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Enforcement and Protection of Human Rights in the Digital Environment
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:31:07
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_210 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law | Target Audience: | Juridical Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ilze Ziemane | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 12 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge of the content of human rights and the methodologies used to limit them, as well as methods of interpretation of legal provisions, application, and conflict resolution. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To enable students to acquire knowledge of the importance of human rights in the information technology era, to develop skills of formulating problematic issues and solutions thereto, to develop analytical and argumentative skills, as well as to create attitude conducive to the development of the information society and effective enforcement and protection of fundamental human rights in the digital environment. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Interaction of human rights and information technology. • Legal and political aspects: the power of information technology and development trends of human rights. • Freedom to use information technology (access / internet access). • Transparency. Protecting human rights in the digital environment: national and international frameworks. • Council of Europe guidelines on human rights in Internet services, Twitter revolution. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Digital activism and control of the digital environment. Public duties and responsibilities in the field of the digital environment. The standard of human rights protection in the digital environment. Rights and obligations in the digital environment. Safe digital environment. Ethical considerations in the digital environment. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | The boundaries of applying the right to privacy and the right to respect for correspondence. • Confidentiality and privacy. • Digital data protection. • Respect for correspondence. • Methodology for assessing restrictions. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Freedom of expression and information in the digital environment. • Content of the freedom of expression. • The principle of information transparency. • Blogger rights. • Freedom of the press in the digital environment. • Methodology for assessing restrictions on the freedom of expression. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | A written test work. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Interaction of human rights and information technology. • Legal and political aspects: the power of information technology and development trends of human rights. • Freedom to use information technology (access / internet access). • Transparency. Protecting human rights in the digital environment: national and international frameworks. • Council of Europe guidelines on human rights in Internet services, Twitter revolution. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Digital activism and control of the digital environment. Public duties and responsibilities in the field of the digital environment. The standard of human rights protection in the digital environment. Rights and obligations in the digital environment. Safe digital environment. Ethical considerations in the digital environment. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | The boundaries of applying the right to privacy and the right to respect for correspondence. • Confidentiality and privacy. • Digital data protection. • Respect for correspondence. • Methodology for assessing restrictions. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Freedom of expression and information in the digital environment. • Content of the freedom of expression. • The principle of information transparency. • Blogger rights. • Freedom of the press in the digital environment. • Methodology for assessing restrictions on the freedom of expression. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | A written test work. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Successful completion of this course requires individual and continuous work by the student. One must reckon with spending at least 3 hours of individual and independent work (literature and case law studies, preparation of summaries and other written works, as well as preparation for seminars) per academic class. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | The final assessment of the study course consists of: 50% – assessment during the study process throughout the semester; and 50% – assessment of the final examination. Two written tests are planned for the study course. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The acquired knowledge allows to successfully complete further study courses and serves as a basis for successful solving of a special case. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of completing the study course, the student understands the interaction and interrelation between the use of legal norms and technologies, analysing the conclusions of the practice of applying human rights. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students can independently solve problems related to the application of law in the information technology era. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Eiropas Savienības tiesības. II daļa. Materiālās tiesības. Aut.kol. C.Schewe zin.red. Rīga: TNA, 2016. | ||||||||
| 2 | Esfandiari, Golnaz. 2010. The twitter revolution. | ||||||||
| 3 | M. Kēnigs, „Cilvēktiesības”, Tiesu nama aģentūra, 2010. | ||||||||
| 4 | Schmitz T. Kāzusi un mācību materiāli Eiropas Savienības tiesībās. – Rīga: Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2010. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Apvienoto Nāciju Organizācijas Starptautiskais pakts par pilsoniskajām un politiskajām tiesībām. | ||||||||
| 2 | Eiropas Cilvēka tiesību un pamatbrīvību aizsardzības konvencija. Latvijas Vēstnesis, 13.06.1996., Nr. 143. | ||||||||
| 3 | Latvijas Republikas Satversmes komentāri. VIII nodaļa. Cilvēka pamattiesības. Autoru kolektīvs prof. R.Baloža zin. Vadībā. - Rīga: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2011 | ||||||||
| 4 | Benedek/Kettemann, Freedom of Expression on the Internet, Council of Europe, Strasbourg 2012 | ||||||||
| 5 | Kettemann, The Future of Individuals in International Law. Lessons from International Internet Law, Utrecht 2012. | ||||||||
| 6 | Kettemann, UN Human Rights Council Confirms that Human Rights Apply to the Internet, EJIL Talk, 23 July 2012. | ||||||||
| 7 | Editorial Board of Pravoye Delo and Shtekel v. Ukraine, (no. 33014/05, 5 May 2011); | ||||||||
| 8 | Mosley v. the United Kingdom,( no. 48009/08, 10 May 2011); | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Latvijas Republikas Satversmes tiesas datu bāze: http:// satv.tiesa.gov.lv | ||||||||
| 2 | ES Tiesas spriedumu datu bāze – www.curia.eu | ||||||||
