School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Human Rights Law
  • Unit Code

    LAW3855
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Joshua Nathan ASTON

Description

This unit examines the extent to which human rights law protects against violations at the national, regional and global levels. This unit comparatively analyses human rights protection offered by the various legal instruments across a range of jurisdictions. Topical examples will be discussed and debated, such as the protections of gender rights, the rights of refugees, indigenous persons, and discrimination on the basis of race, origin, class, caste etc. This unit also introduces students to the available general and specific mechanisms (judicial or extra-judicial) for redressing victims grievances. It will equip students with the tools to identify human rights issues and the law necessary to resolve those issues.

Prerequisite Rule

Students studying K30,K50,K58,V72,Y04,Y11,Y66,Y67,X01,X03,X05,999,Y88,Y70,K34,Y65 and W28 can enrol into this unit once they have passed LAW2314. Students studying G95 and W23 and studying the Law in Business major (MABUUT) can enrol into this unit but must have completed LAW1100 and have completed a minimum of 225 credit points.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Examine how critical individual rights have become in our modern societies and take into account the impact of the cultural, political and social context on the enactment and interpretation of these rights.
  2. Analyse the impact of the cultural, political and social context on the enactment and interpretation of individual rights.
  3. Evaluate First Australian and other diverse cultures' needs with respect to domestic and international human rights.
  4. Research, evaluate and synthesise cases and peer review articles on the implementation of human rights in Australia and how compliance with human rights law could be improved.
  5. Evaluate how rights should evolve or how new rights, such as the right to a healthy environment, can emerge and be consolidated.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction to the development of Human Rights Law
  2. Terrorism
  3. Human Trafficking
  4. Torture Convention
  5. Rights of Women and Children
  6. The role of international organisations
  7. Introduction to International Humanitarian Law
  8. An overview of Australian Human Rights Law and rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
  9. International Criminal Law and International Criminal Court
  10. Crimes against Humanity: Nuremberg Trial
  11. International Tribunals
  12. Regional Bodies in the protection of Human Rights Law
  13. International Refugee Law

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a weekly three hour lecture and a one- hour tutorial. Off-campus students access the materials and participate in tutorials via Blackboard. Regular online access is required.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ParticipationTutorial participation.10%
TestShort Question Test15%
TestMultiple Choice Quesrtions25%
ExaminationFinal exam50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ParticipationOnllinel participation.10%
TestShort Question Test15%
TestMultiple Choice Questions Test25%
ExaminationFinal exam50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Human Rights Law
  • Unit Code

    LAW3855
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Joshua Nathan ASTON

Description

This unit examines the extent to which human rights law protects against violations at the national, regional and global levels. This unit comparatively analyses human rights protection offered by the various legal instruments across a range of jurisdictions. Topical examples will be discussed and debated, such as the protections of gender rights, the rights of refugees, indigenous persons, and discrimination on the basis of race, origin, class, caste etc. This unit also introduces students to the available general and specific mechanisms (judicial or extra-judicial) for redressing victims grievances. It will equip students with the tools to identify human rights issues and the law necessary to resolve those issues.

Prerequisite Rule

Students studying K30,K50,K58,V72,Y04,Y11,Y66,Y67,X01,X03,X05,999,Y88,Y70,K34,Y65 and W28 can enrol into this unit once they have passed LAW2314. Students studying G95 and W23 and studying the Law in Business major (MABUUT) can enrol into this unit but must have completed LAW1100 and have completed a minimum of 225 credit points.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Examine how critical individual rights have become in our modern societies and take into account the impact of the cultural, political and social context on the enactment and interpretation of these rights.
  2. Analyse the impact of the cultural, political and social context on the enactment and interpretation of individual rights.
  3. Evaluate First Australian and other diverse cultures' needs with respect to domestic and international human rights.
  4. Research, evaluate and synthesise cases and peer review articles on the implementation of human rights in Australia and how compliance with human rights law could be improved.
  5. Evaluate how rights should evolve or how new rights, such as the right to a healthy environment, can emerge and be consolidated.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction to the development of Human Rights Law
  2. Terrorism
  3. Human Trafficking
  4. Torture Convention
  5. Rights of Women and Children
  6. The role of international organisations
  7. Introduction to International Humanitarian Law
  8. An overview of Australian Human Rights Law and rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
  9. International Criminal Law and International Criminal Court
  10. Crimes against Humanity: Nuremberg Trial
  11. International Tribunals
  12. Regional Bodies in the protection of Human Rights Law
  13. International Refugee Law

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a weekly three hour lecture and a one- hour tutorial. Off-campus students access the materials and participate in tutorials via Blackboard. Regular online access is required.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ParticipationTutorial participation.10%
TestShort Question Test15%
TestMultiple Choice Quesrtions25%
ExaminationFinal exam50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ParticipationOnllinel participation.10%
TestShort Question Test15%
TestMultiple Choice Questions Test25%
ExaminationFinal exam50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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