251131 KU KU UN Human Rights Systems and Mechanisms (2022W)
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This is a fee-based continuous education and training programme/certificate course offered by the Postgraduate Center. Please note that you must be admitted to a continuing education and training programme Human Rights to participate. For further information regarding Continuing Education Master Programs, Continuing Education Programs and Certificate Courses, please visit: https://www.postgraduatecenter.at/en/
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Th 15.09.2022 10:00 to Th 29.09.2022 18:00
- Registration is open from Sa 01.10.2022 00:00 to Th 13.10.2022 14:00
- Deregistration possible until Th 13.10.2022 14:00
Details
max. 27 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes
Currently no class schedule is known.
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
The course “UN Human Rights System and Mechanisms” will introduce participants to the United Nations and its Human Rights System with a special focus on charter-based and treaty-based mechanisms. Students will first get an insight into the human rights mandate of the principal UN organs, to then focus on the work of selected subsidiary human rights organs, in particular of the UN Human Rights Council, including its Universal Periodic Review and special procedures as human rights mechanisms under its auspices. It will thereafter turn to the human rights treaty-based bodies, and particularly focus also on the intersections of human rights, environment and climate change and on the functioning of the UN Human Rights Committee. The course will offer lectures, engage students in a group work resulting in students’ presentations and encourage discussions with the lecturer and the peers.
Assessment and permitted materials
Participation in class (0-20 points)
Written exam – a combination of multiple choice questions and 2 essay questions (0-80 points): Multiple choice questions (0-40 points) + 2 essay questions (0-40 points)
Optional: presentation in class (extra 10 points)
Written exam – a combination of multiple choice questions and 2 essay questions (0-80 points): Multiple choice questions (0-40 points) + 2 essay questions (0-40 points)
Optional: presentation in class (extra 10 points)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
0–49 points: 5
50–64 points: 4
65–79 points: 3
80–89 points: 2
90–100 points: 1
50–64 points: 4
65–79 points: 3
80–89 points: 2
90–100 points: 1
Examination topics
Contents of this course.
Reading list
Mandatory Reading (to be completed before the session):
Saturday, 19th of November 2022, 10:45–18:45
• UN Charter: https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
• Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 15 March 2006, A/RES/60/251 (Human Rights Council), DOC/GEN/N05/502/66/PDF/N0550266.pdf?OpenElement
• Fact Sheet no. 30/Rev.1, The United Nations Human Rights Treaty System (https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet30Rev1.pdf)
Saturday, 14th of January 2022, 9:00–16:15
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
• Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
• Convention on the Rights of the Child
• International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
• International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Fact Sheet No. 38, Frequently Asked Questions on Human Rights and Climate Change (https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FSheet38_FAQ_HR_CC_EN.pdf)
• Ioane Teitiota v. New Zealand, CCPR/C/127/D/2728/2016, UN Human Rights Committee (HRC), 7 January 2020, available online
• Daniel Billy et al. V. Australia, CCPR/C/135/D/3624/2019, UN Human Rights Committee (HRC), 22 September 2022, available onlineOptional Reading:
• Frédéric Mégret and Philip Alston (eds.), “The United Nations and Human Rights”, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2020.
• Eric Tistounet, “The UN Human Rights Council, A Practical Anatomy”, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020.
Saturday, 19th of November 2022, 10:45–18:45
• UN Charter: https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
• Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 15 March 2006, A/RES/60/251 (Human Rights Council), DOC/GEN/N05/502/66/PDF/N0550266.pdf?OpenElement
• Fact Sheet no. 30/Rev.1, The United Nations Human Rights Treaty System (https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet30Rev1.pdf)
Saturday, 14th of January 2022, 9:00–16:15
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
• Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
• Convention on the Rights of the Child
• International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
• International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Fact Sheet No. 38, Frequently Asked Questions on Human Rights and Climate Change (https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FSheet38_FAQ_HR_CC_EN.pdf)
• Ioane Teitiota v. New Zealand, CCPR/C/127/D/2728/2016, UN Human Rights Committee (HRC), 7 January 2020, available online
• Daniel Billy et al. V. Australia, CCPR/C/135/D/3624/2019, UN Human Rights Committee (HRC), 22 September 2022, available onlineOptional Reading:
• Frédéric Mégret and Philip Alston (eds.), “The United Nations and Human Rights”, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2020.
• Eric Tistounet, “The UN Human Rights Council, A Practical Anatomy”, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020.
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