GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA/2710041
Course Title: HUMAN RIGHTS LAW IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Mehmet Emin Çağıran
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/mcagiran
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  meminca@hotmail.com
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learns the basic concepts of Human Rights.
Analyzes facts through the framework of Human Rights.
Makes legal analysis (international law based) on issues related to Human Rights.
Learns the Human Rights problems in the Middle East and Africa.
Learns regional inspection mechanisms related to Human Rights.
Analyzes comparatively the differences of Human Rights situations between Middle East and Africa region and other regions.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Introduction: Presentation of course's subjects, plan and aims; Historical Development of Human Rights: From Magna Carta to 20. century developments
2. Week  Analysis of the concept of Human Rights and its content
3. Week  Basic features of International Law and Human Rights: International Human Rights Law
4. Week  Universal regulations about Human Rights United Nations Human Rights System International Human Rights Documents
5. Week  Universal Declaration of Human Rights
6. Week  Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
7. Week  Main Human Rights documents in the Middle East region
8. Week  Mid-term examination week
9. Week  Main Human Rights problems in the Middle East region
10. Week  Palestinian-Israeli conflict in terms of Human Rights
11. Week  Arap world with regard to Human Rights
12. Week  Main Human Right documents in Africa
13. Week  Rwanda Genocide
14. Week  Events in Darfur
15. Week  Other Human Rights problems in Africa
16. Week  Final examination week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS:Mehmet Emin Çağıran, Uluslararası Alanda İnsan Hakları, Ankara: Barış Kitap, 2011;Jack Donnelly, International Human Rights, Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1998 RECOMMENDED READINGS: Mehmet Semih Gemalmaz, Temel Belgelerde İnsan Haklari,İstanbul: BDS, 1991; Anthony Chase, Amr Hamzawy, Human Rights in the Arab World: Independent Voices, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008; James T. Lawrence (ed.), Human Rights in the Near East and North Africa, Nova Publishers, 2004.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Case Study
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  None
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
2
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
15
3
45
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
15
3
45
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
2
30
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
5
3
15
 Presentation
5
3
15
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
20
20
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
190
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.6
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Having skills and professional expertise in the field of international relations theories, political history and international lawX
2Being able to manage the disciplines of juridical sciences, sociology, history, economics etc. with the necessity of the international relations discipline by having academic knowledge and competencesX
3Being able to produce comprehensive and detailed academic works with the advantage of interdisciplinary knowledgeX
4Having expertise level of knowledge on institutions and organizations that are influential on Middle Eastern and African politicsX
5Being able to comprehend the place of actors in the Middle East and Africa in the international system from theoretical, historical and factual perspectivesX
6Being able to conduct historical, economic, sociological and strategic analysis of the Middle East and AfricaX
7Having adequate skills to make international legal evaluation to the developments in the Middle East and AfricaX
8Being able to analyze international system, in general, and the Middle East and Africa, in particular, by using XIX. and XX. century diplomatic historyX
9Being able to apply the theories of international relations, to make analyses, to develop hypotheses and to promote solution offers in the individual, state and system levels of analyses
10Being conscious of professional, humane and scientific ethical manners and also the principals related to these mannersX
11Being able to reach the resources and to have foreign language proficiency on the level to follow the developments related to international relations discipline and the literature
12Using basic computer programmes and information technologies efficiently by adhering to the principal of learning
13Being able to find solutions and having capability of preparing documents such as projects, drafts, programmes and reports for national, regional and global problems with being coherent to group actions, open-minded, having capability to take initiatives and analytical thinkingX