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Master of Human Rights Law (MC-HUMRLAW) // Course structure
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About this course
- Overview
- Entry and participation requirements
- Attributes, outcomes and skills
- Course structure
- Further study
Contact
Melbourne Law School
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Coordinator
Hilary Charlesworth
Coordinator
John Tobin
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 Master of Laws (excluding Fundamentals of the Common Law and the Minor Thesis).
Subject options
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70382 | Business and Human Rights | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90058 | Comparative Human Rights Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70413 | Criminal Law, Poverty and Justice | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90018 | Development, Labour and Human Rights | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90087 | Disability Human Rights Law | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70386 | Environmental Rights | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70025 | Equality and Discrimination at Work | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70446 | International Equality Law | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70452 | Human Rights and Climate Change | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90044 | Human Rights and Economic Globalisation | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70091 | Human Rights and Terrorism | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90045 | Human Rights and Universality | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70391 | Human Rights at Work | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70360 | Human Rights Beyond Borders | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70186 | Human Rights Advocacy | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70114 | Human Rights of Groups | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70171 | Human Rights, Women and Development | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70454 | Human Rights: From Morality to Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70264 | International Human Rights Law |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70120 | International Law and Children's Rights | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70067 | International Legal Internship |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70365 | International Migration Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70366 | International Refugee Law | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70394 | International Refugee Law:Refugee Rights | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90098 | Islam and Human Rights | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70367 | Law of Democracy | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70430 | Poverty, Human Rights and Development | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90049 | Reimagining Human Rights Law | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70461 | Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70403 | Statehood in International Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70122 | Investment, Regulation and Development | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70118 | Women, War and Peacebuilding | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70453 | Human Rights and Culture | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS70451 | Health Law and Human Rights | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90121 | Economic and Social Rights | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90122 | Human Rights in Asia: Current Issues | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90123 | No longer available | ||
LAWS90124 | Women, Peace and Security | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90160 | Human Rights and Global Justice | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90154 | International Law and the City | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LAWS90155 | NGOs and International Development | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 17 July 2021