HDS310 - Human Rights and Advocacy
| Year: | 2023 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | Average of 3 hours per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | 11 x 2 hour classes (recordings provided) and 10 x 1 hour online seminars |
Content
This unit aims to develop a human rights perspective and appreciate the role of advocacy for people with a disability in upholding their rights and achieving inclusion.
The unit content includes:
- Historical background to the development of human rights
- Description of different types of human rights
- Contemporary rights issues such as human rights legislation in Australia, and asylum seekers and refugees
- Human rights instruments that address rights for people with disability (all ages)
- Developing a human rights approach in practice
- Individual, systemic and self-advocacy
- Contemporary advocacy practices
- Human rights for children with disability
- LGBTIQ
- Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander people
Unit Fee Information
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