Instructor Profile:

Prof. MARC BOSSUYT
Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague
Member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Former Judge at the Belgian Constitutional Court



Course Description:

PART ONE: INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN GENERAL

A. The Institutional Framework
The UN Charter based Human Rights Bodies
The UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
Regional Systems of Protection of Human Rights

B. The Normative Framework
The Concept of Human Rights
Social Rights: a Specific Category of Human Rights?
The Prohibition of Discrimination
The Concept of Affirmative Action

PART TWO: SPECIFIC PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

A. Some Specific Human Rights Issues
Procedural Issues at the World Conference against Racism
The Internal Applicability of Human Rights Treaty Provisions
The Death Penalty and Irreducible Life Sentences
Limits to the Jurisdiction of the Court of Strasbourg?
The Court of Strasbourg and Positive Obligations

B. Some Specific Human Rights Regimes
The Protection of Refugees in International Law
The Protection of Minorities in International Law
The Protection of Victims of Armed Conflicts