Preliminary schedule of the seminars:

1st Seminar

Introduction to the course: the sources, exam requirements and conditions of effective work in the classroom. Overview of the mechanism set forth by the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR).

2nd Seminar

Admissibility criteria of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Work with the decisions of the ECtHR regarding the inadmissibility of complaints. Analysis of the incompatibility racione loci, raione temporis, racione personae, ratione materiae. Explanation of the basic principles of interpretation of the ECHR: “margin of appreciation”, “living instrument”, “subsidiarity” and others.

3rd Seminar

Rights relating to personal liberty (Article 2-5 of the ECHR).

4th Seminar

Rights related to spiritual freedom (Articles 8-12 of the ECHR).

5th Seminar

Rights related to the procedural safeguards (Articles 6, 7 and 13 of the ECHR).

6th Seminar

Protocols to the Convention - Right to protection of property (Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the ECHR).

7th Seminar

Some of the other rights guaranteed by the ECHR.

8th Seminar

Rights of legal entities under the ECHR.

9th Seminar

Moot court on a given topic.

10th Seminar

The ECHR through the government eyes. Practical guidelines for the preparation of the government’s observations as to alleged violations of the ECHR. The seminar will be held by a representative of the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for representing the Czech Republic before the ECtHR.

11th Seminar

The work of the Venice Commission and the Case-Law of the ECtHR. Comparison of the Case-Law of the ECtHR with the other mechanisms (e.g. the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) and the US Supreme Court).

12th Seminar

Final comments to the ECHR. Recommendations on preparing for the exam.

13th Seminar

Workshop at the European Court of Human Rights in June 2020

Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights

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