Graduate Diploma in Human Rights Law

Course 636-AA (2009)

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Year and Campus: 2009
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Level: Graduate/Postgraduate

Contact

Please contact the Melbourne Law Masters Office via email to law-masters@unimelb.edu.au or phone + 61 3 8344 6190
Course Overview:

The graduate program in human rights law offers the widest range of human rights subjects in Australia. Many world-renowned experts teach in this program, offering students exciting opportunities to examine a range of human rights instruments, institutions, theories and practices in contemporary context. The program is particularly relevant to lawyers currently working, or hoping to work, in the field of human rights, as well as those with a non-law background working in development agencies and other human rights-related organisations in Australia and around the world.

 
Objectives:

The Graduate Diploma in Human Rights Law focuses on:

  • Human rights theories, as well as the processes and actors involved in the field of human rights
  • The jurisprudence relating to the full range of human rights
  • Assessing the effectiveness of different mechanisms for implementing or enforcing human rights
  • Interpreting and comparing human rights law texts, including treaties, jurisprudence of treaty bodies and domestic courts, and academic scholarship
  • The articulation of knowledge and understanding in oral and written presentations.
Subject Options:

Students must complete four subjects from the prescribed list. Students who do not have a law degree from a common law system or any prior legal studies or experience are also expected to complete the two-day preliminary subject Australian Legal Process and Legal Institutions.

 
Entry Requirements: Please see the Selection Criteria on the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this course entry.
Core Participation Requirements: N.A.
Graduate Attributes: For more information, please visit the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this course entry.
Generic Skills: Please see the course information on the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this course entry.
Links to further information: 636-AAGraduate Diploma in Human Rights LawMelbourne Law Masters, postgraduate law, post-graduate law, graduate law2009

The graduate program in human rights law offers the widest range of human rights subjects in Australia. Many world-renowned experts teach in this program, offering students exciting opportunities to examine a range of human rights instruments, institutions, theories and practices in contemporary context. The program is particularly relevant to lawyers currently working, or hoping to work, in the field of human rights, as well as those with a non-law background working in development agencies and other human rights-related organisations in Australia and around the world.

 

The Graduate Diploma in Human Rights Law focuses on:

  • Human rights theories, as well as the processes and actors involved in the field of human rights
  • The jurisprudence relating to the full range of human rights
  • Assessing the effectiveness of different mechanisms for implementing or enforcing human rights
  • Interpreting and comparing human rights law texts, including treaties, jurisprudence of treaty bodies and domestic courts, and academic scholarship
  • The articulation of knowledge and understanding in oral and written presentations.
Please see the Selection Criteria on the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this course entry.For more information, please visit the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this course entry.Please see the course information on the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this course entry.

Students must complete four subjects from the prescribed list. Students who do not have a law degree from a common law system or any prior legal studies or experience are also expected to complete the two-day preliminary subject Australian Legal Process and Legal Institutions.

 

N.A.Please contact the Melbourne Law Masters Office via email to law-masters@unimelb.edu.au or phone + 61 3 8344 6190LawFor the latest information on this subject, please visit: http://www.masters.law.unimelb.edu.au/course/636AAmonths636-AA

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