HU100-4-FY-CO:
Foundations of Human Rights
2015/16
Human Rights Centre (Essex Law School)
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
30
15 May 2002
Requisites for this module
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HU200
BA V1L2 History with Human Rights,
BA V1LF History with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
BA T7M9 Latin American Studies with Human Rights,
BA V5M9 Philosophy with Human Rights,
BA V5MX Philosophy with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
BA L219 Politics with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
BA L2M9 Politics with Human Rights,
BA LFM9 Politics with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
BA L3J9 Sociology with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
BA L3M9 Sociology with Human Rights,
BA LMJ9 Sociology with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MM20 Law with Human Rights,
LLB MM21 Law with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MM22 Law with Human Rights (Including Placement Year)
In this course you will be introduced to the fundamental principles and practies which underpin the protection and promotion of human rights at the international level. Many facets of human rights will be covered including philosophy and international law. The course is designed to form an interdisciplinary base from which you can go on to further study in the area of human rights.
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Compulsory for:
BA Politics with Human Rights
BA Law and Human Rights (3 years)
LLB Law and Human Rights (4 years)
BA Philosophy with Human Rights
BA Sociology with Human Rights
BA Latin American Studies with Human Rights (4 years)
The course is taught through one-hour lecture and one-hour tutorial per week. Students will be provided with reading materials and questions for discussion prior to seminars. Tutorials are designed to enable students to deepen and extend their knowledge of human rights. This will be achieved by students active participation in a range of different exercises including debates, discussion groups, role-plays and discussion groups.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Autumn Term Formative Assignment |
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0% |
| Coursework |
Coursework I |
|
50% |
| Coursework |
Coursework II |
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50% |
| Exam |
Main exam: 150 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Andrew Fagan, Jude Bueno de Mesquita, Dr Ahmed Shaheed
Laurence Wells, Administrator, telephone: 01206 872852 email: ljwells@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Damien Short
University of London (Institutes and activities)
Reader, Director of the Human Rights Consortium
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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