2 Курс 1 семестр

1. What does the term “human rights” refer to?

2. What groups are human rights subdivided into?

3. What sources does the concept of human rights draw upon?

4. What are the oldest written sources addressing issues of human rights?

5. What historical documents are considered to be the basis of modern human rights law?

6. Whose works contributed to the development of philosophy of human rights?

7. What social and political movements have managed to achieve profound social changes?

8. What events laid the foundation of international human rights law?

9. What was a driving force behind the development of modern human rights instruments?

10. What goals did the League of Nations include?

11. What mandate was enshrined in Charter of the League of Nations?

12. What body has played an important role in international human rights law?

13. What is International Humanitarian law?

14. What does it define?

15. Due to whose efforts did the Geneva Conventions come into being?

16. Whose rights do the Geneva Conventions safeguard?

17. What is the historic role of the Hague conventions?

18. What is prohibited under IHL?

19. Who must be protected during a conflict?

20. What are the other rules of IHL?

21. What institution is a controlling authority under IHL?

22. What punishment awaits soldiers who violate the laws of war?

23. Under what circumstances are spies and terrorists protected by the laws of war?

24. What have spies and terrorists been subjected to in practice?

25. What is International Human Rights Law?

26. When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted?

27. Why is it considered of critical importance in international law?

28. What does the UDHR urge member nations to do?

29. What political and civil rights did the Declaration incorporate?

30. What economic, social and cultural rights did the Declaration enumerate?

31. What is the historic role of the Declaration?

32. Who was the UDHR framed by?

2. Курс 2 семестр

1. Who else participated in drawing up the Declaration?

2. What was the inclusion of both civil and political rights and economic, social and cultural rights based on?

3. Why did Western States fight for division of the Universal Declaration into two covenants?

4. When were two covenants adopted by the UN?

5. What is the difference between the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Universal Declaration?

6. What are the most significant human rights instruments?

7. What are the principal regional Human Rights instruments?

8. What is the status of the United Nations?

9. What bodies are human rights primarily governed by?

10. What is the most senior body of the UN with regard to human rights?

11. What mandate has he Human Rights Council ? When was the Council created?

12. What body does the Human Rights Council report directly to?

13. What is the final authority for the interpretation of the UN Charter?

14. How many member states sit on the Council?

15. Where is the Human rights Council based?

16. Who are rapporteurs?

17. What are the functions of the rapporteurs?

18. What powers are given to the Security Council by the UN Charter?

19. What has the Security Council been at times criticized for?

20. What organizations are human rights abuses monitored by?

21. In what way do these organizations help enforce human rights laws?

22. What human rights organizations are there in Russia?

23. What do you know about their activity?

24. What are the greatest violations of the right to life?

25. What is genocide?

26. What form does sexual violence against women take during armed conflict?

27. What is sexual violence motivated by?

28. What kinds of torture may be used?

29. What is the aim of torture?

30. Under what circumstances is torture used today?

31. What happens to people detained in connection with conflicts?

32. What measures may be taken against those individuals who pose a threat to those in power?

33. Why is it almost impossible today for states to avoid a public accounting of their human rights violations?