UNIVERSITY OF OSLO, FACULTY OF LAW
NORWEGIAN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
COURSE OUTLINE
Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism: Striking a Balance?
Course Name:
HUMR 4503
Course Code:
Course Website: http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/jus/humanrights/HUMR4503/v05/
Disclaimer: Any page references provided in this Course Outline are to facilitate student preparation for each lecture.
They are not a substitute for the official reading list for which students are responsible on the final examination.
Any pages not included in this course outline should be read as early in the course as possible as
background information that will facilitate an understanding of the course and lectures.
Reference Texts: Students are responsible to have read and be familiar with all documents from the reference texts
which are relevant to the subject of a lecture and to the corresponding pages of the Course Outline.
LECTURE 1
Date/Time:
8 Feb 2005, 10:15-12:00
Location:
Domus Academica, Aud. 6
Instructor:
Associate Professor Maria
Lundberg
LECTURE 2
Date/Time:
15 Feb 2005, 10:15-12:00
Location:
Domus Academica, Aud. 4
Instructor:
Date/Time:
22 Feb 2005, 10:15-12:00
Location:
Domus Academica, Aud. 6
Location:
Instructor:
15 March 2005, 10:15-12:00
Domus Academica, Aud. 6
Professor Geir Ulfstein
Location:
Domus Academica, Aud. 6
Instructor:
Associate Professor Maria
Lundberg
LECTURE 5-6
Date/Time:
Derogations to Human Rights
Pages: Compendium of Cases
 Specific pages to be announced
Subject:
Associate Professor Maria
Lundberg (1 h)
The Security Council as a
Legislator for the
International Community Dr.
Gro Nystuen (1 h)
LECTURE 4
Date/Time:
Counter-terrorism and International Humanitarian and Human
Rights Law
Pages: Compendium of Readings
 Gasser [24 pp.]
Subject:
Associate professor Jan
Helgesen
LECTURE 3
Instructor:
Introduction. Limitations and derogations to Human Rights
Pages: Compendium of Readings
 Dimitrijevic [18 pp.]
Subject:
22 April 2005, 10:15-12:00
and 14.15-16
Terrorism and the Use of Force
Pages: Compendium of Readings
 Cassese [9 pp.]
 Grote [37 pp.]
 Sofaer [2 pp.]
 Stahn [16 pp.]
 Ulfstein [10 pp.]
Subject:
Case studies (topics to be specified). Preparation for seminars
is required
Pages: In your compendium of cases part 2: Cases:
Subject:
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UNIVERSITY OF OSLO, FACULTY OF LAW
NORWEGIAN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
COURSE OUTLINE
Location:
Instructor:
Domus Academica, Aud. 6
Associate Professor Maria
Lundberg
LECTURE 7
Date/Time:
Location:
Instructor:
26 April 2005, 10:15-12:00
29 April 2005, 9:15-13:00
Location:
Domus Academica, Aud. 6
Instructor:
Associate Professor Maria
Lundberg
LECTURE 10
Instructor:
3 May 2005, 9:15-11:00
Case studies (topics to be specified). Preparation for seminars
is required
Pages:
Subject:
Case studies (topics to be specified). Preparation for seminars
is required
Pages:
Subject:
Pages:
Domus Academica, Aud. 5
Dr. Marius Emberland
LECTURE 11
Date/Time:
Subject:
Dr. Marius Emberland
Date/Time:
Location:

At p.34 Chahal vs. the UK, ECHR, 15 Nov 1996
At p.37 Polay Campos vs. Peru, Case No. 577/1994,
Views on 6 Nov 1997
At p. 37 Ocalan vs. Turkey, ECHR, 12 March 2003
Domus Academica, Aud. 6
LECTURE 8-9
Date/Time:


7 May 2005, time and place
to be announced
Subject:
Terrorism and the UN
Pages:
Location:
Instructor:
Mr. Danilo Türk, Assistant
Secretary General for
Political Affairs of the UN.
REVIEW SESSION FOR THE
EXAMS:
Date/Time:
Week 21 (time and place to
be announced)
Subject:
If you have any questions related to the literature or the teaching
(any kind of topic), you may submit them to Maria before May 20.
Maria will then answer your questions the week after (week 21).
Pages:
Location:
Instructor:
Associate Professor Maria
Lundberg
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