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JUR5910 - Women's Law and Human Rights
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Course content
New course code starting from the springsemester 2012 - please see the website for JUS5910 - Women's Law and Human Rights (the course now gives 10 credits).
This course presents the international legal framework for women's human rights with emphasis on basic principles such as equality, non-discrimination, freedom, integrity and dignity embedded in the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The non-discrimination principle is elaborated in the light of the CEDAW, the Convention on Civil and Political Rights, EU-directives and the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of African Women. The non-discrimination principle is substantiated through a focus on the right to work, the right to health , the right to education and the right to land. Taking a cross-cut through civil and political and social and economic human rights the course deals with the protection against violence in criminal law, housing law and asylum law. The indivisibility of human rights is demonstrated through the right to health, food, land and water. The relationship between different human rights principles, such as gender equality, freedom of religion and protection of custom and culture is given particular attention. Rather than concentrating on the laws of one country the course offers case studies from Europe, Africa and Asia. The case studies demonstrates how international human rights law is translated into national and local law. Studies of local water management practices in Zimbabwe, shariah councils in Britain and attempts of abolishing FGM among Norwegian immigrants provides empirical insight into the relationship between human rights and legal pluralism. The case studies constitute the departure point for a broader theoretical understanding of gender, human rights, multiculturalism and legal pluralism.
Learning outcomes
See ‘Detailed course information’ regarding requirements and syllabus.
Admission
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams
they wish to sign up for by registering a study plan in StudentWeb.
You may register for this course if you have admission to a Master of Law-programme at UiO, the faculty's exchange-programme or have admission to Law-electives at masters-level. All applicants must fill the formal prerequisites.
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
Prerequisites
Formal prerequisites
*ingen-fellestekst
- Admission to the faculty’s exchange-programme or
- Active study-right for a study programme, masters-level at the University of Oslo or
- Norwegian Masters of Laws degree or equivalent or
- Passed forth year, 96 – Cand. Jur programme (or exams that are equivalent) or
- Passed JUR3000, Masters of Laws programme at the University of Oslo (or exams that are equivalent).
Recommended prior knowledge
Three years of law studies.
Overlap
10 credits against JUR1910 - Women's Law and Human Rights (BA). 15 credits against VALWOMEN - Kvinnerett - internasjonal variant. 15 credits against JUXWOMEN - Kvinnerett - internasjonal variant. 15 credits against JUTWOMEN - Women´s Law and Human Rights. 15 credits against PILWOMEN - Women's Law and Human Rights.
Teaching
Lectures/seminars.
Teaching takes place throughout the semester.
Exam information
4 hour written examination.
Exam resources
Auxiliary materials allowed during examinations for courses taught in English.
Language of examination
Students may answer the examination question in English, Norwegian, Swedish or Danish pursuant
to Regulations governing studies and examinations at the University of Oslo. (§ 5.4 Forskrift om studier og eksamener ved Universitetet i Oslo)
Assessment and grading
Course grades are awarded on a descending scale using alphabetic grades from A to E for passes and F for fail. Read more about the grading system .
Explanations and appeals
Students can request an explanation of their grades, and can also appeal against their grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals
Possibility of make-up exams and re-takes
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 .
Withdrawing from exams and limits on re-takes
A student can sit for this exam up to 3 times. If a student wishes to withdraw from the exam, s/he must do this in StudentWeb at least two weeks prior to the first day of the exam. Failure to do so will be counted as one of the three opportunities to sit for the exam.
A study programme may have rules that further limit the number of times a student may re-take this exam. In such instances the rules of the study programme will have priority.
Exam options for students with special needs
Please se Detailed regulations for the Faculty of Law, Chapter 3 regarding application, responsibilities and special measures.
Students may apply for access to alternative exam resources or exam forms on the basis of chronic illness and/or special needs that create a marked disadvantage to other students in the exam situation. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.
Evaluation of this course
Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. As a student at the University of Oslo you will therefore be asked to participate in various types of evaluation of our courses, facilities and services. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, in-depth evaluation of this course, a so called "periodic evaluation".
Other information
This subject is taught at Master 's level. The subject is also taught at Bachelor's level (15 ECTS credits), see JUR1910 - Women's Law and Human Rights (BA). Please see the chapter above, regarding overlap. For instances of overlap, credits will be deducted on the subject at Bachelors's level.
Contact us
The Faculty of Law
Visiting address:
Urbygningen, Karl Johans gate 47
Visiting hours:
15 Sept -14 May: 09.30 a.m.-15.45 p.m., 15. May -14 Sept:
9.30 a.m.-15 p.m.
Postal address:
P.O. Box 6706 St. Olavs plass
N - 0130 Oslo, Norway
Fax: +47 22 85 96 58
E-mail: info@jus.uio.no
Web: www.jus.uio.no/english/