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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 |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90242 | Ageing and Human Rights | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90248 | Automated Decision-Making and Justice | October (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70382 | Business and Human Rights | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90154 | Cities, Law and Global Governance | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90058 | Comparative Human Rights Law | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90218 | Constitutions in Global Perspective | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90018 | Development, Labour and Human Rights | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90087 | Disability Human Rights Law | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90121 | Economic and Social Rights | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70386 | Environmental Rights | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70025 | Equality and Discrimination at Work | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70217 | Fundamentals of the Common Law |
March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
October (On Campus - Parkville)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS90124 | Gender and Human Rights | August (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70451 | Health Law and Human Rights | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90217 | Hot Topics in Public Law | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70186 | Human Rights Advocacy | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70422 | Human Rights and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70452 | Human Rights and Climate Change | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90044 | Human Rights and Economic Globalisation | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90160 | Human Rights and Global Justice | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70091 | Human Rights and Terrorism | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90227 | Human Rights and the Digital State | March (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90045 | Human Rights and Universality | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70391 | Human Rights at Work | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70360 | Human Rights Beyond Borders | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90122 | Human Rights in Asia: Current Issues | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90174 | Human Rights in Australia | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70171 | Human Rights, Women and Development | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70454 | Human Rights: From Morality to Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90175 | Human Rights: Global Policy and Practice | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70446 | International Equality Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70264 | International Human Rights Law |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70234 | International Humanitarian Law | March (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 |
LAWS70366 | International Refugee Law | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70122 | Investment, Regulation and Development | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90215 | Law and Global Health Security | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90182 | Law and Religion in Asia | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70367 | Law of Democracy | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90185 | Migration, Diasporas and the Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90155 | NGOs and International Development | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90199 | Pandemic Law and Practice | May (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70430 | Poverty, Human Rights and Development | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90049 | Reimagining Human Rights Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70403 | Statehood in International Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90253 | Transitional Justice | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 10 November 2023