| European Convention on Human Rights
|
| Section A: Context and foundations of
the European Convention on Human Rights |
| ·
Background to the adoption of the European Convention on Human
Rights |
| ·
Development and nature of the Convention system |
| · The
relationship between the Convention and other international and
European norms and mechanisms |
| ·
Interpreting and limiting Convention rights and freedoms
|
| Section B: The European Convention on
Human Rights Mechanism |
| ·
Admissibility |
| ·
Procedure before the European Court of Human Rights |
| · The
nature and effect of Court judgments |
| ·
Implementing Court judgments |
| · The
role of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe
|
| Section C: European Convention on Human
Rights Substantive Rights (1) |
| · The
prohibition on discrimination |
| · The
right to life |
| · The
prohibition on torture, inhuman and degrading treatment
|
| · The
prohibition on slavery, the right to liberty and security and
freedom of movement |
| Section D: European Convention on Human
Rights Substantive Rights (2) |
| · The
right to respect for private and family life and the right to
marry |
| ·
Freedom of conscience and religion |
| ·
Freedom of expression, association and assembly |
| · The
right to a fair hearing and to an effective remedy |
| Sequence:
Section A first. |
| Textbooks: |
| Clare Ovey and Robin White, Jacobs and
White: The European Convention on Human Rights 4th ed
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), ISBN: 9780199288106 |
| Dorothy J. Harris and A. R. Mowbray, Cases
and Materials on the European Convention on Human Rights
2nd ed (London: Butterworths Law, 2005), ISBN: 9780406977274 |
| Donna Gomien, Short Guide to the European
Convention on Human Rights 3rd ed (Strasbourg: Council of
Europe, 2005), ISBN: 9789287156709 |
