving a difficult human rights situation
- Identify key players and resource bases for promoting and implementing human rights
- View human rights law in a broader context of international law
When:
24 June - 12 July 2024
School:
University of Oslo International Summer School
Institution:
University of Oslo
Language:
English
Credits:
10.0 EC
Fee:
1060 USD, The course fee is 1060 USD. There is also an option with accommodation. Find more information on our website.
Aarhus, Denmark
When:
23 July - 08 August 2025
Credits:
10 EC
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Colchester, United Kingdom
When:
24 March - 28 March 2025
Credits:
4.0 EC
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Ljubljana, Slovenia
When:
20 January - 24 January 2025
Credits:
4.0 EC
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