HUMR5508 – Human Rights and Diversity - Leading Cases and Core Dilemmas

Schedule, syllabus and examination date

Course content

Professor Anna Maria C. Lundberg explains the themes in this course.

This multi-disciplinary course focuses on how human rights case law addresses dilemmas in cultural diversity. The main focus is jurisprudence in the fields of freedom of religion or belief and minority rights, including rights of indigenous peoples, as these rights are interpreted both by international case law and in various regional and national jurisprodence. The case analysis aims at a discussion of selected international human rights norms and some core dilemmas that states face in fulfilling the requirements of international human rights law, while taking various cultural traditions into consideration. These dilemmas will be discussed in light of normative theories on individual and state.

Learning outcome

When you have completed this course you should have basic knowledge about the core content of the rights in this field (in particular International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights arts. 1, 18 and 27, complemented by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights arts. 1 and 15 and the ILO 169 Convention on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples).

Second, you should also have insight in the conflicts and tensions between these rights and other human rights (e.g. freedom of religion or belief in conflict with rights of women) and third, an ability to assess these rights from different disciplinary perspectives in case law analysis. Students should develop understanding for dilemmas relating to contextual interpretations of universal human rights, and be able to debate various justifications of these rights as well as their limits.

Admission to the course

You may register for this course if you have admission to a Master`s programme at UiO. All applicants must fill the formal prerequisites.

Students admitted to other Master`s programmes may apply for guest student status.

Introductory course in human rights.

Overlapping courses

Teaching

Lectures

This course has a mandatory requirement:

Each student is required to present a selected case law or piece of jurisprudence during the lecture series. Presentations may be done individually or in groups.

Examination

Students are graded on the basis of a 4 hour written open book digital school examination.

Mandatory requirements must be approved before one can sit for an exam. Approval of mandatory requirements does not expire.?

The candidates will take the exam on a PC and the submission is digital in Inspera.?Read about School exams in Inspera

You must familiarize yourself with the rules that apply to exam support materials, and?the use of sources and citations.

Examination support material

This is an open book digital school examination. You are permitted to use any materials written on paper during the examination. This includes books, lecture materials and your own notes, whether handwritten or printed. There are no restrictions on marking up or highlighting these written materials. Printouts/notes from Lovdata are allowed.

No electronic support materials are allowed. Lovdata Pro will be closed for all students during the 4 hour school exam.

Rules for citation are crucial for determining whether the use of exam resources is legal.

Language of examination

The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in 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.

This guide is used by examiners for grading this course.

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Facts about this course

Level
Master
Credits
10
Teaching
Spring
Examination
Spring

Contact

The Information Centre at The Faculty of Law