Human Rights Law (UniSA)

By the end of this course, students should be able to identify the major international human rights instruments governing international human rights and the related procedures and policies of the United Nations, International Tribunals and International Human Rights Treaty Bodies. The course examines the ongoing development of international human rights through these institutions and dispute resolution mechanisms. It also examines the jurisprudence surrounding and social impact of international human rights instruments in domestic law. The course content will be drawn from the following topics: The historical development of the modern international human rights framework; The International Bill of Rights - centring on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights; Mechanisms for Enforcement: International tribunals, treaty bodies and the Office of High Commissioner of Human Rights; Selected issues on human rights, including: international human rights and humanitarian intervention, with refugees as an example; Indigenous rights; human rights and the intersection with religion and sexuality; Rights protected against Governmental interference in Bills of Rights (eg intrusions into property, privacy and the liberty of the individual). The right to development. International Human Rights Law and the Domestic Legal System: the Australian legal landscape in the absence of a Bill of Rights.