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CREDITS 2 (LV) 3 (ECTS) - 32 Contact Hours

The course begins with the historical and philosophical foundations of international human rights law: we will discuss what are the purposes of human rights protection, why it has to be universal, and what are the different categories of rights/obligations. The course proceeds with an examination of the regional and international protection systems.

Further, the students will turn to the substantive rights and freedoms: the right to life, the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment, the right to liberty and security, the right to a fair trial, the right to private life, freedom of expression, etc.

At the end of the course, we will examine the economic and social rights, as well as the recent challenges in the area of human rights protection.