Aiming to introduce how international law serves human rights protection, this course will systematically examine its manifestation in specific rights, institutional mechanism and the municipal context. The scope of protection of specific categories of rights comprehending individual and collective rights, economic, social and cultural rights and rights of specific vulnerable groups will be studied in detail. Human rights arising in the context of war, international criminal justice, the role of inter-governmental institutions and inter-disciplinary issues in human rights will receive a special focus. Finally, the contribution of specific states to international human rights law and domestic implementation will be studied.

CILO-1: Students will be able to demonstrate the relevance of diverse sources of international human rights law in promoting domestic protection. CILO-2: Students will be able to distinguish individual and collective rights and determine the scope of international protection of the rights of specific vulnerable groups. CILO-3: Students will be able to outline various types of specific rights protected in international law in the broad categories of economic, social and cultural rights. CILO-4: Students will be able to distinguish the complementary roles played by human rights and humanitarian law and evaluate the significance of the inter-governmental institutions and inter-disciplinary issues related to human rights. CILO-5: Students will be able to illustrate contribution of individual states to international human rights law and national implementation.