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| Semester | Herbstsemester 2024 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Barbara von Rütte (barbara.vonruette@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has played an important role in shaping the rights of migrants in Europe. The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) does not guarantee a specific right to enter or remain in a particular state. Nevertheless, the Court has derived a number of crucial rights for migrants from the Convention guarantees. Namely, the principle of non-refoulement protected by Article 3 ECHR gives refugees the right to access an asylum procedure and not to be returned. Article 8 ECHR can give rise to a right to enter a state or to remain in a state in order to be able to life one’s family and private life. And Article 5 ECHR protects migrants against arbitrary detention. However, with its case law on migration, the Court has attracted criticism from different sides: while some criticize the Court as interfering in political decisions and not respecting state’ sovereignty in migration matters, others maintain that the Court fails to fully recognize the human rights of migrants. The seminar will look at the case law of the ECtHR on migration and critically discuss its role in shaping the rights of migrants in Europe in detail. On the basis of landmark cases as well as theoretical readings, the seminar will look at how the Court shapes the rights of different categories of migrants (refugees, regular and irregular migrants, stateless persons, children of migrants, family members) at different stages of a migration trajectory. The seminar thereby pursues a threefold aim: to get familiar with the functioning of the European Court of Human Rights, to learn about the (human) rights of migrants in a European context, and to actively engage with case law. |
| Lernziele | Students acquire in-depth knowledge about the rights of migrants under the European Convention on Human Rights and the respective case law of the Court. They can critically reflect on the role of the Court for the protection of migrant rights’ in Europe. They are familiar with the functioning of the Court and the procedure – once an application is being lodged until a judgment is made and has to implemented at the national level – and with the multi-level structure of human rights protection in Europe. The students can read and analyze complex legal texts and judgments, they recognize and critically reflect on arguments presented in legal cases and they can apply theoretical arguments to practical cases. |
| Literatur | Readings will be announced and made available on ADAM. To familiarize yourself with the themes of the seminar, the following two books are recommended: - Marie-Bénédicte Dembour, When Humans Become Migrants: Study of the European Court of Human Rights with an Inter-American Counterpoint, Oxford University Press 2015; - Başak Çalı et al. (eds.), Migration and the European Convention on Human Rights, Oxford University Press 2021. |
| Bemerkungen | The number of participants is limited to ensure active and constructive discussions. Participants are selected by date of enrolment. Full participation in the block seminar is required. |
| Weblink | Europainstitut |
| Teilnahmebedingungen | Prior knowledge in public international law and/or human rights law is recommended. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block | Siehe Einzeltermine | ||
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Freitag 27.09.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Riehenstrasse 154, Seminarraum 00.022 |
| Freitag 06.12.2024 | 10.15-17.00 Uhr | Riehenstrasse 154, Seminarraum 00.022 |
| Samstag 07.12.2024 | 10.15-17.00 Uhr | Riehenstrasse 154, Seminarraum 00.022 |
| Module |
Modul: Fields: Governance and Politics (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul: Migration, Mobility and Transnationalism (Master Studiengang: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources ) Modul: Transfer: Europa interdisziplinär (Master Studiengang: Europäische Geschichte in globaler Perspektive ) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Arbeit, Migration und Gesellschaft (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Internationale Organisationen (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Regional Integration and Global Flows (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) |
| Leistungsüberprüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung | The seminar is a heavy reading course. Participants are expected to read the mandatory readings and cases in preparation of the seminar and participate actively during the block seminar. Students have to make one oral presentation during the block seminar on a topic assigned at the beginning of the course, moderate one session during the block seminar and contribute actively to the discussion. The final assessment is a written essay. Full participation in the block seminar is required. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | 1-6 0,5 |
| Wiederholtes Belegen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Universität Basel |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Europainstitut |