Abbreviations
What does the abbreviation ICCPR stand for?
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Who developed the three models of HRE known as the Values and Awareness, Accountability and Transformational models?
Felisa Tibbitts
Name the former President of Estonia who is active in global debates on human rights, rule of law and digital society.
Kersti Kaljulaid
Which court interprets and applies the European Convention on Human Rights?
The European Court of Human Rights
The treaty CEDAW deals mainly with what issue?
Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women.
Which author criticises “declarationist, conservative, positivistic, uncritical, compliance-driven” HRE and argues for HRE as a political, decolonising practice?
André Keet
Which Estonian lawyer has served as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights?
Julia Laffranque.
What is the legal status of the UDHR in international law?
It is a non-binding declaration (“soft law”), but extremely influential.
The treaty abbreviated as ICESCR focuses mainly on which group of rights?
Economic, social and cultural rights.
Who analyses how the UN has centralised and institutionalised HRE discourse, privileging expert knowledge and making global norms appear neutral and universal?
Joanne Coysh
Who of our lecturers is best known for his work in the field of international law and human rights, especially related to Russia and Eastern Europe.
Lauri Mälksoo
Which right is primarily protected by Article 6 ECHR?
The right to a fair trial
Fill in the blank: ____ is the abbreviation for the UN Convention against Torture.
UNCAT (UN Convention against Torture)
Which author focuses on the UN Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training and its idea of learning about, through and for human rights?
Paula Gerber
Which woman chaired the drafting committee of the UDHR?
Eleanor Roosevelt
Which ECHR right is absolute – it cannot be limited or derogated from even in emergencies?
The prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment (Article 3 ECHR)
What does CERD stand for?
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
You design a workshop where students critically analyse how their own university reproduces inequalities instead of just memorising UN articles. Whose approach are you closest to?
André Keet and Joanne Coysh (critical, political, decolonising HRE).
Who is the ILHR programme director at the University of Tartu, also a HR activist?
Elizabeth Teodora Kasa Mälksoo
Which right is primarily protected by Article 2 ECHR?
Right to life