** The class on 7 December will be held online and a Zoom link will be distributed shortly before. **

This seminar will address the fundamental right to freedom of movement as protected by various international and regional human rights treaties, such as Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), Article 12 and 13 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966), or Article 2-4 Protocol 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights (1950/63). This includes freedom of residence, freedom to travel within borders but also, in principle, beyond borders, and the right to seek and enjoy asylum.

The seminar will then introduce students to the limitations on freedom of movement as imposed by for example state borders and immigration control, but also restrictions imposed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and analyse in how far these can be in accordance with human rights protection.

By developing a paper on one aspect relating to the freedom of movement, students will learn to apply the protection of this fundamental right to a specific case study.

Formal requirements for seminar papers:

Chicago Manual of Style: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/documents/20191212CitationChart.pdf 

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Cover page with name, course, Matrikelnumber, date, title. Please also include page numbers and a table of content (if needed). Name and course must be on each page of the document.

Students will be graded on the basis of:

(1) their individual papers,

(2) the presentation of the papers and

(3) their feedback on the papers of their colleagues and joint discussion.