School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    International Human Rights
  • Unit Code

    CRI3109
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Jamal Robert BARNES

Description

In this unit, students apply an international legal perspective to Australia's human rights obligations. Students develop an understanding of the history, concepts and achievements of the international human rights movement. Students also develop an understanding of the current modes of legal and political thinking about minority groups in Australia. Students also develop a critical understanding of how the human rights movement has contributed to improving the situation for minority groups.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have completed a minimum of 120 credit points.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically discuss the intersection between Australian and international legal positions regarding human rights.
  2. Evaluate the effects Australia's international human rights obligations have had on minority groups.
  3. Critique the existence of human rights deficits and how they affect vulnerable groups.

Unit Content

  1. Australia's international legal obligations and their implementation domestically.
  2. Australia's policy responses to addressing equity issues affecting children, women, Indigenous people, people with mental health problems, refugees, people with disabilties and prisoners.
  3. Critique of and alternatives to the human rights movement.
  4. Historical development of the international human rights movement.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit is available online and on campus. Weekly seminars introduce the core concepts and legislation relevant to international human rights. They are designed to encourage students to improve their critical thinking and communication skills. Assessments provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate their content knowledge, critical thinking and written communication skills by exploring critical human rights issues. All information is delivered to online students via Blackboard: online modules and the discussion board.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReviewDescriptive Critical Review30%
ReviewArgumentative Critical Review40%
EssayEssay30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReviewDescriptive Critical Review30%
ReviewArgumentative Critical Review40%
EssayEssay30%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    International Human Rights
  • Unit Code

    CRI3109
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Jamal Robert BARNES

Description

In this unit, students apply an international legal perspective to Australia's human rights obligations. Students develop an understanding of the history, concepts and achievements of the international human rights movement. Students also develop an understanding of the current modes of legal and political thinking about minority groups in Australia. Students also develop a critical understanding of how the human rights movement has contributed to improving the situation for minority groups.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have completed a minimum of 120 credit points.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically discuss the intersection between Australian and international legal positions regarding human rights.
  2. Evaluate the effects Australia's international human rights obligations have had on minority groups.
  3. Critique the existence of human rights deficits and how they affect vulnerable groups.

Unit Content

  1. Australia's international legal obligations and their implementation domestically.
  2. Australia's policy responses to addressing equity issues affecting children, women, Indigenous people, people with mental health problems, refugees, people with disabilties and prisoners.
  3. Critique of and alternatives to the human rights movement.
  4. Historical development of the international human rights movement.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit is available online and on campus. Weekly seminars introduce the core concepts and legislation relevant to international human rights. They are designed to encourage students to improve their critical thinking and communication skills. Assessments provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate their content knowledge, critical thinking and written communication skills by exploring critical human rights issues. All information is delivered to online students via Blackboard: online modules and the discussion board.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReviewDescriptive Critical Review30%
ReviewArgumentative Critical Review40%
EssayEssay30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReviewDescriptive Critical Review30%
ReviewArgumentative Critical Review40%
EssayEssay30%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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