LLAW3261 Selected Issues in Human Rights

2016

4.5

1 x 2-hour seminar weekly

1 Admission into BLAWLP-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice
1a Admission into BLAWLPG-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry)
1b Admission into BLAWLPR-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice
1c Admission into BLAWLPRG-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry)
1d Admission into BLAWLPRH-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Honours)
1e Admission into BLAWLPRGH-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry) (Honours)
2 18 units of second year LLAW topics
3 LLAW2212 - The Constitution and the Australian Federation [International / Comparative I]
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e) and 2 and 3)

Criminal law, Australian constitutional law, contracts and torts.

Ten hours of independent study required over the course of the semester.

This topic is designed to allow those students having completed the introductory topic, LLAW 3251 The International Protection of Human Rights, to expand their knowledge and to explore specific issues of concern to the international community. A significant portion of the topic will be devoted to the work of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council including those on Torture, the Sale of Children, Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances and the Disposal of Toxic Wastes. In addition students will be asked to consider the interplay between international human rights law and international criminal law. If time permits students will be introduced to the work of the regional human rights bodies.

This topic aims to facilitate participants' learning to assist them to:

• develop an appreciation of the work of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council and analyse the contribution of these procedures to both our understanding of human rights and to the promotion and protection of human rights
• understand the types of activities necessary to achieve greater protection and promotion of human rights
• deepen their understanding of the interplay between international human rights law and international criminal law
• develop an appreciation of the role of regional human rights bodies in the promotion and protection of human rights
• develop the skills of scholarly research, legal writing and critical analysis
• improve their ability to work in a team

A student who successfully completes this topic will be able to:

• describe and provide an analytical overview of special procedures of the UN Human Rights Council
• analyse the contribution to the promotion and protection of human rights made bythe special procedures
• offer a critique of our current efforts to promote and protect particular rights
• articulate their understanding of the interplay between international human rights law and international criminal law
• describe and provide and analytical overview of the work of the regional human rights bodies
• work effectively as a member of a team
• communicate clearly and effectively in both written and oral tasks
• use correct scholarly practices in the areas of citation and referencing
• conduct independent research utilising inter alia international scholarly texts