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KTP / AULP
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KTP
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AULP
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Title
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Introduction to Study of Human Rights
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
4
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Seminar
2
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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English
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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42 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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55 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter + Summer
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Semester taught
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Winter + Summer
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Minimum (B + C) students
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1
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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English
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
1|2|3|4 |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
Yes
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
1|2|3|4 |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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KTP/ULP and KTP/ULPO
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
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Course objectives:
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To understand basic concepts of human rights, history of human rights, classification of human rights, their enforcement mechanisms and selected actual problems of human rights
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Requirements on student
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To present a paper ( 10 to 30 pages) on a selected topic on a) human rights history, b) human rights theory, c) actual problem of human rights. The topic selected by student must be approved by the lecturer. Paper will be defended in the oral exam.
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Content
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1. History of idea of human rights and its philosophic background in the context of development of society - from Antiquity to the present 2. Analysis of the most important historic document regulating human rights in the context of their history from the Middle Ages to the present 3. Analysis of municipal and international rules on human rights 4. Enforcement mechanisms in historical perspective to the present 5. Contemporary theories of human rights and their philosophical background 6. Selected actual problems of human rights
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Recommended:
Bill of Rights (1689).
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Recommended:
Bill of Rights (1791).
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Recommended:
Declaration of Independence (1776).
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Recommended:
Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen (1789).
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Recommended:
Sudre, Frederic. Droit européen et international des droits de l'homme, P.U.F., coll. Droit fondamental, 9° édition, 2008, 843 p. Edition tcheque, 1997, Brno. Edition roumaine, Polirm, Bucarest, 2006..
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Recommended:
Locke, John. Druhé pojednání o vládě. Praha : Nakladatelství Svoboda, 1992. ISBN 80-205-0222-X.
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Recommended:
European Convention on Human Rights (1950), incl. additional protocols.
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Recommended:
Ishay, Micheline. Human Rights Reader.
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Recommended:
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966), incl. the First Optional Protocol.
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Recommended:
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966).
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Recommended:
Magna Carta Libertatum (1215).
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Recommended:
Sudre, Frédéric. Mezinárodní a evropské právo lidských práv. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 1997. ISBN 80-210-1485-7.
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Recommended:
Rousseau, Jean Jacques. O společenské smlouvě neboli o zásadách státního práva. Praha : Právnické knihkupectví a nakladatelství V. Linhart, 1949.
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Recommended:
Douzinas, Costas. The End of Human Rights.
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Recommended:
Locke, John. The Second Treatise on Government, Letter on Tolerance.
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Recommended:
Rousseau, Jean Jacques. The social contract. London : Penguin Books, 1968. ISBN 0-14-044201-4.
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Recommended:
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948).
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Recommended:
Donnelly, Jack. Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice.
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On-line library catalogues
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Contact hours
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26
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Preparation for an examination (30-60)
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34
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Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
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44
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Total
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104
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge - students are expected to possess the following knowledge before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
Not specified |
Porozumět základním pojmům týkajícím se lidských práv a jejich klasifikaci |
Skills - students are expected to possess the following skills before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
Seznámit s historickým vývojem lidských práv a jejich filozofickými aspekty. Orientovat se v základních platných pramenech práva lidských práv |
Competences - students are expected to possess the following competences before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
N/A |
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
Student shall gain knowledge of basic concepts related to human rights, understands their development, is able to analyze not only basic historic documents on human rights, but also positive human rights law (on the municipal and international level), make sense of enforcement mechanisms of these rights, to classify human rights and identify some actual fundamental problems of human rights. |
znalost základních kategorií lidských práv a jejich třídění |
Skills - skills resulting from the course: |
pochopení vývoje lidských práv
analýza základních historických dokumentů o lidských právech |
Competences - competences resulting from the course: |
N/A |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
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