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Master of Human Rights Law (MC-HUMRLAW) // Course structure
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About this course
Coordinator
Hilary Charlesworth
Contact
Melbourne Law School
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWS90242 | Ageing and Human Rights | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70382 | Business and Human Rights | May (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90154 | Cities, Law and Global Governance | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90058 | Comparative Human Rights Law | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90218 | Constitutions in Global Perspective | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70413 | Criminal Law, Poverty and Justice | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90018 | Development, Labour and Human Rights | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90087 | Disability Human Rights Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90121 | Economic and Social Rights | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70386 | Environmental Rights | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70025 | Equality and Discrimination at Work | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70217 | Fundamentals of the Common Law |
February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
May (On Campus - Parkville)
July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70451 | Health Law and Human Rights | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90217 | Hot Topics in Public Law | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70186 | Human Rights Advocacy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70422 | Human Rights and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70452 | Human Rights and Climate Change | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70453 | Human Rights and Culture | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90044 | Human Rights and Economic Globalisation | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90160 | Human Rights and Global Justice | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70091 | Human Rights and Terrorism | November (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90227 | Human Rights and the Digital State | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90045 | Human Rights and Universality | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70391 | Human Rights at Work | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70360 | Human Rights Beyond Borders | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90122 | Human Rights in Asia: Current Issues | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90174 | Human Rights in Australia | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70114 | Human Rights of Groups | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70171 | Human Rights, Women and Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70454 | Human Rights: From Morality to Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90175 | Human Rights: Global Policy and Practice | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70446 | International Equality Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70264 | International Human Rights Law |
March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70234 | International Humanitarian Law | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70120 | International Law and Children's Rights | October (Dual-Delivery - 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 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70366 | International Refugee Law | June (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70394 | International Refugee Law:Refugee Rights | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70122 | Investment, Regulation and Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90098 | Islam and Human Rights | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90215 | Law and Global Health Security | August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90182 | Law and Religion in Asia | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70367 | Law of Democracy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90185 | Migration, Diasporas and the Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90141 | National Human Rights Institutions | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90155 | NGOs and International Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90199 | Pandemic Law and Practice | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70430 | Poverty, Human Rights and Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90049 | Reimagining Human Rights Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70461 | Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70403 | Statehood in International Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90124 | Gender and Human Rights | August (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70118 | Women, War and Peacebuilding | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
Last updated: 12 November 2022