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Graduate Diploma in Human Rights Law (636AA) // Course structure
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About this course
Coordinator
Hilary Charlesworth
Coordinator
John Tobin
Contact
Melbourne Law School
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Course structure
Students must complete 50 credit points from the prescribed list.
Students who do not have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction or any prior legal studies or experience are also expected to complete the two-day preliminary subject Australian Legal Process and Legal Institutions.
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 (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90058 | Comparative Human Rights Law | November (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70413 | Criminal Law, Poverty and Justice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90018 | Development, Labour and Human Rights | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90087 | Disability Human Rights Law | May (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70386 | Environmental Rights | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70025 | Equality and Discrimination at Work | August (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70446 | International Equality Law | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70422 | Human Rights and Armed Conflict | December (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70452 | Human Rights and Climate Change | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90044 | Human Rights and Economic Globalisation | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70091 | Human Rights and Terrorism | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90045 | Human Rights and Universality | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70391 | Human Rights at Work | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70360 | Human Rights Beyond Borders | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70186 | Human Rights Advocacy | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70114 | Human Rights of Groups | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70171 | Human Rights, Women and Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70454 | Human Rights: From Morality to Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70264 | International Human Rights Law |
March (Online)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70120 | International Law and Children's Rights | November (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70365 | International Migration Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70366 | International Refugee Law | September (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70394 | International Refugee Law:Refugee Rights | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90098 | Islam and Human Rights | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70367 | Law of Democracy | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70430 | Poverty, Human Rights and Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90049 | Reimagining Human Rights Law | March (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70461 | Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70403 | Statehood in International Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70122 | Investment, Regulation and Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70118 | Women, War and Peacebuilding | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70453 | Human Rights and Culture | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70451 | Health Law and Human Rights | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90121 | Economic and Social Rights | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90122 | Human Rights in Asia: Current Issues | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90123 | No longer available | ||
| LAWS90124 | Women, Peace and Security | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90160 | Human Rights and Global Justice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90154 | Cities, Law and Global Governance | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90155 | NGOs and International Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90175 | Human Rights: Global Policy and Practice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90174 | Human Rights in Australia | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90182 | Law and Religion in Asia | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90185 | Migration, Diasporas and the Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90227 | Human Rights and the Digital State | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90199 | Pandemic Law and Practice | March (Online) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 16 February 2022