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Kar

Állam- és Jogtudományi Kar

Szervezet

ÁJTK Közigazgatási Jogi Tanszék

Kód

JNX_ERASMUS:Q07

Cím

Basics of international and European Disability Law

Tervezett félév

Mindkét

Meghirdetve

2024/25/1

ECTS

5

Nyelv

en

Tantárgy tartalma

Module name: Basics of International Disability Law Lecturer: Prof. István Hoffman (Depatment of Administrative Law) Language of instruction: English Short description: The module covers the knowledge in the area of international disability law. Firstly, the interpretations and definitions on disability will be reviewed. The medical, social and human rights approaches on disability will be reviewed. The differences between the models will be analyzed. The organizational structure of the international disability law will be analyzed, as well (UN, Council of Europe, EU). The course will cover the knowledge on the tiers of international and European regulation on disability law. The course presents the review of the fundamental terms and institutions of international disability law. The protection of the rights of people with disabilities will be analyzed and the different legal protection models (e.g. UN CRPD, CoE ECHR and EU) will be compared. The module develops the ability of comparative analysis of different legal systems – in the light of the regulation on the rights of people with disabilities. Schedule: 1. The evolvement of disability law. Disability Law and Disability Studies. 2. Approaches on disability (1): traditional and medical approach 3. Approaches on disability (2): social and human rights approach 4. Global regulations on disability: the first UN conventions (1) 5. Global regulations on disability: the first UN conventions (2) 6. The UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (1): the approach of the convention, main rights of the people with disabilities and their interpretation 7. The UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (2): main rights of the people with disabilities and their interpretation 8. The UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (3): legal protection of people with disabilities 9. The ECHR on disability 10. EU disability law (1): treaties, regulations, directives 11. EU disability law (2): the practice of the ECJ 12. Summary Reading list 1.  Bantekes, I., Stein, M. A. & Anastasiou, D. (2018): The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A Commentary. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2.  Patricia Kennett & Noemi Lendvai-Banton (2017): Handbook of European Social Policy. Cheltenham (UK) & Northampton (MA, USA): Edward Elgar 3.  Hoffman, I & Könczei, Gy. (2010): Legal Regulations Relating to the Passive and Active Legal Capacity of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in the Light of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Impending Reform of the Hungarian Civil Code. Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review, Vol. 33. No. 1. pp. 143-173. Assessment / Exam:  Two-part assessment. First part of the assessment is a written exam (a Moodle-based test). Half of the points are awarded by this test. The second half of the assessment is an essay on a given topic in the field of international and European disability law. Another half of the points are awarded by this part.

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