HU100-4-FY-CO:
Foundations of Human Rights
2021/22
Human Rights Centre (Essex Law School)
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Thursday 07 October 2021
Friday 01 July 2022
30
16 November 2021
Requisites for this module
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HU200
BA V1L2 History with Human Rights,
BA V1L8 History with Human Rights (Including Foundation Year),
BA V1LF History with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
BA V1LG History with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
BA T7M8 Latin American studies with Human Rights (Including Foundation Year),
BA T7M9 Latin American Studies with Human Rights,
BA V5M8 Philosophy with Human Rights (Including Foundation Year),
BA V5M9 Philosophy with Human Rights,
BA V5MX Philosophy with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
BA V6M9 Philosophy with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
BA VLM8 Philosophy with Human Rights (Including Foundation Year and Year Abroad),
BA L219 Politics with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
BA L2M8 Politics with Human Rights (Including Foundation 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),
LLB MM30 Law with Human Rights (Including Foundation Year),
BA P570 Journalism with Human Rights,
BA P571 Journalism with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
BA P572 Journalism with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
BA LL37 Social Anthropology with Human Rights,
BA LL38 Social Anthropology with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
BA LL39 Social Anthropology with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
BA L914 Global Studies with Human Rights,
BA L916 Global Studies with Human Rights (Including Foundation Year),
BA L917 Global Studies with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
BA L918 Global Studies with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
BA L400 Social Change,
BA L400PT Social Change,
BA L401 Social Change (Including Foundation Year),
BA L402 Social Change (including Placement Year),
BA L403 Social Change (including Year Abroad),
BA V301 Curating, Heritage and Human Rights,
BA V302 Curating, Heritage and Human Rights (Including Foundation Year),
BA V303 Curating, Heritage and Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
BA V304 Curating, Heritage and Human Rights (Including Year Abroad)
HU100 offers a comprehensive foundational knowledge of human rights from a multidisciplinary and global perspective.
This module covers key principles of human rights (freedom, equality, non-discrimination, universalism), a selection of key rights recognised in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (life, freedom of expression, health, free trial, etc.), and some of the main challenges facing groups at greater risk of harm, disadvantage and discrimination (children, women, migrants and refugees, minorities).
By the end of the module, students will have gained:
1. Knowledge and understanding of human rights, their foundations, content, limits and key principles;
2. Awareness of the challenges and the particular circumstances of individuals and groups at greater risk of harm, disadvantage and discrimination;
3. Appreciation of how and where human rights intersect with a wide range of disciplines, including International Law, International Relations and International Political Economy;
4. Awareness of human rights concerns in the UK.
Satisfactory attendance of (and participation in) lectures and classes provides the basis for students developing a knowledge and understanding of the foundations and applications of many key human rights. By the end of the module, students will have gained:
- A knowledge and understanding of the definition of human rights
- A knowledge and understanding of the content of human rights
- An understanding of the evolution of the human rights movement
- An appreciation of how and where human rights intersects with a wide range of disciplines
- A knowledge and understanding of a range of contemporary issues and controversies
- A knowledge and understanding of the conceptual foundations and limits of human rights
- A knowledge and understanding of various critical perspectives upon human rights
Guiding notes on learning activities will be made available every week to help students go through the readings, videos and online tools to develop critical thinking and original opinions about the relevant human rights topic.
Lecturers will upload two pre-recorded videos (approximately 25 minutes each) approximately one week before the day of the tutorial. The first video will introduce the topic of the week, with references to the readings. The second video will normally introduce a real-life scenario or example where the right or the topic of that week is at stake. Some of these scenarios and examples will relate to human rights challenges in the UK.
Students are expected to watch the pre-recorded video lectures and do at least the Essential reading before the tutorial.
Tutorials will take place online via Zoom and face-to-face (50 minutes each), ensuring a parity of experience for on-campus and online students. Tutorials will be interactive, and they will be the space where students and lecturers will discuss the real-life scenario presented in the second video. Tutorials will also provide an opportunity to continue the discussion of the online forum.
Starting in week 4 and working in small teams, students will facilitate an online discussion about a case study of their choice in relation to the topic of the week. Each discussion will take place as a thread on the Moodle forum. Participation in the online discussions will be part of the continuous assessment.
The module will be delivered on the basis of blended learning, combining online education and place-based classroom methods. The delivery and study will be based on essential and Additional reading (available on Talis), videos (two per week), tutorials (face-to-face and online) and online forum discussions (on Moodle).
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Formative Assignment - Foundations of Human Rights (HU100) |
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0% |
| Coursework |
HU100 Summative Essay - Foundations of Human Rights |
|
50% |
| Practical |
Forum Participation - Foundations of Human Rights (HU100) |
|
50% |
| Exam |
Main exam: 24hr during Early Exams
|
Additional coursework information
The Essay is worth 20% of the overall module mark. It consists of a 750-word essay, submitted in January-February.
The Continuous Assessment is worth 20% of the overall module mark. This consists of Moodle Forum participation, a written presentation and development of an original question to start an online discussion related to the relevant week's topic.
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 Matthew Gillett, email: matthew.gillett@essex.ac.uk.
Ms. Delia Sanchez Del Angel
Law UG Education Administrators - schooloflawug@essex.ac.uk
Yes
Yes
No
Dr Thomas Pegram
University College London
Associate Professor
Dr Panagiotis Kapotas
Available via Moodle
Of 40 hours, 39 (97.5%) hours available to students:
1 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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