Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights on protection of freedom of speech and religion

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Course ID:	4003-SEM-LIC-WS
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.6 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0312) Political sciences and civics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights on protection of freedom of speech and religion
Name in Polish:	Orzecznictwo Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka w dziedzinie ochrony wolności słowa i religii
Organizational unit:	Centre for Europe
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	B.Sc. seminars
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	The subject- matter of the seminar concerns a range of problems arising out of the rich case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) regarding freedom of expression (Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights) and freedom of conscience and religion (Article 9), including the inter-relations of those two categories of freedoms, both protected by the European Convention. It will be a bi-lingual seminar (in Polish and English).
Full description:	The subject- matter of the seminar concerns a range of problems arising out of the rich case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) regarding freedom of expression (Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights) and freedom of conscience and religion (Article 9), including the inter-relations of those two categories of freedoms, both protected by the European Convention. It will be a bi-lingual seminar (in Polish and English). Some of the topics which may be covered by the seminar are the doctrinal positions of the European Court of Human Rights regarding: 1. Hate speech and the limits of its legal protection 2. Limits of penalizing the violations of religious sensibilities 3. Limits of legal protection of homophobic expressions 4. Incitement to ethnic and racial hatred 5. Protection of symbols related to totalitarian ideologies 6. Offence and defamation of public officials 7. Hate speech in the Internet 8. Limits of freedom of press 9. Protection of confidential journalistic sources 10. Protection of religious symbols (in particular, crucifixes in public schools and other public spaces) 11. Teaching religion in public schools 12. Limits of legal regulations of religious garb (in particular, required by Muslim faith) 13. Public education an d religious convictions of parents 14. Protection of religious identity and the duty to reveal one’s religious convictions 15. Recognition, organization and authorities of churches and other religious institutions: limits of state regulation 16. Legal protection of religious proselytizing 17. Limits of state authority to establish religious holidays and days free of work 18. Limits of protection of religiously motivated conscientious objection Contact with Professor Sadurski: • By E-mail: wojciech.sadurski@sydney.edu.au • By Skype: wojciech_sadurski Dates of the seminar: Mondays 10:00-12:00. Each seminar will be conducted by Skype and will have the form of individual discussions between a student and Professor Sadurski. A student should first make an appointment by Email. At least once in a semester Professor Sadurski will attempt to organize a session in Warsaw for all students enrolled in the seminar. Student’s workload: seminar – 60 hours subject - 20 hours bibliography – 40 hours critical analysis - 60 hours summary – 50 hours thesis writing – 150 hours editing - 40 hours altogether – 420 hours
Bibliography:	It depends on thesis topic.
Learning outcomes:	After the seminar students in range of knowledge: - know issues and the state of research related to your dissertation - appreciate the value of different perspectives and opinions expressed in various scientific traditions - know methodical rules governing academic papers - know technical aspects of academic writing - understand the need for reliable documentation of scientific statements (references, bibliography) - know basic ethical rules governing in research in range of skills - are able to organize the workshop and plan the stages of work - are able to collect , select and analyze source materials - are able to use the foreign language sources - know how to apply the methodology of conducting scientific research - know how to apply the methodology in research - are able to independently conduct and carry out a study - know how to present the results of research and formulate conclusions - know how to edit the text of the thesis - understand what is ethics in research and are responsible for the accuracy of the results obtained - are able to work under the guidance of tutors - appreciate the value of independent research - are able to identify their own mistakes and accept constructive criticism in range of social competences - know that the value of individual work depends on the intelligible presentation - understand the responsibility associated with the use of a variety of messages and formulating conclusions based on them - respect the other achievements.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Assessment of the seminar : Semester I: - attendance, - the formulation of theses research - identification of the research problem (theme of the work), preparation of plan of work divided into chapters, - collecting literature and building a proper bibliography, - critical analysis of the material - raising the competence of language, grammar and spelling, developing the skills of drafting and editing. Semester II : Presentation at the seminar meetings consecutive chapters work in the order of their writing and regularly consulting their content. Supervisor assesses: systematic work, the clarity of the plan and narrative, completeness theses, language and style, correct scientific workshop (bibliography, footnotes), original nature of the work, diligence editing. The pass mark for the whole of the seminar is to allow the seminarian to defend on the basis of approved work.

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