Handbook home
Graduate Diploma in Human Rights Law (636AA) // Course structure
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWS90242 | Ageing and Human Rights | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90248 | Automated Decision-Making and Justice | October |
12.5 |
| LAWS70382 | Business and Human Rights | May |
12.5 |
| LAWS90154 | Cities, Law and Global Governance | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90058 | Comparative Human Rights Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90218 | Constitutions in Global Perspective | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| LAWS90018 | Development, Labour and Human Rights | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90087 | Disability Human Rights Law | March |
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 |
12.5 |
| LAWS90124 | Gender and Human Rights | August |
12.5 |
| LAWS70451 | Health Law and Human Rights | September |
12.5 |
| LAWS90217 | Hot Topics in Public Law | Semester 2 |
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 |
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 |
12.5 |
| LAWS90045 | Human Rights and Universality | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70391 | Human Rights at Work | April |
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 |
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 |
12.5 |
| LAWS70446 | International Equality Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70264 | International Human Rights Law |
March
July
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70234 | International Humanitarian Law | March |
12.5 |
| LAWS70120 | International Law and Children's Rights | October |
12.5 |
| LAWS70366 | International Refugee Law | June |
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 | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90199 | Pandemic Law and Practice | June |
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 |
12.5 |
Last updated: 11 November 2022