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Postgraduate Module Descriptor
LAWM671: International Human Rights Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover all or some of the following topics:
- The nature and development of human rights in international law
- Global and regional standard-setting and implementation
- Legal accountability for human rights – interpretation and human rights treaty bodies
- Regional human rights courts
- Emerging challenges
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | 267 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 30 | 10 x 3 hour seminars |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 3 | Attendance at events hosted by relevant Law School research centres / networks, namely: Exeter Centre for International Law Science, Culture and the Law at Exeter (SCuLE) Human Rights and Democracy Forum Routes |
| Guided independent study | 147 | Preparation for scheduled learning and teaching sessions (including pre-reading and the completion of learning activities) |
| Guided independent study | 120 | Assessments preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
- ELE – https://vle.exeter.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=9200
- Human rights documents and materials: http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/
- UN Documentation: Human Rights: http://research.un.org/en/docs/humanrights
- Universal Human Rights Index: http://uhri.ohchr.org/
- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: http://www.ohchr.org/
- European Convention on Human Rights website: http://human-rights-convention.org/
- European Court of Human Rights: http://www.echr.coe.int/
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights: http://www.corteidh.or.cr/
- African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights: http://www.african-court.org/
- American Society of International Law Electronic Resource Guide on International Human Rights: http://www.asil.org/erg/?page=ihr
Other Learning Resources
- Rosalyn Higgins, Problems & Process: International Law and How We Use It (Clarendon) 1994
- Philip Alston and James Crawford (eds.), The Future of UN Human Rights Treaty Monitoring (CUP) 2000
- Philip Alston and Mary Robinson (eds), Human Rights and Development: Towards Mutual Reinforcement (OUP) 2005
- Andrew Clapham, Human Rights Obligations of Non-State Actors (OUP) 2006
- Christian Tomuschat, Human Rights. Between Idealism and Realism (OUP) 2008
- Adam McBeth, Justine Nolan, Simon Rice, The International Law of Human Rights (OUP) 2011
- Michael Haas, International Human Rights, 2nd ed (Routledge) 2013