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Disability Human Rights Law (LAWS90087)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
March
Lecturer
Dr Piers Gooding (Coordinator)
Email: law-masters@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352), International: +(61 3) 9035 5511
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
Overview
Availability(Quotas apply) | March |
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This subject examines the human rights of people with disabilities. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is the newest United Nations (UN) human rights treaty. This subject analyses the interpretation and implementation of the CRPD. It also explores the effect of multiple forms of marginalisation; for example, individuals with disabilities that are members of other minority groups, such as women, transgender people or racial minorities. This subject is relevant for students who are interested in the human rights of people with disabilities or for those interested in exploring the newest binding iteration of UN human rights law.
The lecturer has both personal and professional experience in this field and has a network of collaborators, including UN bodies, government actors, community groups, academics and others. She draws on her experiences and connections to deliver substantive law as well as provide an insight into the lived experience of disability.
Principal topics include:
- Personhood and the right to equal recognition before the law
- Decision-making and the right to legal capacity
- Violence and the right to freedom from abuse
- Mental health and the rights to liberty and consent to treatment
- Universal design, reasonable accommodation, and accessibility
- Medical, social, and human rights models of disability.
Intended learning outcomes
A student who has successfully completed this subject will:
- Have an advanced and integrated understanding of the emerging and diverse field of disability human rights law and its role in international and domestic spheres
- Have an understanding of recent developments in the disability human rights field, including the most recent UN body statements and relevant international and domestic court cases
- Knowledge of the rights-based research paradigm and the importance of co-production and emancipation in disability research methodology
- Have the cognitive and technical skills to analyse international and domestic law, policy and practice in relation to the rights of people with disability
- Have the cognitive and technical skills to responsibly apply the disability human rights framework to lived experiences of disability
- Have the ability to interpret and distil the knowledge and analysis gained in the course for a broad audience, particularly policy makers and other agents of change.
- Have the sensitivity and skill to communicate research findings and complex legal analysis to the disability community and key stakeholders
- Be able to demonstrate autonomy, creativity and responsibility as a legal practitioner in the field of disability human rights.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into a relevant Melbourne Law Masters program
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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LAWS90004 | Disability Human Rights Clinic | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
Recommended background knowledge
Applicants without legal qualifications should note that subjects are offered in the discipline of law at an advanced graduate level. While every effort will be made to meet the needs of students trained in other fields, concessions will not be made in the general level of instruction or assessment. Most subjects assume the knowledge usually acquired in a degree in law (LLB, JD or equivalent). Applicants should note that admission to some subjects in the Melbourne Law Masters will be dependent upon the individual applicant’s educational background and professional experience.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Draft essay proposal (500 words) and small group collaboration exercise (1000 words per student)
| End of the teaching period | 10% |
Final essay proposal
| 28 April 2023 | 10% |
Research paper on a topic approved by the subject coordinator
| 7 June 2023 | 80% |
Hurdle requirement: A minimum of 75% attendance is required. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Additional details
Note: Students must choose assessment from the options listed above. If an option contains parts, all parts must be completed if that option is chosen.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- March
Principal coordinator Piers Gooding Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 150 hours Pre teaching start date 1 March 2023 Pre teaching requirements Please refer to the Reading Guide on the LMS subject page for confirmation of which resources need to be read and what other preparation is required before the teaching period commences. Teaching period 29 March 2023 to 4 April 2023 Last self-enrol date 6 March 2023 Census date 30 March 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 19 May 2023 Assessment period ends 21 June 2023 March contact information
Lecturer
Dr Piers Gooding (Coordinator)
Email: law-masters@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352), International: +(61 3) 9035 5511
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
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- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
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Additional delivery details
This subject has a quota of 30 students.
Enrolment is on a 'first in' basis. Waitlists are maintained for subjects that are fully subscribed.
Students should note priority of waitlisted places in subjects will be given as follows:
- To currently enrolled Graduate Diploma and Masters students with a satisfactory record in their degree
- To other students enrolling on a single subject basis, eg Community Access Program (CAP) students, cross-institutional study and cross-faculty study.
Please refer to the Melbourne Law Masters website for further information about the management of subject quotas and waitlists.
Melbourne Law School may reserve places in a subject for incoming international cohorts or where a subject is core to a specialisation with limited alternate options.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Specialist materials will be made available via the LMS in the pre-teaching period.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
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- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
If required, please contact law-masters@unimelb.edu.au for subject coordinator approval.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024