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Instructors: Dr. Maria-Artemis Kolliniati
Event type:
Course
Org-unit: Dept. 02 - Institute of Political Science
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PartizLegit
Subject:
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Hours per week:
2
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
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Course Contents:
Human Rights and environmental protection: theory and practice
Maria-Artemis Kolliniati, M.A., PhD cand.
The course examines the theoretical development and implementation of human rights. It begins with an introductory account of the general idea of human rights in contemporary political theory focusing on the work of Ronald Dworkin, Robert Nozick and Joseph Raz. The course then will apply these theories, studying the relationship between the environmental protection and selected rights of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) such as:
- Respect for family life (Art. 8 of the ECHR)
- The right to life (Art.2 of the ECHR)
- Protection of property (Art. 1 of Protocol No 1 of the ECHR)
Could someone claim that there is a violation of the above rights of the ECHR because of road traffic noise, industrial noise pollution, or water supply contamination? By the end of the course students will be familiar with the basic theories of human rights and their application on some ECHR rights which might be related (indirectly) to environmental issues.
1: Introduction
2: Ronald Dworkin, theory of rights
3: Robert Nozick, theory of rights
4: Joseph Raz, theory of rights
5: European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and European Court of Human rights´ decisions; a general idea of the history and interpretation of the ECHR.
6: Emissions from diesel vehicles and Respect for family life (Art. 8 of the ECHR).
The case of Greenpeace e.V. and Others v. Germany – Appl. No 18215/06. Decision 12.5.2009.
7: Road traffic noise and Respect for family life (Art. 8 of the ECHR).
The case of Deés v. Hungary (application no 2345/06),
8: Industrial pollution and Respect for family life (Art. 8 of the ECHR)
CASE OF LÓPEZ OSTRA v. SPAIN, (Application no. 16798/90)
9: Waste collection sites The right to life (Art.2 of the ECHR)
Case of Öneryildiz v. Turkey
10: Natural disasters and The right to life (Art.2 of the ECHR)
Case of Murillo Saldias v. Spain
11: Nuclear tests and The right to life (Art.2 of the ECHR)
L.C.B. v. the United Kingdom
12: Pleasant Environment and Protection of property (Art. 1 of Protocol No 1 of the ECHR)
13: Pleasant Environment and Protection of property (Art. 1 of Protocol No 1 of the ECHR)
14: Pleasant Environment and Protection of property (Art. 1 of Protocol No 1 of the ECHR)
15: Feedback, examinations advices.
Bibliography
Brems, Eva and Gerrards, Janneke (ed.) (2013). Shaping rights in the ECHR: The Role of the European Court of Human rights in Determining the scope of Human Rights, New York: Cambridge University Press
Dworkin, Ronald (1977). Taking Rights Seriously, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press
Nozick, Robert (1974). Anarchy, State and Utopia, Oxford UK, Cambridge USA:Blackwell
Raz, Joseph (1986). The Morality of Freedom, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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