The course aims to enable students to acquire the necessary skills for reading, understanding, and analyzing the content of the main instruments for the protection of fundamental rights - whether national, European, or international - as well as the case law associated with them.
The aim of the civil liberties course is to familiarise students with the content of the main fundamental rights enshrined in national, European and international texts, as well as the procedural means of ensuring that they are respected.
After a general introduction to fundamental rights, the course will look at the rights and freedoms enshrined in national, European and international instruments (right to life, prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, right to respect for private and family life, right to a healthy environment, etc.) and the procedural means of ensuring that they are respected.
Particular attention will be paid to the Belgian Constitution, the European Convention on Human Rights, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
General Introduction
Chapter 1. Rights and Freedoms in the Belgian Constitution
Chapter 2. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
Chapter 3. The European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights
Chapter 4. The Right to Life
Chapter 5. The Prohibition of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
Chapter 6. The Right to a Fair Trial
Chapter 7. The Right to Respect for Private Life
Chapter 8. The Right to Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion
Chapter 9. The Right to Education
Chapter 10. Freedom of Expression
No practical exercices.
The course will alternate between ex cathedra lectures and analyses of case law, which students will be invited to read in advance of each lecture. Where appropriate, current events may also give rise to discussions with the students. In general, the course will leave room for interactivity.
The student's mark will be divided into two parts:
- 5 points for the analysis and presentation of a decision ;
- 15 points for the oral examination.
In addition to the slides presented during the oral course, students will have access to the rulings presented during the course and to be read in preparation for the course on the course's Webcampus platform.
| Training | Study programme | Block | Credits | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor in Law (Evenings and Weekends Schedule) | Standard | 0 | 5 | |
| Bachelor in Law (Evenings and Weekends Schedule) | Standard | 3 | 5 |