About the Course

Whether you are an EU citizen or not, this course concerns you! The EU is a major global actor in the field of human rights. EU treaties state that human rights are a fundamental value of the Union, which must be a silver thread in all its policies. The EU now acts within an impressive array of competences, and therefore has the potential to impact – positively or negatively – anyone’s human rights.

This EU and Human Rights course teaches the basics of human rights, placing the EU at the centre of investigation.

  • What factors are key to making the EU a positive or a negative force for human rights? For example, what impact has the economic crisis had on people’s human rights in the EU and the world?
  • Which actors, friends or foes, must the EU engage with to successfully promote human rights? Examples include NGOs, businesses, or other international organisations like the Council of Europe or the UN.
  • What is the impact of the EU in key policy sectors? Examples include trade, development, migration, social policy or international crisis management.

All of the course activities aim to improve your understanding of how the EU, alone or in combination with other local or global, state or non-state actors, can better promote and uphold human rights worldwide. The course is intended for anyone interested in human rights and the EU, human rights law, European Studies, international relations, global governance, etc. It is divided into four modules:

  1. The EU and Human Rights: Value Promotion and Coherence
  2. Promoting Human Rights inside the EU
  3. Promoting Human Rights in EU External Action
  4. Capitalising on Success and Remedying Flaws

This course is taught by leading academics, and the content is illustrated through interviews of practitioners in the field of the EU and human rights. The course also comprises a wealth of bibliographical resources, and frequent exercises to test what you have learned.

What you’ll learn?

  • How the EU works
  • What the EU does
  • How the EU affects human rights
  • Where the EU can do better to be a positive force for human rights

Instructors

  • Joana Abrisketa Uriarte Assistant Professor of Public International Law University of Deusto (Spain)
  • Florence Benoît-Rohmer Professor Law Faculty in Strasbourg (France)
  • Wolfgang Benedek Professor of International Law Karl Franzens University of Graz (Austria)
  • Zdzislaw Kedzia Professor and Chair of Constitutional Law Adam-Mickiewicz-University of Poznań (Poland)
  • Jeffrey Kenner Professor and Chair of European Law University of Nottingham (UK)
  • Tamara Lewis Lecturer in Legal Skills and Human Rights
  • Eva Maria Lassen Senior Researcher Danish Institute for Human Rights
  • Carmen Márquez Carrasco Professor of Public International Law and International Relations University of Sevilla (Spain)
  • Monika Mayrhofer Researcher Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
  • Karolina Podstawa Senior Researcher European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (Italy)
  • Elina Pirjatanniemi Professor for Constitutional and International Law
  • Lorena Sosa Postdoc Researcher Netherlands Institute of Human Rights
  • Jan Wouters Full Professor of International Law and International Organizations KU Leuven University
  • Tamás Ziegler Lecturer of the Faculty of Social Sciences Eötvös Lóránd University (Hungary)

To enroll in this course, click the link below.

Course on The EU and Human Rights 

 

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