HU300-6-FY-CO:
Selected Issues in Human Rights
2017/18
Human Rights Centre (Essex Law School)
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 05 October 2017
Friday 29 June 2018
30
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Requisites for this module
HU200
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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 VLM8 Philosophy with Human Rights (Including Foundation Year and 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),
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)
This course seeks to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the relevance and role of human rights to a number of contemporary issues. This year, the topics examined will be power and human rights, freedom of thought, expression and association, global distributive justice and human rights
Objectives: to build and consolidate knowledge and skills gained in HU100 and HU200.
To examine the relevance and role of human rights to a number of contemporary issues.
To examine selected substantive human rights in national, regional and global contexts.
To introduce students to comparative human rights analysis.
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Compulsory for:
BA Philosophy with Human Rights
BA Sociology with Human Rights
BA Politics with Human Rights
BA Latin American Studies with Human Rights
BA Law and Human Rights
LLB Law and Human Rights
On successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
Identify and analyse the human rights issues in a range of factual situations
Understand the issues surrounding selected substantive human rights in national, regional and international fora
Critically evaluate the contribution of human rights analysis to a range of contemporary issues
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Summative Essay Question Term 1 |
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50% |
| Coursework |
Summative Essay Question Term 2 |
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50% |
| Exam |
Main exam: 180 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 Aoife Duffy, email: aoife.duffy@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Aoife Duffy, Dr Timo Jütten, Dr Carlos Gigoux Gramenga
Law General Office, 01206 872529, lawugadmin@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
Of 44 hours, 44 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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