Summer School with Moot Court 2014

13.05.19

Thursday, 24.07.2014 - Saturday, 02.08.2014, Hanoi (Hanoi Law University, 87 Nguyễn Chí Thanh Street, Conference room, Building B) and Ha Long City (Grand Halong Hotel, Đường Hạ Long, Bãi Cháy)

Joint lunch of the German participants

Introductory lecture for the German participants on the political and economical situation in Vietnam  (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Vietnam Office)

A German student in Hanoi (internship report by Juliane Schulz)  (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Vietnam Office)

Political sightseeing tour for the German participants in Hanoi  (organized by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Vietnam Office)

Joint welcome dinner

Visit of Hanoi Law University and the German Law Centre

Introduction into the legal system and legal education in Vietnam and Germany  (students of Hanoi Law University / of HTW)

Transfer to Ha Long City

Sources of Law  (Prof. Dr. Thomas SchmitzI

Institutions  (Prof. Dr. Michael Jaensch)

Human Rights and Fundamental Rights  (Prof. Dr.Thomas Schmitz)

Human Rights and Fundamental Rights - continuation  (Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmitz)

afternoon and evening at leisure

Individual presentations by students with following discussions

Individual presentations by students with following discussions - continuation

The Radiation of Fundamental Rights into the Civil Law System  (Prof. Dr. Michael Jaensch)

The Radiation of Human Rights into the Civil Law System  (Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmitz)

Introductory lecture on the Moot Court case (Prof. Dr. Michael Jaensch)

Preparation of the Moot Court in separate groups representing the claimant's and the respondent's side  (under the direction of Prof. Dr. Michael Jaensch)

The Impact of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam of 2013 on the Protection of Fundamental rights  (Trấn Ngọc Đinh [tbc])

Conduct of the Moot Court under the direction of Prof. Dr. Michael Jaensch  (with collaboration of Trấn Ngọc Đinh [tbc] and Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmitz)

Conclusion of the Summer School with summary, final discussion and résumé

Summer School outline

Participants

Program (details)

Bibliography (selection)

Introduction into the legal system and ledgal education in Vietnam (guest presentation by Dương Bảo Trung)

Terminology and abbreviations

Sources of Law for the Protection of Human Rights (diagram)

Institutions (presentation)

Human and Fundamental Rights (materials)

Radiation of Fundamental Rights into Civil Law (presentation)

Radiation of Human Rights into Civil Law (materials)

The impact of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam of 2013 on the Protection of Fundamental Rights (presentation by Trấn Ngọc Đinh)

Comparison of Fundamental Rights in the Constitutions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam of 1992 and 2013 (materials by Trấn Ngọc Đinh)

Fundamental Rights Protection in the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam of 2013 (materials)

The case ECHR,  2872/02, K.U. v. Finland, (presentation)

Rules and Guidelines for the Moot Court

The Case for the Moot Court

Alston, Philip; Goodman, Ryan: International Human Rights, 2012

Bantekas, Ilias; Oette, Lutz: International Human Rights Law and Practice, 2013

Benedek, Wolfgang (editor): Understanding Human Rights, 3rd edition 2012

Buergenthal, Thomas; Shelton, Dinah; Stewart, David: International Human Rights in a Nutshell, 4th edition 2009

Buergenthal, Thomas; Thürer, Daniel: Menschenrechte. Ideale, Instrumente, Institutionen, 2010

Grabenwarter, Christoph; Pabel, Katharina: Europäische Menschenrechtskonvention, 6th edition 2012

Kälin, Walter; Künzli, Jörg: The Law of International Human Rights Protection, 2010

Kälin, Walter; Künzli, Jörg: Universeller Menschenrechtsschutz. Der Schutz des Individuums auf globaler und regionaler Ebene, 3rd edition 2013

Moeckli, Daniel; Shah, Sangeeta; Sivakumaran, Sandesh; Harris, David (editors): International Human Rights Law, 2nd edition 2014

Rehman, Javaid: International Human Rights Law, 2009

Schilling, Theodor: Internationaler Menschenrechtsschutz, 2nd edition 2010

Schutter, Olivier de: International Human Rights Law. Text, Cases and Commentary, 2nd edition 2014

Smith, Rhona K. M.: Textbook on International Human Rights, 6th edition 2014

Weissbrodt, David; Vega, Connie de la: International Human Rights Law. An Introduction, 2010

White, Robin C.A.; Ovey, Clare: The European Convention on Human Rights, 6th edition 2014

Alen, A.; Vande Lanotte, J. and others (editors): A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 2006 ff. [the commentaries on the individual articles of the Convention are published in separate volumes]

Alfredsson, Gudmundur; Eide, Asbjorn (editors): The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A Common Standard of Achievement, 1999

Bair, Johann: The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its (First) Optional Protocol. A Short Commentary Based on Views, General Comments and Concluding Observations by the Human Rights Committee, 2005

Freeman, Marsha A.; Chinkin, Christine; Rudolf, Beate (editors): The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. A Commentary, 2012

Grabenwarter, Christoph: European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Commentary, 2014

Joseph, Sarah; Castan, Melissa: The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Cases, Materials and Commentary, 3rd edition 2013

Joseph, Sarah; McBeth, Adam (editors): Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law, 2011

Kälin, Walter; Schnegg, Brigitte: Women's Human Rights' App (W'sHR App), last updated 2014 [Android app, free dowonload in the Google Play Store]

Nowak, Manfred: CCPR Commentary. U.N. Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2nd edition 2005

Nowak, Manfred; McArthur, Elizabeth: The United Nations Convention against Torture. A Commentary, 2008

Saul, Ben; Kinley, David; Mowbray, Jaqueline: The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Commentary, Cases, and Materials, 2014

Sheeran, Scott; Rodley, Nigel (editors): Routledge Handbook of International Human Rights Law, 2013

Shelton, Dinah (editor): The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law, 2013

Beater, Axel; Habermeier, Stefan (editors): Verletzungen von Persönlichkeitsrechten durch die Medien - Invasions of Personality Rights by the Media, 2005

Busch, Christoph; Schulte-Nölke, Hans (editors): Fundamental Rights and Private Law. A Practical Tool for Judges, 2011

Colombi Ciacchi, Aurelia; Comandé, Giovanni; Brüggemeier, Gert: Fundamental Rights and Private Law in the European Union, volume 1: A Comparative Overview, 2010; volume 2: Comparative Analyses of Selected Case Patterns, 2010

Fedtke, Jörg; Dawn Oliver (editors): Human Rights and the Private Sphere. A Comparative Study, 2007

Ferreira, Nuno: Fundamental Rights and Private Law in Europe. The case of tort law and children, 2011

Freedman, Rosa: The United Nations Human Rights Council. A critique and early assessment, 2013

Freedman, Rosa: Failing to Protect. The UN and the Politicisation of Human Rights, 2014

Grossmann, Claudio; Martin, Claudia; Rodriguez Pinzon, Diego: Advocating for human rights: 10 years of the Inter-American Moot Court Competition, 2008

Lytvynyuk, Anna: Fundamental Rights Operation in Private Law. A Comparative Study of Legal Solutions, 2010

Peerenboom, Randall; Petersen, Carol J.;Chen, Albert H.Y. (editors): Human Rights in Asia. A Comparative Legal Study of Twelve Asian Jurisdictions, France and the USA, 2006

Saul, Ben; Renshaw, Catherine (editors): Human Rights in Asia and the Pacific, 2014

Shelton, Dinah: Remedies in International Human Rights Law, 2nd edition 2006

Ssenyonjo, Manisuli: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in International Law, 2009

Tiefenbrun, Susan W.: Women's International and Comparative Human Rights, 2012

Weizer, Paul: How to Please the Court. A Moot Court Handbook, 2005

Website of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) (decisions in English and French)

Website of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) (decisions in Spanish and English)

Website of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) (decisions in English, French, Portuguese and Arabian)

Website of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (decisions in English and French)

Conte, Alex; Burchill, Richard: Defining Civil and Political Rights. The Jurisprudence of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, 2nd edition 2009 (note, however, that the Human Rights Committee is not a court and therefore its views do not represent jurisprudence)

Deller Ross, Susan: Women's Human Rights. The International and Comparative Law Casebook, 2009

Bisset, Alison (editor): Blackstone's International Human Rights Documents, 9^th edition 2014

Office of the UNHCHR (editor): Core International Instruments,  (human rights treaties); see also Universal Human Rights Instruments (treaties and soft law)

Schutter, Olivier de; Tulkens, Françoise; Drooghenbroeck, Sébastien van (editors): Code de droit international des droits de l'homme - 2014, 4^th edition 2014

Simma, Bruno (editor): Menschenrechte. Ihr internationaler Schutz, 6^th edition 2010 (part of the series "Beck-Texte im dtv")

University of Minnesota (editor): Human Rights Library. Human Rights Treaties and Other Instruments

APJHRL: Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law, since 2000

EHRLR: European Human Rights Law Review, since 1979

EuGRZ: Europäische Grundrechte-Zeitschrift, since 1974

HRLJ: Human Rights Law Journal, since 1980

HRLR: Human Rights Law Review, since 2001

HRQ: Human Rights Quarterly, since 1979

HRR: Human Rights Review, since 1999

IHRLR: International Human Rights Law Review, since 2012

MRM: MenschenRechtsMagazin, since 1996

RTDH: Revue trimestrielle des droits de l'homme, since 1990

RUDH: Revue universelle des droits des l'homme, since 1989

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) of 1966 with Optional Protocol of 1966 (on individual complaints, not ratified by Vietnam) and Second Optional Protocol aiming at the abolition of the death penalty of 1989 (not ratified by Vietnam)

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) of 1966 with Optional Protocol of 2008 (on individual complaints, not ratified by Vietnam and Germany)

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) of 1984 (signed in 2013 but not yet ratified by Vietnam) with Optional Protocol of 2002 (on torture prevention, not ratified by Vietnam)

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) of 2006 (not yet in force, not ratified by Vietnam)

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) of 1966

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) of 1979 with Optional Protocol of 1999 (on individual complaints and inquiries, not ratified by Vietnam)

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) of 1989 with Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict of 2000, Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography of 2000 and Optional Protocol on a communications procedure of 2011; see also the Convention Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor of 1999

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) of 2006 with Optional Protocol of 2006 (on individual complaints, not ratified by Vietnam)

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (ICRMW) of 1990 (not ratified by Vietnam)

Convention relating to the Status of Refugees [Geneva Refugee Convention] of 1951 (not ratified by Vietnam) with Protocol of 1967

not a source of law but politically important: Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) of 1948 (available in 407 languages, including English, Vietnamese and German)

Compendiums of global human rights treaties: Core human rights instruments (UNHCHR) and other universal human rights instruments (UNHCHR), Human Rights Library (University of Minnesota; with overview on human rights treaties ratified by Vietnam), Menschenrechtsabkommen (Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte; German translations)

Geo-regional human rights treaties: Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention) of 1950 and 16 protocols (also in German), European Social Charta (revised version of 1996/original version of 1961) and protocols, other European human rights treaties; American Convention on Human Rights of 1969; African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter) of 1981; Arab Charter on Human Rights of 2004; see also the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union of 2007 (in 24 official languages), which is part of EU primary law; not a source of law but potentially politically important: ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD)  of 2012

Global human rights institutions:  United Nations (with special website on human rights), United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR);  treaty-based bodies: ICCPR: Human Rights Committee (HRC), ICESCR: Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), CAT: Committee against Torture (CAT), OPCAT: Sub_committee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (SPT), CPED: Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), ICERD: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), CEDAW: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), CRC: Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), CRPD: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), ICRMW: Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)

Vietnam's membership in the United Nations Human Rights Council 2014-2016: information on membership in the UNHRC, election of Vietnam to the UNHRC, expert criticism of the UNHRC and its members; speech of the Deputy Prime Minister at the UNHRC session in March 2014; Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam 2014 (see in particular the national report, the information provided by the stakeholdes and the report of the UNHRC working group; see also the general explanations on the UPR [UPR Info], the international UPR workshop in Hanoi 05.2014 and the workshop organised by the AICHR on the reporting obligations and the UPR 07.2014); see also the Universal Periodic Review of Germany 2013

Geo-regional human rights institutions: Council of Europe (see in particular the special sites on human rights and the sites of the Commissioner for Human Rights), Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR), African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR); see also Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Organisation of American States (OAS), African Union; not a human rights institution but just a consultative commission: the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) (however, there is a Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism preparing a proposal for a human rights commission for Southeast Asia)

Human rights courts: European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights; see also the website of the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Expert websites on international human rights law: Humman Rights Library (Univ. of Minnesota), with comprehensive links to other human rights resources, Office of the UNHCHR (with detailed information), Cơ sở dữ liệu trực tuyến về quyền con người / Human Rights Database for Vietnamese (Hanoi National University School of Law, with many teaching materials)

Scientific institutes for human rights and human rights law: Centre for Legal Research on Human and Citizen Rights of HCMC Law University (HCRC) (with materials on international and Vietnamese human/fundamental rights law - websites not always accessible), Danish Institute for Human Rights (Copenhagen, supported HRE in Vietnam), German Institute for Human Rights/Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte (Berlin; comprehensive information in German), Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Centre (Osaka); Institute for Human Rights and Business (materials on a topic subject); see also the list of the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI)

Teaching materials on international human rights law: Office of the UNHCHR, Teaching and Education Materials, ETC Graz, Manual Understanding Human Rights, 3rd edition 2013 (with an introduction to the system of human rights and articles on individual groups of rights), Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, ABC of Human Rights, 2008, Curtis F.D. Doebbler, Introduction to International Human Rights Law, 2006; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Human Rights

Human/fundamental rights and civil law: Olha Cherednychenko, Fundamental rights and private law: A relationship of subordination or complementarity?, Utrecht Law Review 3 (2007), no. 2; Eric Engle, Third Party Effect of Fundamental Rights (Drittwirkung), Hanse Law Review 2009, no. 2; Chantal Mak, Fundamental rights in European contract law, 2007 (see also review)

Human rights moot courts: World Human Rights Moot Court Competition (Univ. of Pretoria), European Human Rights Moot Court Competition (ELSA/Council of Europe), Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition (Washington College of Law), African Human Rights Moot Court Competition (Univ. of Pretoria), Susan J. Ferrell Intercultural Human Rights Moot Court Competition (St. Thomas Univ., Miami)

Jurisprudence: European Court of Human Rights, case 2872/02, K.U. v. Finland

Scholarly contributions: Toby Mendel/Andrew Puddephatt/Ben Wagner/Dixie Hawtin/Natalia Torre, Global Survey on Internet Privacy and Freedom of Expression, 2012 (p. 62 ff.); Mario Viola de Azevedo Cunha/Luisa Marin/Giovanni Sartor, Peer-to-peer privacy violations and ISP liability: Data protection in the user-generated web, in: International Data Privacy Law, 2/2012 (p. 54 f.); François Nawrot/Katarzyna Syska/Przemysław Świtalski, Horizontal Application of Fundamental Rights: Privacy on the Internet, 2010 (p. 16 f.)