Unit HUMAN RIGHTS THEORY AND PRACTICE

Course
European legal integration and human rights
Study-unit Code
A005490
Location
PERUGIA
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Claudio Sartea
Teachers
  • Claudio Sartea
Hours
  • 36 ore - Claudio Sartea
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2025
Offered
2026/27
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian.
Contents
The course offers a theoretical and practical reflection on human rights, which probes its historical and conceptual origin and ponders some application problems. Furthermore, it develops a reflection on the historical-philosophical foundations of constitutionalism as a doctrine intrinsically connected to the protection of fundamental rights.
Reference texts
C. Sartea, Diritti umani. Un’introduzione critica, Giappichelli, Torino, 2018;
J.-P. Schouppe, Rifondare i diritti umani, Giappichelli, Torino, 2026 (in press).
Any adjustments to the program for attending and non-attending students, Erasmus students, working students and students with disabilities and/or SLD, will be agreed with the Teacher during office hours or by appointment to be made by e-mail (write to claudio.sartea@unipg.it).
Educational objectives
To encourage learners to develop a critical awareness of human rights and the foundations of their legitimate claim and protection, as well as on the role of public institutions in their recognition and protection following the constitutionalization and proliferation of international declarations and conventions concerning them. In addition, in the second part some sentences of the supranational courts for the protection of human rights (both European and Interamerican) will be focused in seminar form in which the learners will be able to try their hand at analyzing the texts, criticizing the arguments, and to discover the issues relating to the practice of human rights.
Prerequisites
Basics of Western history and philosophy. Exam of Philosophy of Law (for the students of law degree).
Teaching methods
Lectures with possible use of case discussion, slides and videos.
Other information
Supplementary or replacement readings will be indicated in class for attending students.
Learning verification modality
Oral exam with possible ongoing verification or seminars for in-depth case studies for attending students.
In the event that the student intends to anticipate the exam in a year prior to the one scheduled in the study plan, it is recommended to attend the cycle of lectures and to take the exam in the first available session after the lessons are over, thus respecting the semester of the course planning.
Extended program
The origins of Human Rights: anthropological and philosophical reflections. The problem of foundation (critical analysis of main doctrines). The History of Human Rights in the european legal and political experience. Modern revolutions and Declarations of Rights. The Constitutionalization of Human Rights and Fundamental Rights. The european dimension: ECHR, EU.
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
X e XVI.

HUMAN RIGHTS THEORY AND PRACTICE

Code A005490
Location PERUGIA
CFU 2
Teacher Claudio Sartea
Learning activities Affine/integrativa
Area Attività formative affini o integrative
Sector IUS/20
Type of study-unit Opzionale (Optional)

HUMAN RIGHTS THEORY AND PRACTICE

Code A005490
Location PERUGIA
CFU 4
Teacher Claudio Sartea
Learning activities Affine/integrativa
Area Attività formative affini o integrative
Sector IUS/20
Type of study-unit Opzionale (Optional)