REFUGEE LAW

LAWG488

Course Code: LAWG488
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 2 + 1
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Understand the fundamentals and main discussion of refugee law with recourse to international documents.
Try to contribute to the advancement of refugee law whilst keeping in touch with our point of departure; human rights and specifically refugee rights.
Gain knowledge of fundamentals of refugee law, persons that can benefit from refugee protection, refugee determination procedures, and substantive rights and freedoms of refugees and asylum seekers.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

Refugee law, aliens law in Turkish legal system as mentioned below are only conceptual, but today many in the legal system as an important independent topic, to the attention of undergraduate students are provided. Refugee law is often under the heading of international refugee law are also reviewed.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction
2^nd Week	History of the Refugee Law
3^rd Week	Sources of Refugee Law
4^th Week	Definitions of Refugee and Asylum Seeker
5^th Week	Determination of Refugee Status
6^th Week	Applied study (Decision Review)
7^th Week	Complementary Protection
8^th Week	Midterm Exam
9^th Week	Mass Sanctuary and provisional protection
10^th Week	Asylum and Refugee procedure-I
11^th Week	Asylum and Refugee procedure-II
12^th Week	Rights and Freedoms of Asylum Seekers and Refugees-I
13^th Week	Rights and Freedoms of Asylum Seekers and Refugees-II
14^th Week	Decision Review

Recommended or Required Reading

"Bülent ÇİÇEKLİ Uluslararası Hukukta Mülteciler ve Sığınmacılar, Ankara: Seçkin" temel ders kitabı olarak okutulmaktadır.
Byrne ROSEMARY (ed) The Refugee Law Reader: Cases, Documents and Materials, Budapest-Dublin (www.refugeelawreader.org adresinden erişilebilir).
G.S. GOODWIN-GILL & J. McADAM The Refugfee in International Law, Oxford: Oxford University Pres.
James C. HATHAWAY The Rights of Refugees under International Law, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
UNHCR (2005) An Introduction to International Protection: Protecting Persons of Concern to UNHCR, Geneva: UNHCR.
E. Feller, V. Türk & F. Nicholson (ed) Refugee Protection in International Law: UNHCR's Global Consultations on International Protection, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (www.unhcr.org/pub/41a1b51c6.html adresinden erişilebilir).
BMMYK Sığınmacı, Mülteci ve Göç Konularına İlişkin Türkiye'deki Yargı Kararları, Ankara: BMMYK.
BMMYK Sığınma ve Mülteci Konularındaki Uluslararası Belgeler ve Hukuki Metinler, Ankara: BMMYK.
Birleşmiş Milletler Mülteciler Yüksek Komiserliği (BMMYK) (1998) Mülteci Statüsünün Belirlenmesinde Uygulanacak Ölçütler ve Usuller Hakkında Elkitabı.
T. ODMAN Mülteci Hukuku, Ankara: AÜSBF İnsan Hakları Merkezi, Yayın No. 15.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz	0	0	0
Individual or group work	14	2	28
Preparation for Final exam	1	28	28
Course hours	14	2	28
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	20	20
Laboratory (including preparation)	14	1	14
Final exam	1	1	1
Homework	0	0	0
Total Work Load			120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X
K2
K3	X	X	X
K4	X	X	X
K5
K6	X	X	X
K7
K8
K9	X	X	X
K10
K11	X	X	X
K12