Unit of Study INDG2012 Indigenous Rights (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples
Placement

No

Unit description

Introduces students to the protection of human rights under both Australian law and international law from the viewpoint of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Considers the relationship between generic human rights and specific Indigenous human rights. Practical and theoretical understandings of how human rights law can be utilised on behalf of Indigenous Australians are addressed.

Unit content

Module 1: Introduction to Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples'

Module 2: International Law and Human Rights

Module 3: The Australian Perspective

Module 4: Decolonisation

Module 5: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP)

Module 6: Constitutional Reform

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term3	Term3

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

explain the frameworks for Indigenous rights established under International law and outline how they are contextually relevant to Aboriginal peoples in Australia

relate the major Indigenous rights movements including anti-colonial theory, decolonising methodologies and Indigenous ontologies

outline various movements against Indigenous rights evident in recent history, historic events and contemporary society.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Journal	40%
Essay	60%

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Domestic

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