Human Rights, Democracy and Constitutional Developments in Central and Eastern Europe (HR-01)

Lecturer: Oksana Holovko-Havrysheva, PhD

Credits: 2 credits / 60 academic hours (18 classroom hours)

The course is devoted to the presentation of the interrelations between the human rights, democracy debates and constitutional developments with particular impetus on the recent trends in Central and Eastern Europe.

The selective justice as a factor of the social and political life in the Post-Soviet societies (HR-02)

Lecturer: Ivan Horodyskyy, PhD

Credits: 2 credits / 60 academic hours (18 classroom hours)

This course examines the one of the major problems of post-soviet societies – so-called “selective justice” – the usage of the judicial instruments as a method of reprisal over some persons because of political, economic, religious or other reasons. Special attention is paid to the reasons and the preconditions of the “selective justice”  to provide a better understanding of the transformation processes which are taking place in the post-Soviet societies.

State sovereignty, human rights and democracy in Central and Eastern Europe (HR-03)

Lecturer: Taras Tsymbrivskyy, PhD

Credits: 2 credits / 60 academic hours (18 classroom hours)

The course deals with the review of topical issues related to political and social transformations within the countries of Central and Eastern Europe in the light of state-building processes and promotion of fundamental values. Special attention is drawn to the contemporary challenges to the political independence, territorial integrity and security of the revelant countries with special focus on Ukraine.

Human rights advocacy in the contemporary Ukrainian society (HR-04)

Lecturer: Svitlana Batsyukova

Credits: 2 credits / 60 academic hours (18 classroom hours)

This course is devoted to the issues and mechanisms of human rights advocacy with the specification on Ukraine.