This course aims to provide students with a critical understanding of international human rights law and practice. Topics to be covered include:
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
On the successful completion of this course students should be able to:1. outline, summarise and/or synthesise a coherent and advanced knowledge of the underlying principles and significant norms of the international law of human rights;
2. analyse critically these norms and the flawed mechanisms for their implementation;
3. analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge to identify and provide solutions to complex problems with intellectual independence;
4. advocate effectively the progressive development of the international law of human rights;
5. outline, summarise and/or synthesise a clear and coherent exposition of knowledge and ideas appropriately for a variety of audiences;
6. define, plan and conduct legal research on international human rights law with some independence.
Indicative Assessment
Summer Offering (intensive)1. 60% research paper (3000 words)
2. 30% class presentation
3. 10% class participation
Semester 1
Research paper or research class presentation (50%, 2,400 words for the paper) and
Take-home exam (50%)
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Requisite and Incompatibility
Majors
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 3
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $2958 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $4146 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Summer Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1717 | 08 Dec 2014 | 02 Jan 2015 | 02 Jan 2015 | 13 Feb 2015 | In Person | N/A |
First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3035 | 16 Feb 2015 | 06 Mar 2015 | 31 Mar 2015 | 29 May 2015 | In Person | N/A |
