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Master of Human Rights Law (MC-HUMRLAW) // Course structure
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About this course
Contact
Melbourne Law School
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Coordinator
Hilary Charlesworth
Coordinator
Hilary Charlesworth
Course structure
Students must complete eight subjects in total. All students must complete the subject International Human Rights Law.
Students who do not have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must complete Fundamentals of the Common Law, as well as seven subjects from the prescribed list.
Students with a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must complete at least seven subjects from the prescribed human rights law subjects and may choose an eighth subject from those available in the Melbourne Law Masters (excludingFundamentals of the Common Law).
Subject options
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70382 | Business and Human Rights | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90058 | Comparative Human Rights Law | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS70413 | Criminal Law, Poverty and Justice | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS90018 | Development, Labour and Human Rights | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS90087 | Disability Human Rights Law | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS70386 | Environmental Rights | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS70025 | Equality and Discrimination at Work | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70446 | Equality Law Internationally | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS70217 | Fundamentals of the Common Law |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
March (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70422 | Human Rights and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS70452 | Human Rights and Climate Change | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS90044 | Human Rights and Economic Globalisation | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70091 | Human Rights and Terrorism | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90045 | Human Rights and Universality | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70391 | Human Rights at Work | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70360 | Human Rights Beyond Borders | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS70186 | Human Rights Litigation and Advocacy | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS70114 | Human Rights of Groups | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS70171 | Human Rights, Women and Development | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS70454 | Human Rights: From Morality to Law | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS70264 | International Human Rights Law |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70120 | International Law and Children's Rights | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70067 | International Legal Internship |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70365 | International Migration Law | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS70366 | International Refugee Law | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70394 | International Refugee Law:Refugee Rights | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS90098 | Islam and Human Rights | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS70367 | Law of Democracy | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70430 | Poverty, Human Rights and Development | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS90049 | Reimagining Human Rights Law | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70461 | Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS70403 | Statehood in International Law | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS70122 | Investment, Regulation and Development | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70118 | Women, War and Peacebuilding | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS70453 | Human Rights and Culture | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
LAWS70451 | Health Law and Human Rights | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90121 | Economic and Social Rights | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90122 | Human Rights in Asia: Current Issues | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90123 | No longer available | ||
LAWS90124 | Women, Peace and Security | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 17 July 2021