| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrorism And Human Rights | Elective | Bachelor's degree | 1 | Spring | 3 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Assistant Prof. Dr. Murat ESMER
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Learn the difference between terrorism and human rights concepts.
2) Analyzes relevant international treaties against terrorism
3) Country assessment of terrorism and will have the power of perception and attitudes towards human rights
4) have the legal power ratings between terrorism and human rights
5) It has the authority to work on the issue of the international tribunal and the assessment power
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||||||
| 1 | No relation | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | High | Middle | Low | Middle | High | |
| 2 | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | High | Middle | High | Middle | Middle | |
| 3 | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | High | High | |
| 4 | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | High | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | |
| 5 | High | High | Middle | Middle | Middle | High | High | Middle | High | High | Middle | Middle | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
international law
Course Contents
In this course, discussions about the concepts of terrorism and new world order and their effects on the international security will be evaluated. The future of NATO and UN, international community's approach to the new world order and collective acting processes are among the major topics of this course.
Weekly Schedule
1) Definitions of the concepts of terror and terrorism2) Elements of terrorism
3) Terrorism and democracy
4) International armed conflicts and terrorism
5) Non-international armed conflicts and terrorism
6) National Independence Movements and terrorism
7) United Nations General Assembly Resolutions regarding terrorism
8) Mid-term exam
9) Human Rights and terrorism
10) Protection of human rights at international level
11) Protection of human rights at regional level
12) Important cases of European Court of Human Rights in protecting human rights while combating against terrorism
13) Right to life and terrorism
14) Freedom of speech and terrorism
15) Case study
16) Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
1- A. Emre Öktem - Terörizm, İnsancıl Hukuk ve İnsan Hakları, 2. Baskı, Der Yayınları, İstanbul, 2011
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Case Study
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
30% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
70% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
Not Required