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International Human Rights - LAWS8181 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description This course involves a study of the fundamental legal principles and institutions of international human rights, through the medium of contemporary human rights concerns. The course begins with an examination of the human rights framework in international law and the mechanisms for enforcing human rights including consideration of the position of the United Nations in this era of reform. The course also focuses on gross human rights violations and the responsibility of the international community to protect, terrorism, globalisation, and discrimination law among other contemporary topics. The course will be taught by Justine Nolan and may benefit from the input of several guest speakers on discrete topics. This course is part of a general offering of human rights and social justice topics within the UNSW Law School and aims to provides students with an introductory approach to select human rights issues.
This course is also available to students undertaking relevant postgraduate non-law degree programs at UNSW, provided such enrolment is approved by the appropriate non-law Faculty. LLM Specialisations Recommended Prior Knowledge None
Course Objectives Aims of the course are:
At the end of this course, you should be able to:
Main Topics
Assessment Class participation 15%
(Performance and participation in class) Short answer question 10% (One 500 words max.) Research essay 75% (5,000 - 5,500 words ) Course Texts Prescribed Henry Steiner & Philip Alston & Ryan Goodman, International Human Rights in Context: Law, Politics and Morals, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 2008.
Recommended
None Resources Refer to Course Outline provided by lecturer at the beginning of the relevant semester.
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