Human Rights Law (11784.2)

This unit provides students with an understanding of the domestic and international human rights law frameworks, as well as the interaction between the two. It considers key instruments of human rights law and examines in some detail the key institutions and processes that provide juridical oversight in the human rights sphere. It also considers a number of contemporary human rights issues from the perspective of human rights law and institutions. This unit may be co-taught with a PG version of the unit.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Evaluate the historical development of human rights principles, including critiques and underlying philosophies;


2. Analyse and apply norms of human rights law arising out of the domestic and international human rights frameworks to legal problem solving;

3. Apply legal communication, research, writing and advocacy skills to evaluating legal systems and principles; and
4. Identify appropriate solutions applied to real-world human rights scenarios and challenges.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways

Prerequisites

Students must have passed 18 credit points.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

11468 Human Rights in Context PG

Equivalent units

11266 Human Rights in Context, 8078 Justice Administration and the Constitution, 7033 Human Rights Law

Assumed knowledge

None.