International Human Rights 7607LAW - Tri 1 2020 Griffith University

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1. General Course Information

1.1 Course Details
COURSE CODE 7607LAW

COURSE TITLE International Human Rights

ACADEMIC ORGANISATION LAW Griffith Law School

TRIMESTER Trimester 1 2020

MODE In Person

LEVEL Postgraduate

LOCATION Nathan, On Campus

CREDIT POINT VALUE 10

Restrictions:
Restriction: Students must be enrolled in one of the following programs: 3335 GCert International Law, 5694 M International Law, 5729 M
International Law, 5734 Juris Doctor, 5738 M International Law Studies 4177 GDip Law Research Studies, 3354

Course Description:
This course will provide students with a critical understanding of international human rights law and practice. The course opens with an examination
of the origins of the idea of rights from an historical, philosophical and analytical perspective. It then turns to the rise of the modern international
human rights regime and examines the basic international and regional human rights instruments. It considers the international oversight
institutional mechanisms and considers remedies under both international and domestic law. Topics to be covered include: human rights
'enforcement' mechanisms: the UN Human Rights Council, the human rights treaty bodies and human rights regional mechanisms; the rights of
women; the rights of indigenous peoples;the rights of forced migrants;threats to rights, particularly counter terrorism measures; and the future
development of rights, including collective rights and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) rights. Incompatible: 7507LAW
International Human Rights

Assumed Background:
This is an introductory course designed for both law and non-law students and no prior legal knowledge is required. However, while there are no
strict prerequisites, a prior familiarity with public international law is an asset.

1.2 Course Introduction

International human rights provides you with a practical and applied approach to international human rights law. It is intended to teach and instruct
on how to approach international human rights practically. This will be by supporting students to actively learn the knowledge and skills to
participate meaningfully in human rights promotion, communication and discourse.
At its heart human rights law is all about the existence, nature and extent of rules regarding the organisation and distribution of bodies in time and
space. This is why Human Rights practice is a craft and not just an academic area of study.

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1.3 Course Staff

Primary Convenor Dr Edwin Bikundo

PHONE 07 5552 7737

EMAIL e.bikundo@griffith.edu.au

HOMEPAGE experts.griffith.edu.au/academic/e.bikundo

CAMPUS Gold Coast Campus

BUILDING Law (G36)

ROOM 3.78

CONSULTATION Kindly make prior appointments by email or over the phone.

1.4 Timetable
Timetables are available on the Programs and Courses website.
NB: Details contained in this section of the course profile and section 4.1 Learning Activities are to be read in conjunction with the official class
timetable. The published class timetable which is the authoritative source for timetabling information for all campuses can be located by clicking on
the above link.

1.5 Lecture Capture

It is standard practice at Griffith University that lectures timetabled in lecture capture-enabled venues are recorded and made available to students
on the relevant course site, in accordance with the University's Lecture Capture Policy.
The lecture series delivered as part of this course will be recorded and accessible via the Learning@Griffith course site.

2. Aims, Outcomes & Graduate Attributes

2.1 Course Aims
The course is in two parts. One half of the course (the first half) deals with what the rules are broadly speaking while the second half of the course
explains how those rules are applied and enforced. These two parts of the course break down into six modules.
When we study the sources of international human rights we will look at treaties (both international and regional) as well as customary international
law.
When we look to the enforcement of the international human rights rules that we will have learnt in the first part we will explore the United Nations
Huan Rights Treaty System, various international courts as well the relevant regional courts.

2.2 Learning Outcomes

After successfully completing this course you should be able to:
1 Define and Distinguish between legally enforceable human rights
2 Identify what, or whose, human right or rights are being promoted or undermined in different contexts
3 Identify the appropriate forum for the enforcement of specific human rights
4 Appraise the effect of the techniques used to either promote or undermine human rights
5 Evaluate how a human right is to be promoted within a campaign
6 Appraise the tools, platforms and strategies available and how they are and can be used to build a human rights campaign
7 Design and generate a human rights campaign

2.3. Graduate Attributes

For further details on the Griffith Graduate please click here
Griffith University prepares influential graduates to be:
• Knowledgeable and skilled, with critical judgement
• Effective communicators and collaborators
• Innovative, creative and entrepreneurial
• Socially responsible and engaged in their communities
• Culturally capable when working with First Australians

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• Effective in culturally diverse and international environments

This table demonstrates where each of the Griffith Graduate Attributes is taught, practised and assessed in this course.
For further details on the Griffith Graduate Attributes please refer to The Griffith Graduate policy.
University wide attributes
GRADUATE ATTRIBUTE TAUGHT PRACTISED ASSESSED
Knowledgeable and skilled, with critical judgement • • •
Effective communicators and collaborators • • •
Innovative, creative and entrepreneurial • • •
Socially responsible and engaged in their communities • • •
Culturally capable when working with First Australians • •
Effective in culturally diverse and international environments • • •

5. Assessment Plan
5.1 Assessment Summary
This is a summary of the assessment in the course. For detailed information on each assessment, see 5.2 Assessment Detail below.
MAXIMUM
LEARNING
ASSESSMENT TASK DUE DATE WEIGHTING MARKED OUT OF EXTENSION
OUTCOMES
PERIOD
Academic development holistic
assessment
24 Feb 20 17:00 - 16 Mar 20 17:00 40% 40 marks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Examine aspects of human rights
discourse
Academic development holistic
assessment 24 Feb 20 18:00 - 18 May 20 16:00 60% 60 marks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Design a human rights campaign

5.2 Assessment Detail

Title: Examine aspects of human rights discourse
Type: Academic development holistic assessment
Learning Outcomes Assessed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Due Date:
24 Feb 20 17:00 - 16 Mar 20 17:00
Weight: 40%
Marked out of: 40
Task Description:
Examine aspects of a human rights discourse that can be integrated into a campaign by analysing 3 different textual, visual or audio-visual
elements utilised as components of a human rights discussion. (2000 words)
Task instructions/Specifications
A. select a legally enforceable human right and break it down in terms of its content and its possessor.
B. Look for and examine 3 different elements (textual, visual or audio-visual) of a discussion centred around your selected human right.
C. identify the assumed audience of the elements (textual, visual, or audio-visual) identified in terms of whether it is the world at large, or a specific
subset of the world, and if so which.
D. in each of the 3 elements selected identify how the medium of discussion communicates and furthers or distorts or undermines either the
enjoyment or the achievement of an existing right.
E. identify the human rights goal sought to be achieved.
F. analyse the contribution of each of the elements to that overall goal particularly regarding spectacle (its striking visuality) and/or irony (tension
between expressed and intended meaning).
Criteria & Marking:
Criteria (elements for judging)
1. Explain the specific human right or rights that are in play in the selected elements of the human rights discussion.
2. Identify the possessor (the individual or group) of the right affected in that human rights discussion
3. Identify who the elements are targeting, and what link exists between the right, the possessor of the right and the enjoyment of
the right.
4. Discuss how the medium affects the message
5. Examine the effect/impact of the elements in relation to the human right
6. Analyse and distinguish between the tactics and strategies employed within the human rights discussion.
7. Relate the sources of international human rights to the audience targeted by the human rights discussion.
8. Examine the relationship between the selected elements and how they come together to further or undermine the human right
under discussion.
9. Appraise the alignment between the means (tactics) and the ends (strategies) evident within the selected elements.
Submission: Submission through turnitin

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This assessment item:

• is a school based activity
• is an individual activity
• does not include a self assessment activity

Title: Design a human rights campaign

Type: Academic development holistic assessment
Learning Outcomes Assessed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Due Date:
24 Feb 20 18:00 - 18 May 20 16:00
Weight: 60%
Marked out of: 60
Task Description:
Task Instructions/Specification
1. select a legally enforceable human right and characterise in terms of barriers and challenges to its enjoyment that you would seek to overcome
through the human rights campaign that you will design.
2. Create and deploy 3 different elements (textual, visual or audio-visual) of a communication centred around your selected human right.
3. Justify the intended audience of the elements (textual, visual, or audio-visual) chosen in terms of whether it is the world at large, or a specific
subset of the world, and if so which and more importantly why.
4. in each of the 3 elements selected explain how the medium of discussion communicates and furthers the enjoyment or the achievement of an
existing right.
5. Justify how the human rights goal sought is to be achieved through the campaign.
6. Craft a campaign plan that outlines the contribution of each of the elements to both the expressed and intended meaning of the campaign in
relation to the selected human rights goal. Focus particularly on the spectacle, (for example, its striking visuality) and/or irony (tension between
expressed and intended meaning), and how you intend to influence the audience by these means.
Criteria & Marking:
2nd Assessment Criteria (elements for judging)
1. Identify and explain the specific challenges the human right or rights selected face in terms of implementation, enjoyment and
protection.
2. Identify the barriers between the possessor (the individual or group) of the right affected and the enjoyment of that right
3. Explain how the elements chosen link the right, the possessor of the right and the enjoyment of the right.
4. Account for how the media chosen affect the human rights message sought to be put across.
5. Analyse and distinguish between the tactics and strategies employed in the design of the human rights campaign.
6. Relate how the international human rights expressed are aligned to the audience targeted by the human rights discussion.
7. Explain the relationship between the selected elements and how they come together to further the human right under
discussion.
8. Justify the alignment between the means (tactics) and the ends (strategies) evident within the selected elements of the human
rights campaign.
Submission: Via the 'Assignments' tool in Learning@Griffith.

This assessment item:

• is a school based activity
• is an individual activity
• does not include a self assessment activity

5.3 Late Submission

An assessment item submitted after the due date, without an approved extension, will be penalised. The standard penalty is the reduction of the
mark allocated to the assessment item by 5% of the total weighted mark for the assessment item, for each working day that the item is late. A
working day will be defined as Monday to Friday. Assessment items submitted more than five working days after the due date will be awarded zero
marks. To understand how the mark is reduced please refer to Assessment Submission and Return Procedures

5.4 Other Assessment Information

Griffith University Disclosure Statement
The University shall provide reasonable adjustments to assessment for students with disabilities consistent with the Disabilities Standards for
Education 2005, while maintaining the academic integrity of its programs. Adjustments shall be made on an individual basis. Please refer to this
policy as it sets out the principles and processes that guide the University Reasonable Adjustments for Assessment - Students with Disabilities
Supplementary Assessment is not available for this course.
Final Grades
A student’s final grade for this course will be based on the aggregation and weighting of marks across assessment, any mandatory pass
components and grade cut-offs. Grade cut-offs can vary, so you will need to wait for the official release of grades to be sure of your grade for this
course.
• This course is a graded course (i.e 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1).

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