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Description Europe enjoys the world’s most advanced regional human rights system. Its “jewel in the crown” is the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) of 1950, the world’s first and still unique human rights treaty, adopted by the Council of Europe as a reaction to the mass murders and atrocities of the Second World War. 47 States have ratified the Convention; some 50’000 applications have been submitted in 2008; some 100’000 cases are pending before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). In recent years, the European Union has also become a major actor in the field of human rights. Europe thus possesses two systems of human rights protection that are complementary and constitute the core of this course.
Please note: LLM Specialisations Recommended Prior Knowledge None
Course Objectives This course has the following aims:
At the end of this course, participants should be able to:
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Course Texts Course Materials are available for purchase from the UNSW Bookshop
Resources Refer to Course Outline provided by lecturer at the beginning of session.
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