Program

INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

PROFESSOR IN CHARGE OF THE SUBJECT

Dra. Luz Elena Mira Olano, Doctora en Ciencias Jurídicas, Magister en Derechos Humanos, Democracia y Derecho Internacional; Especialista en Derecho Penal; Decana de la Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Forenses del Tecnológico de Antioquia Institución Universitaria; Docente Universitaria e Investigadora.

OTHER PROFESSORS

Dr. Santiago Castellà Surribas, Professor of International Public Law and International Relations of the Rovira i Virgili University.

TEACHING PERIOD

16th April 2018 to 16th July 2018. 1 week of presentation, 10 weeks of consecutive teaching and 1 final week of evaluation/retrieval with a previous week off.

EVALUATION

5 evaluative tests with a load of 20% on the final grade. There is no final test. Delivery of suspended or non-delivered works: last week (9 of July).

PROGRAM

  1. Background and foundations of the international protection of Human Rights: History of the international protection of human rights.
  2. Sources of International Law of Human Rights and the evolution and progressive interpretation of the protection of human rights.
  3. International Responsibility of the States with regard to the protection of human rights: Criteria of State responsibility for international illicit acts; Theories on the responsibility of States for third party acts and Case analysis.
  4. International Systems for the Protection of Human Rights: Universal System: ONU.
  5. Regional Systems for the International Protection of Human Rights: Europe, America and Africa.
  6. International Mechanisms for the Protection of Human Rights (I): Conventional mechanisms.
  7. International Mechanisms for the Protection of Human Rights (II): extra-conventional mechanisms in the universal system.
  8. International Mechanisms for the Protection of Human Rights (III): Individual petitions system before the regional systems.
  9. Procedure before the international systems for the protection of Human Rights: Criteria of competence and admissibility before the committees of the ONU, before the regional systems, the preliminary procedure and in-depth analysis to establish the international responsibility of the States.
  10. Integral Reparation for victims of human rights violations: Measures of satisfaction, restitution measures, rehabilitation measures, compensation measures and guarantees of non-repetition.
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