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Global and European health law and international institutions – 5 ECTS Olga Aggelopoulou – Dimitrios Kremalis Course Description A. Global Health Law 1. The right to health 1.1. Terminology 2. International regulation of the right to health 2.1 An overview of international laws and regulations 3. Data protection and medical records in International and European Legal texts. 3.3 The European Convention on Human Rights B. EU Health Law 1. EU competences and initiatives on health protection. 1.1.The gradual recognition of EU competences. 2. The free movement of health care provision and patients 2.1. Professional rights of health care practitioners and doctors (Directive 2005/36 on the recognition of professional qualifications) 3. Financing national health systems in the EU context 3.1 The application of competition law and public sector contacts law on healthcare Objectives The course aims to offer a comprehensive analysis of the multi-level system of healthcare protection to enable the students to understand how health law works. Special emphasis is placed on the comparative study of the regulation of the right to health in the international and European level. Learning outcomes Students should develop skills that will allow them to understand, compare, analyse and employ the international and EU legal rules that govern healthcare protection and the realization of the right to health. In addition students shall develop research skills and the ability to collect information and to write short or lengthier reports and essays. Structure Five (5) three-hour lectures Students’ assessment Written Exams Bibliography Vlachopoulos S. (2004), «The right in health in the context of the protection of fundamental rights in the European », Application ΙΙ |