Objective: 
1. To prepare student for theoretical understanding of international human rights concepts
2. To prepare student for practical application of humann rights law in international and European legal area

Prerequisites: 
Prior to the course, student should know the basis of constitutional law, and meet the elements of jurisprudence. Furthermore, student should possess a knowledge of the basis of international law and European Union law.

Contents: 
1. Subjectivity in international law: International organizations as subjects of international law. Individual as a subject of international law
2. The evolution and normative framework of international human rights: The notion of human rights. International human rights before World War II. The postwar establishment of human rights norm. Internationalisation of human rights
3. Sources of international human rights law: Custom. General Principles of law. Conventions. Non-binding instruments (soft law).
4. The United Nations system of human rights law: The International Bill of Rights. Principal and special organs. The UN machinery of human rights – International Commissioner of Human Rights
5. The regional systems of human rights law: Europe and human rights – Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights, European Union and the European Court of Justice. The inter-American system – the American Convention of Human Rights, The Inter- American Court of Human Rights
6. The substantive human rights law e.g. right to life, rigt to freedom of speach, right to privacy, prohibition of discrimination, prohibition of torture)

Recommended reading: 
1 International Human Rights Law, Rehman J. , Longman. New York 2007
2 Law of the European Convention on Human Rights, Harris D., O’Boyle M., Warbrick C., Oxford University Press. New York 2009
3 The Law of International Human Rights Protection, Kalin W., Kunzli J., Oxford Univeristy Press. New York 2009

Additional reading:
1 International Human Rights & Humanitarian Law. Treaties, Cases, & Analysis, Martin F.F., Schnably S.J., Wilson R.J., Simon J.S., Tushnet M.V., Cambridge Univesrity Press. New York 2006
2 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Joseph S., Castan M., Oxford Univeristy Press. New York 2013