2029 Human Rights and Public Administration
Content
- Fundamental righst and human rights
- Human rights legal framework in the EU
- The legal framework of human rights in the Council of Europe
- The global legal framework of human rights
- Specific features of the protection of human rights in Slovenia
- Legal proceedings for the protection of human rights
- Human rights and public administration
- Human rights and rule of law
- Human rights and business
- Current examples (migration, personal data, environment, digital age, corona crisis, tobacco products, etc.)
Objectives and competences
Objectives
- The students are getting acquainted with legal regulation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, with special emphasis on relevant instruments adopted within the framework of the UN and European organizations.
- The student should understand the importance of the EU Charter of fundamental rights and the functioning of Council of Europe and European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as well as European Court of Human Rights.
- EU civil cervants have to be familiar with the problems concerning human rights
- The student is encouraged to understand and create critical thinking regarding the role of public administration in ensuring human rights.
Competences
- The student is able to understand the structure of the legal system of human rights and freedoms in Europe and global context.
- The student understands functioning of the main organizations in the field of human rights protection.
- The student understands the connection between the public administration and human rights and is capable of creating a critical view of the role of public authorities in protecting human rights.