University Code:	HUMR 5120	
Semester:	Autumn 2008	
Instructors:	Ronald Craig, Asbjørn Eide, Richard Hustad,  Maria Lundberg, 
	
Additional Seminars	Rights of the child – the Convention monitoring and practical work
Elin Saga Kjørholt (NCHR)

Non-discrimination on the grounds of sex and ethnicity
Elisabeth Lier Haugseth (Office of the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud)
	
Plan revised:	28 October 2008	

LECTURE 1
Wednesday 15 October, 
10:15 – 12:00
Domus Academica, 
Auditorium 6
Instructor: Richard Hustad  (NCHR)
	
Equality before the Law 
Right to a Fair Trial 

Smith, pp. 235-253

Selected documents
CCPR General Comment 13: Equality before the court and the right to a fair and public hearing by an independent court established by law (Art. 14)	

LECTURE 2
Friday 17 October, 
10:15 – 12:00
Domus Academica, 
Auditorium 6
Instructor: Richard Hustad  (NCHR) 
	
Freedom of Opinion, Expression and Information

Ovey, pp 317-334
Smith, pp. 267-277

Selected documents
CCPR General Comment 10: Freedom of expression (Art. 19)
CCPR General Comment 11: Prohibition of propaganda for war and inciting national, racial or religious hatred (Art. 20)	

LECTURE 3
Friday 24 October, 
10:15 – 12:00
Domus Bibliotheca, 
Auditorium 14
Instructor: Maria Lundberg (NCHR)
	
Right to Life and the Prohibition of the Death Penalty
The right to liberty of person

Nowak, pp 120-156
Ovey, pp 18-34, 56-73 
Smith, pp. 194-207, 221-234

Selected documents 
CCPR General Comment 6: The right to life (Art. 6) 
CCPR General Comment 8: Right to liberty and security of persons(Art.9)
CCPR General Comment 14: Nuclear weapons and the right to life (Art. 6)

Cases:
McCann, LCB, Soering, Osman

SEMINAR 1
Tuesday 28 October,
13:15 – 14:00
Domus Academica,
Auditorium 6
Instructor: Elin Saga Kjørholt (NCHR)	
Rights of the child – the Convention monitoring and practical work

	

LECTURE 4
Wednesday 29 October, 
10:15 – 12:00
Domus Academica, 
Auditorium 6
Instructor: Richard Hustad  (NCHR) )
	
Right to Education

Eide, pp 245-271
Ovey, pp 376-387 
Smith, pp. 290-302

Selected documents
CESCR General Comment 13: The right to education (Art. 13)

Cases:
-  Kjeldsen et al. vs Denmark (Application no. 5095/71; 5920/72; 5926/72, judgement  7 Dec 1976)
-  Campbell and Cosans vs. UK (Application no. 7511/76; 7743/76, judgement 25 Feb 1982)
-  Leirvåg and others vs. Norway

	

LECTURE 5 
Friday 31 October, 
10:15 – 12:00 
Domus Bibliotheca, 
Auditorium 14
Instructor: Asbjørn Eide (NCHR)

The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living
Multinational enterprises
Eide, pp. 133-168, 563-595, 

Selected documents
CECSR General Comment 4: The right to adequate housing (Art. 11(1))
CECSR General Comment 7: The right to adequate housing (Art. 11(1)): forced evictions
CECSR General Comment 12:The right to adequate food (Art.11)	

SEMINAR 2
Tuesday 4 November,
10:15 – 11:00
Domus Academica,
Auditorium 6

Instructor: Elisabeth Lier Haugseth (Office of the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud)	
Non-discrimination on the grounds of sex and ethnicity

LECTURE 6
Wednesday 5 November
10:15 – 12:00
Domus Academica, 
Auditorium 6
Instructor: Ronald Craig (NCHR)
	
Equality and Non-discrimination

Eide, pp 331-352
Nowak, pp. 597-634
Ovey, pp. 412-431

Selected documents
CCPR General Comment 18: Non-discrimination

LECTURE 7
Friday 7  November, 
10:15 – 12:00
Domus Academica, 
Auditorium 6
Instructor: Richard Hustad (NCHR) 

Right to Privacy and Family Life

Eide, pp. 353-372
Ovey, pp. 241-299

Selected documents
CCPR General Comment 16: The right to respect  of privacy, home and correspondence, and protection of honour and reputation (Art. 17)

Cases:
-Singh v. United kingdom (App23389/94), Judgment 21 February 1996,
-Chahal v. United Kingdom (App.22414/93)

LECTURE 8
Monday 10 November, 
10:15 – 12:00
Domus Bibliotheca, 
Auditorium 14
Instructor: Maria Lundberg (NCHR)
	
Political Rights
Freedom of assembly and association 

Nowak, Art. 25: 563-596 Check
Ovey, pp. 335-344, 388-399
Smith, pp. 254-266

Selected documents
CCPR General Comment 12: The right to self-determination of peoples (Art.1)
CCPR General Comment 25: The right to participate in public affairs, voting rights, and the right to equal access to public service (Art.25)

LECTURE 9
Wednesday 12  November,
10:15 – 12:00
Domus Academica, 
Auditorium 6
Instructor: Maria Lundberg (NCHR)

Minority, Indigenous, and Cultural Rights

Eide, pp. 289-302, 373-388
Nowak, pp 635-667
Smith, pp. 303-316

Selected documents
CCPR General Comment 23: The rights of minorities(Art. 27)

Cases:
-Ilmari Länsman v. Finland, (Comm. No. 511/1992), 
UN Doc. CCPR/C/52/D/511/1992 ( 1994)

-Anatonina Ignatane v. Latvia (Comm.884/1999, 
UN Doc. CCPR/C/72/D/884/1999 (2001)

-Apirana Mahuika et al. (represented by Maori Legal Service) v. New Zealand 
(Communication No 547/1993): New Zealand. 15/11/2000. CCPR/C/70/D/547/1993. (Jurisprudence)

LECTURE 10
Thursday 13 November,
 10:15 – 12:00
Domus Bibliotheca, 
Auditorium 14
Instructor: Maria Lundberg (NCHR)
	
Reservations, Limitations, and Derogations

Eide, pp 407-421
Ovey, pp 218-240, 432-438, 439-450, 451-458

Selected documents
CCPR General Comment 24: Issues relating to reservations made upon ratification or accession…
CCPR General Comment 29: States of emergency (Art. 4)	

EXTRA Lecture
Friday 14 November,
 10:15 – 12:00
Auditorium 6, DA
Instructor: Maria Lundberg (NCHR)
	
Cases: Singh and Chahal
(Liberty of Security of persons)

MOCK EXAM		Maria will give explanations to the mock exam.
EXPLANATION

Wednesday 26 November 
Auditorium 6, DA		

OTHER READING	
The following are portions of the reading list which are not the main focus of any single lecture, but these subjects may be discussed in the context of another lecture.  As with every page on the reading list, students are responsible for these pages on the exam.

Freedom of thought, conscience and religion: Ovey, pp 300-316

Freedom from torture: Smith, pp 208-220

Multinational enterprises and emergent jurisprudence on violations of economic, social and cultural rights: Eide, pp 563-595

Relevant Documents from Reference Texts
Students are responsible to have read and be familiar with documents from the reference texts which are relevant to the subject of the lecture and to the corresponding pages of the reading list.