Course content - Learning outcome - Admission - Prerequisites - Overlapping courses - Teaching - Examination - Evaluation

Course content

Over the last few hundred years the catalogue of human rights has expanded considerably. This is evident in the fields of law or philosophy and in the political demands of individuals and states. This course sets out to examine how these different rights have emerged, been interpreted and applied in practice. The focus will be on a selection of civil, political, equality, socio-economic rights, collective and extra-territorial rights. Each selected right will be presented through a multi-disciplinary method. This will involve establishing the historical and political background of the right, assessing philosophical debates and problematiques, examining its recognition and interpretation in international and comparative law, and assessing its broader interpretation and application in practice. Attention will also be devoted to potential and actual conflicts between different rights.

Learning outcome

The aim of this course is to provide students with the knowledge of different rights and an ability to assess them from different disciplinary perspectives. Students should be able to identify different rights, debate their respective justifications, use different methods and present oral and written arguments on the topic.

Admission

Students at UiO must apply for courses in StudentWeb.

International applicants, if you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

You may register for this course if you have admission to a Master's programme at UiO. All applicants must fill the formal prerequisites.
Priority is given to students on the Master of Philosophy programme in the Theory and Practice of Human Rights and then the human rights stream of the Masters in Public International Law.

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Prerequisites

Formal prerequisite knowledge

Students must fill one of these requirements:

• Passed 1st - 3rd year of studies in Master's of Law (masterstudiet i rettsvitenskap at UiO) or examinations that qualify for exemption from these) or
• Having a 5-years Master’s degree in Laws (masterstudiet i rettsvitenskap at UiO) or equivalent.

Students with admission to the faculty’s exchange programme and students with admission to any master’s degree programme at the University of Oslo (except masterstudiet i rettsvitenskap) has an exemption from the formal prerequisites.

Overlapping courses

10 credits overlap with HUMR5130 - Introduction to the History, Philosophy and Politics of Human Rights (discontinued) and 10 credits overlap with HUMR4140 - Introduction to Human Rights Law (discontinued).

Teaching

Lectures and seminars

Access to teaching

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Examination

Examination consists of a written assignment and an oral debate assignment.

The written assignment account for 80% of the total grade, the oral debate assignment will account for 20%. One total grade is given for the whole coursework.

Students who fail or do not deliver the assignment will not be allowed to deliver the oral debate assignment.

In case of retake, a candidate must retake both examinations, even if the candidate has successfully passed one of the examinations.

Please note that if a student wish to file an appeal in only one of the examinations, both examinations will automatically undergo a regrading.

Use of sources and rules for citing.

Be sure that you are familiar with the use of sources and the rules for citing/quoting from others’ work
UiO uses a plagiarism checking tool as one of several instruments for detecting suspicion of cheating and attempted cheating.

Examination support material

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Language of examination

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English

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Explanations and appeals

You may request an explanation of your grades, and you may also appeal against your grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals.

Resit an examination

You can usually resit an exam, but the conditions depend on whether you had a valid reason for absence from the regular exam. Read more about resitting an exam.

If a student has submitted a written assignment a second time in the same course s/he can only submit it in a new version. This means that there must be another title and theme, or that the new version must be considerably changed from the first version.

Students who wish to retake the exam in a later semester are not guaranteed that the course is ever repeated with a similar reading list, nor that the exam arrangement will be the same.

Withdrawal from an examination

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Special examination arrangements

If you have a disability or a health problem that entails significant inconvenience in an examination situation, you may be considered for special examination arrangements. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.

Evaluation

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