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Master of Human Rights Law (MC-HUMRLAW) // Course structure
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Melbourne Law School
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Coordinator
Hilary Charlesworth
Coordinator
John Tobin
Course structure
Students must complete 100 credit points 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 87.5 credit points from the prescribed list.
Students with a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must complete at least 87.5 credit points from the prescribed human rights law subjects and may choose the remaining 12.5 credit points from the subjects available in the Master of Laws (excluding Fundamentals of the Common Law and the Minor Thesis).
Note: Most subjects in the MLM program are 12.5 credit points each. Check individual subject handbook entries for confirmation.
Subject options
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70382 | Business and Human Rights | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90058 | Comparative Human Rights Law | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70413 | Criminal Law, Poverty and Justice | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90018 | Development, Labour and Human Rights | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90087 | Disability Human Rights Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70386 | Environmental Rights | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70025 | Equality and Discrimination at Work | July (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70446 | International Equality Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70217 | Fundamentals of the Common Law |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
March (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70422 | Human Rights and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70452 | Human Rights and Climate Change | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90044 | Human Rights and Economic Globalisation | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70091 | Human Rights and Terrorism | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90045 | Human Rights and Universality | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70391 | Human Rights at Work | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70360 | Human Rights Beyond Borders | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70186 | Human Rights Advocacy | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70114 | Human Rights of Groups | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70171 | Human Rights, Women and Development | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70454 | Human Rights: From Morality to Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70264 | International Human Rights Law |
March (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 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70365 | International Migration Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70366 | International Refugee Law | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70394 | International Refugee Law:Refugee Rights | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90098 | Islam and Human Rights | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70367 | Law of Democracy | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70430 | Poverty, Human Rights and Development | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90049 | Reimagining Human Rights Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70461 | Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70403 | Statehood in International Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70122 | Investment, Regulation and Development | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70118 | Women, War and Peacebuilding | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70453 | Human Rights and Culture | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70451 | Health Law and Human Rights | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90121 | Economic and Social Rights | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90122 | Human Rights in Asia: Current Issues | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90123 | No longer available | ||
LAWS90124 | Women, Peace and Security | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90160 | Human Rights and Global Justice | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90154 | Cities, Law and Global Governance | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90155 | NGOs and International Development | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90175 | Human Rights: Global Policy and Practice | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90174 | Human Rights in Australia | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90182 | Law and Religion in Asia | June (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90185 | Migration, Diasporas and the Law | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90199 | Pandemic Law and Practice | November (Online) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 17 July 2021