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Course
Human rights of women
Module information>
This course is engaging and fascinating. Many of the issues and examples you will explore on this course are contemporary human rights issues, such as female cutting (female genital mutilation), global domestic violence, rape and sexual assault and the role international human rights law and international criminal law can play in addressing these atrocities. This subject largely investigates international human rights law as it applies to women鈥檚 lives. It is important to consider the language used in this course - the focus is on women and women鈥檚 lives, the course is not called 鈥榞ender and human rights law鈥, however you are encouraged to reflect on this and consider issues of gender and sexual violence that may affect not only women. Everyone is encouraged to take this subject, if you haven鈥檛 studied human rights before there will be enough material to work on which will allow you to gasp the topic.
Module A: Is the theory underlying human rights law male?
LWM19A
- Introduction to Human Rights, what is Human Rights law?
- Analysis of the history and philosophy of Human Rights discourse
- Who is included in the 鈥渉uman鈥 of Human Rights?
Module B: Feminist critiques of human rights
LWM19B
- Feminist theories and critiques of Human Rights law
- The problems and/or virtues of Human Rights law for women on a global scale
- Feminist reconstructions of Human Rights, aiming to ensure the inclusion of women
Module C: Institutional framework, institutions and documents relating to the human rights of women
LWM19C
- Examination of Human Rights documents and their institutional framework, including: the UN Charter, the 鈥渢hree Generations of Rights鈥, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women
- International Courts, human rights and humanitarian law
Module D: Sovereign governments, non-state actors and individual responsibility for human rights violations: linking theory to practice
LWM19D
- Consideration of the work of non-governmental organisations set up for/by women
- Interrelationship between sovereign governments, non-state actors and a developing international jurisprudence on Human Rights law investigating how these impact on the lives of women
- Case studies on sexual violence and rape including the International War Crimes Tribunals at The Hague
- Reconnecting feminist legal theory to the Human Rights of women
Assessment
Each module is assessed by a 45-minute unseen written exam.
Sequence
Students are advised to attempt the modules in order but students may, if they wish, attempt modules in the following order: module C, module A, module B and module D or module C, module D, module A and module B.
How to apply
You can apply to study a module individually as a standalone unit or as part of a Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma or Master of Laws qualification. (In either scenario, they must be studied in order.)
These modules also contribute towards the following specialist pathways for Laws:
- Family Law
- Human Rights Law
- Law and Development
- Legal Theory and History
- Public International Law
- Public Law
