Civil Liberties and Human Rights

This course provides a Language of Instruction: English (legal terms, however, are also given in Arabic and French). This course will provide a systematic study of the French Civil Code. The course will start with a historical overview of the Code, and then focus on the legal concepts developed by the Code: • Preliminary Title: The publication, effect, and application of the laws in general. • Book 1: Persons. • Book 2: Property and the different modifications of property. • Book 3: Different modes of acquiring property. • Book 4: Personal and Real Guarantees. Language of Instruction: English (legal terms, comprehensive grounding in all aspects of Human Rights and Civil Liberties: International humanitarian issues, refugee rights and laws, disaster and emergency relief, apartheid and racial discrimination, drug abuse, judicial activism, and global and regional perspectives of human rights. The subjects include: • Conceptual and theoretical understanding of Human Rights and Civil Liberties; • Systems, organizations, and instruments of Human Rights and Civil Liberties; • Contemporary Human Rights situations and issues;