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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
John Tobin
Coordinator
Hilary Charlesworth
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 (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 |
| LAWS70217 | Fundamentals of the Common Law |
March (Online)
May (Online)
July (Online)
September (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 |
| LAWS70067 | International Legal Internship |
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
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 |
| LAWS90218 | Constitutions in Global Perspective | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90217 | Hot Topics in Public Law | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90215 | Law and Global Health Security | November (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90199 | Pandemic Law and Practice | March (Online) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 15 November 2021