Fundamental Rights

Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, to which the emergence of human rights on the world stage can be traced back, these rights have been defined and identified with increasing precision in numerous international treaties, of a universal or regional nature and of a general or specific content.
The objective of the course is to study the fundamental rights recognized at the international level. The course aims to provide the necessary knowledge and analytical tools to understand the definition and content of these rights, as well as the functioning of international mechanisms aimed at ensuring their effective implementation within national legal systems.

By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- identify and define the fundamental rights recognized at the international level in their essential features
- acquire knowledge of universal and regional systems for the protection of these rights
- critically understand relevant international case law in this field
- apply the learned concepts to concrete cases and assess the current relevance and emerging challenges in the subject matter of the course
- develop an adequate autonomy of judgment and individual learning in the subject matter of the course, taking into account the professional prospects of the degree program
- present the concepts learned during the course with coherence of argumentation and appropriate vocabulary