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Last updated: 4 June 2021
For Bachelor of Laws (including combined Law awards) students only
Students enrolled before 2019: MLL110, MLL111, MLL114, MLL213, MLL323
Students commencing from 2019: MLL113 and 3 credit points of Law units
Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
2h class + 1h seminar per week
2h class (recordings provided) + 1h online seminar per week
The unit provides an overview of the development, substance and enforcement of international human rights law. Almost seven decades after the human rights regime emerged out of the disasters of the Second World War, human rights norms and institutions deeply inform the rhetoric, practice and theory of international law and politics, as well as the internal constitutional structures of many states (including Australia). Although the frailties of human rights as an ideal, an ideology or practice are evident, the concept of human rights has become a part of modern consciousness, a lens through which to see the world, a universal discourse, a potent aspiration. This course uses the term ‘human rights regime’ to include post-1945 governmental, intergovernmental and nongovernmental institutions and practices in both national and international contexts in the recognition and protection of human rights.
Identify, explain and analyse the underlying principles and key standards of international human rights, including the content of various human rights
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
ULO2
Identify, explain and analyse international mechanisms designed to enforce international human rights norms
ULO3
Evaluate aspects of human rights law in light of contemporary human rights issues
ULO4
Explain and analyse the relevance of international human rights jurisprudence and judgments to human rights law in Australia
ULO5
Plan and undertake independent legal research on issues within international human rights law
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledgeand capabilitiesGLO6: Self-management
ULO6
Synthesise knowledge to develop and propose solutions to existing human rights issues
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MLL211 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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