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COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name	Code	Semester	T+A+L (hour/week)	Type (C / O)	Local Credit	ECTS
Social Rights and Guarentee in the International Human Rights Documents	LW 571	Fall-Spring	03+00+00	Elective	3	7.5

Academic Unit:	MA in Private Law
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Prerequisites:	None
Language of Instruction:	Turkish
Level of Course Unit:	Graduate
Course Coordinator:	Ali GÜZEL
Course Objectives:	1. Analyzing and comprehending the international and European sources of social rights 2. Evaluating the social rights in the international conventions in the light of jurisprudences of international and European courts 3. Determining by comparing common practice areas regarding social rights between Turkish Labour Law and International/European Labour Law 4. Analyzing the effects of the provisions regarding workers’ rights in the European Convention of Human Rights and the jurisprudences of the European Court of Human Rights to the national law.
Course Contents:	International Labour Organization, European Union, Council of Europe, European Convention of Human Rights and European Social Charter, Turkish Constitution art.90/5, jurisprudences of European Court of Justice and European Court of Human Rights regarding labour relations and decisions of ILO’s bodies.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO):	1- Using the basic concepts and principles of social rights in the international and European Labour law 2- Being able to consult as a lawyer to the international and European originated companies about the Labour Law 3- Comprehending and producing solutions as a lawyer about the problems regarding social rights with an international dimension. 4- Ensuring as a lawyer the implementation of the international and European norms by the national judicial bodies.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods:	1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 4: Analyzing Supreme Court’s decisions and presenting the course subjects

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS

Week	Subjects	LO
1	Development of the social rights and international and labour law, current disputes regarding the social rights	1-3
2	Evaluating of the jurisprudences of the European Court of Human Rights regarding work life -1- (presentation)	1-3
3	Evaluating of the jurisprudences of the European Court of Human Rights regarding work life -2- (presentation)	1-3
4	Evaluating of the jurisprudences of the European Court of Human Rights regarding work life -3- (presentation)	1-3
5	Evaluating of the jurisprudences of the European Court of Human Rights regarding work life -4-(presentation)	1-3-4
6	Evaluating of the jurisprudences of the European Court of Human Rights regarding work life -5-(presentation)	1-3-4
7	Evaluating of the jurisprudences of the European Court of Human Rights regarding work life -6-(presentation)	1-2-3-4
8	Evaluating of the jurisprudences of the European Committee of Social Rights -1-	1-2-3-4
9	Evaluating of the jurisprudences of the European Committee of Social Rights -2-	1-2-3-4
10	Evaluating of the jurisprudences of the European Committee of Social Rights -3-	1-2-3-4
11	Evaluating of the jurisprudences of the European Committee of Social Rights -4-	1-2-3-4
12	The issue of applicability of international conventions on human rights in the national law 1	1-2-3-4
13	The issue of applicability of international conventions on human rights in the national law 2	1-2-3-4
14	Evaluating comparatively European and international court decisions and Turkish court decisions	1-2-3-4

At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.

REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING

- Sur Melda, İş Hukukunun Uluslararası Kaynakları, İzmir 1995.
- Sur Melda, Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi Çerçevesinde Sendika Hakkı, İnsan Hakları Yıllığı, C.16, 1994, s.37-50.
- Sur Melda, Sosyal Hakların Uluslararası Alanda Korunma Sistemleri, İnsan Hakları Yıllığı, Cilt 19-20, 1997-1998, s.65-91.
- Sur Melda, Avrupa Hukukunda Grev, Prof. Dr. Ali Güzel’e Armağan, Beta, İstanbul 2010, s.659-674.
- Sur Melda, 6356 Sayılı Sendikalar ve Toplu İş Sözleşmesi Kanununun Uluslararası Normlar Açısından Değerlendirilmesi, Çalışma ve Toplum, 2013/4, S. 39, s.323-362.
- Sur Melda, Birleşmiş Milletler Örgütünün Gelişimi ve Geleceği, Prof. Dr. Aydın Zevkliler’e Armağan, C.III, Yaşar Üniversitesi Elektronik Dergisi, C.8, Özel Sayı, 2013, s.2535-2550.
- Gülmez, Mesut, Gözden Geçirilmiş Avrupa Sosyal Şartına Uyum Sağlayabilecek Miyiz?, Çalışma ve Toplum Dergisi, 2007/1, 27-52.
- Gülmez, Mesut, İş Hukuku Öğretisi ve Anayasa madde 90/son sorunu, Prof. Dr. Ali Güzel’e Armağan, C.I, İstanbul 2010,.
- Kökkılınç, Ayşe Gül, İş Hukukunun Uluslararası Kaynakları Işığında Kadın İşçilerin Korunması, İstanbul 2013.
- International Commission of Jurists, Courts and the Legal Enforcement of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Geneva, 2008
- Demiral Cavit, Avrupa Adalet Divanının Çalışanların Nöbette Geçen Sürelerinin de Çalışma Süresine Dahil Edilmesine İlişkin Kararı Simap Kararı, A. Can Tuncay'a Armağan, 2005, 153-165.
- Aydın Ufuk, Avrupa Birliği, ILO ve Türk Hukukunda Toplu İşçi Çıkarma, A. Can Tuncay'a Armağan, 2005, 653-689.
- Çil Şahin, Avrupa Sosyal Şartı ve Yargıtay Kararları, Sicil İş Hukuku Dergisi, Sayı 18, 2010, 56-70.
- Alp, Mustafa, Avrupa Birliği Temel Sosyal Hakları ve Türk İş Hukuku, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt 6, Sayı 1,2004, 1-42.

OTHER COURSE RESOURCES

N. Valticos, Droit International du Travail, 1970.
P. Rodière, Droit social de l’Union européenne, LGDJ, Paris 2014.
J.-M. Servais, Normes internationales du travail, LGDJ, Paris 2004.
J.-M. Servais, Droit social de l’Union européenne, Bruylant, Bruxelles 2011.
S. Hennette-Vauchez/D. Roman, Droits de l’Homme et libertés fondamentales, Paris, Dalloz, 2013.
R. Blanpain, European Labour Law, Kluwer, 14th edition

ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

Semester Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade (%)
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes	1	40
Final Exam	1	60
Total:	2	100

WORKLOAD

Events	Count	Duration (Hours)	Total Workload (hour)
Course Hours	13	2	26
Homework Assigments	2	50	100
Extra-Class Activities (reading,individiual work, etc.)	13	2	26
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes	1	12	12
Final Exam	1	23.5	23.5
Total Workload (hour):			187.5

1 ECTS = 25 Hours Workload

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)

#	PQ1	PQ2	PQ3	PQ4	PQ5	PQ6	PQ7	PQ8	PQ9
LO1
LO2
LO3
LO4

Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High