Unit of Study LAWS2072 Human Rights Law (2025)

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Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

LEGL1001 - Legal Research and Writing AND EITHER LAWS1001 - Legal Process OR LEGL1004 - Australian Legal System

Unit description

Examines the principles of human rights from international, Australian, comparative and theoretical perspectives. Discusses the international human rights regime, the method by which human rights are protected and the question of whether Australia should have its own Constitutional or legislative Bill of Rights. Will analyse the common theoretical critiques of human rights and will study some selected human rights issues.

Unit content

Module 1: The international human rights legal system

Module 2: Human rights in Australia

Module 3: Specific human rights issues – Indigenous Australians and asylum seekers

Module 4: Should Australia have a Bill of Rights?

Module 5: Emerging human rights issues – the right to privacy and the right to a healthy environment

Module 6: Critiques of human rights

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term1	Term1

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:

identify and explain the main features of the international human rights legal regime

appraise the express and implied constitutional protection of human rights in Australia, and assess the other forms of protection of human rights in the Australian legal and political system

identify and analyse the arguments for and against whether Australia should have a constitutional or a legislative Bill of Rights

identify and describe topical human rights issues.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	60%
Participation	10%
Annotated bibliography	30%

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