Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
- To supplement the student’s knowledge and skills in a way that
may form part of the student’s choice of educational and
professional profile
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- International human rights law with an emphasis on human rights
of the child
- The concept of human rights from a legal point of view,
including considerations on universal applicability
- International legal sources in relation to children's
rights, including international conventions, application and
analysis of case law from the European Court of Human Rights,
application and analysis of decisions from the UN Committee on the
Rights of the Child
- General knowledge of the international development in
children’s rights and basic principles and terms in relation to
children’s rights
- Current challenges and issues in the field of child welfare,
the right for children to family life, child friendly justice,
positive state obligations with regard to children’s rights, and
human rights of refugee and migrant children.
Skills
- Master the law, terminology and concepts of the field and
independently locate relevant legal sources in the field and
applying them
- Identifying legal problems in regional and international human
rights, including those relating to children, and applying relevant
sources of law in solving these
- Researching, presenting and analyzing decisions, general
comments, concluding observations and recommendations adopted by
human rights treaty monitoring bodies, including the Committee on
the Rights of the Child. Also applicable to illustrative case law
of the European Court of Human Rights (ECrtHR)
- Communicating issues relating to international Children’s and
human rights law in a clear and well-structured manner, using the
applicable terminology
Competences
- Independently identifying legal issues in the field of
children's rights and analyze critically
- Being able to work problem oriented by independently composing
a problem and working with it in a analytical and structured way
and apply relevant international legal sources as well as
basic principles and concepts to address issues in the area of
children’s rights
- The ability to assess and analyze rules and regulations as well
as the consequences of the rules
- Disseminate research-based knowledge and discuss scientific
issues in the field of child-law based on children's
rights
Type of instruction
Extent and expected workload
Exam
Exams
Name of exam | Children's Rights and Human Rights |
Type of exam | Oral exam based on a project
Group exam. 20 minutes per student x the amount of participants in
the group |
ECTS | 10 |
Permitted aids | With certain aids:
The project can be brought to the exam |
Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
Type of grading | Internal examination |
Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination
Policies and Procedures |
Additional information
Child-law deals with issues that specifically concern
children's legal position, often based on the UN Convention on
the Rights of the Child. This means that the subject passes across
different areas of law and focuses on the influence of
international law on national law enforcement. Through six
workshops, the students will work with practical and theoretical
issues in identifying children's rights and how they are
implemented in practice. The themes are frequently based on current
issues regarding children and young people's meeting with the
authorities. For instance concerning integration, crime,
imprisonment, violation or abuse, migration or other relevant
problems. In connection to this, students will also be asked
to deal with questions regarding the legal consequences of a
possible breach of children's rights. The six workshops are
thematically dealing with children’s civil and political rights and
economic, social and cultural rights. The course is
interdisciplinary within the field of law and provides the students
with skills that are relevant to a wide range of legal
professions.