Sex, Human Rights and Justice - ARTS2845


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of Social Sciences
	Course Outline: School of Social Sciences
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: 30 units of credit at Level 1
	Equivalent: AUST2025, WOMS2004, POLS2020
	CSS Contribution Charge:Band 1 (more info)
	Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
	Further Information: See Class Timetable
	Available for General Education: Yes (more info)

Description

Subject Area: Politics
This course can also be studied in the following specialisations: Australian Studies; Criminology; International Relations; Women's and Gender Studies

This course examines the principles and practices of human rights in relation to questions of sex and sexual relations. In particular, the focus of the course is on the adequacy and appropriateness of a human rights approach to justice in exploring those questions. We explore conceptions of freedom, dignity and autonomy of the person which lie at the foundation of human rights understandings, in connection with conceptions of equality, non-subordination, privacy, consent, freedom of contract, markets, and citizenship.
These understandings will be further considered in relation to specific areas such as discrimination, harassment, pornography, prostitution/sex work and trafficking, abortion, sexual violence and rape.