Rights of Elderly People
| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE | |
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| Course title | Rights of Elderly People |
| Chair of International Law and Theoretical Legal Sciences, Jurisprudence and Methodology | |
| Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
| COURSE DESCRIPTION |
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| Course content |
Defining the concept of an elderly person. Demographic trend of population aging in the world and in the Republic of Croatia. Challenges of population aging. Elderly poverty. Discrimination against the elderly (ageism). Violence against the elderly (concept, types and forms, prevalence and risk factors). Legal framework for the protection of the rights of the elderly: the rights of the elderly in international and regional documents and the protection of the rights of the elderly in the Republic of Croatia. Protection of the elderly from discrimination. Protection of the elderly from violence. Rights of the elderly in the social welfare system. Other rights of special importance for the elderly: the right of the elderly to health care, the right of the elderly to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence, the right of the elderly to work, the right of the elderly to social security and an adequate standard of living. |
| Course learning outcomes |
Define basic notions related to the protection of the rights of the elderly;, Describe and interpret the fundamental challenges for the rights of the elderly;, Establish and apply relevant legal rules for the protection of the rights of the elderly at the international and regional level and in the Republic of Croatia;, Analyze and interpret mechanisms for the protection of the rights of the elderly at the international and regional level and in the Republic of Croatia., |
| TEACHING METHODS | |
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| ☑ Lectures ☑ Seminars and workshops ☐ Exercises ☑ Independent tasks ☑ Multimedia and internet | ☑ Distance education ☑ Office hours ☐ Laboratory ☐ Field work ☑ Mentoring work ☑ Knowledge test |
| EXAMINATION PROCEDURE | |
| ☐ Oral exam ☑ Written exam ☐ Colloquium |
Other: Izrada eseja |
| ADDITIONAL FACTS |
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| Students are obliged to be present and active in class to a certain extent. Students are also required to choose and, with the help of the teacher, research a specific topic, using available literature and other sources, and, while respecting the basic rules of academic writing, create an essay. At the end of the semester, students must pass the final written exam. |
| LIST OF LITERATURE FOR STUDIES AND EXAMS |
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| Required reading |
| Rešetar Čulo, Ivana. Prava starijih osoba u međunarodnom pravu s posebnim osvrtom na položaj starijih osoba u Republici Hrvatskoj, završni rad na PSS „Ljudska prava“. 2013. završni rad na PDS „Ljudska prava“, Pravni fakultet Osijek |
| Rešetar Čulo, Ivana. Zaštita prava starijih osoba u Europi: trenutno stanje, nedostatci i izazovi. 2014. Pravni vjesnik, sv. 30, br. 2, 2014. |
| Ajduković, Marina et al.. Izloženost starijih osoba nasilju u obitelj. 2008. Revija za socijalnu politiku, god. 15, br. 1., 2008. |
| Šućur, Zoran. Socijalna sigurnost i kvaliteta života starijih osoba bez mirovinskih primanja u Republici Hrvatskoj. 2008. Revija za socijalnu politiku, god. 15., br. 3, 2008. |
| Optional reading |
| Lulić, Mira; Rešetar Čulo, Ivana. Social exclusion and the rights of older persons. 2013. u Barković Bojanić, Ivana; Mira, Lulić (ur.): Contemporary Legal and Economic Issues IV, Pravni fakultet Osijek |
| Lulić, Mira; Rešetar Čulo, Ivana. The rights of older persons with disabilities in the Republic of Croatia. 2015. u Vinković, Mario (ur.): New developments in EU labour, equality and human rights law, Pravni fakultet Osijek |
| Rodriques-Pinzón, Diego, Martin, Claudia. The International Human Rights Status of Elderly Persons. 2003. American University International Law Review, sv. 18, br. 4, 2003. |
| Whitton, Linda S.. Ageism: Paternalism and Prejudice. 1997. Depaul Law Review, sv. 46, 1996. – 1997. |
