Course code

AKJ7182.YK

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Uued inimõigused

Course title in English

New Human Rights

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Mart Susi (language of instruction:English)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The goal of the course is to give to the students a general understanding of the meaning of the term new human rights, about the theoretical discussion related to the emergence of new human rights norms and principles and review the main so-called new human rights.

Brief description of the course

The course will cover the following areas: the meaning of new human rights; the link of new human rights to traditional human rights; acceptance of new human rights and main stakeholders; new human rights related to information technologies; new human rights related to identity and personality; new human rights related to the exercise of public authority; new human rights related to well-being.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- understands the meaning of new human rights;
- understands the mechanisms leading to the recognition of new human rights;
- knows the content of new human rights and their relation to traditional human rights.

Teacher

Mart Susi

Study programmes containing that course

Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/24.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/23.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/22.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/21.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/20.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/19.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/18.YK)