Law School Module Details

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Title INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Code LAW511
Coordinator Dr A Chalabi
Law
A.Chalabi@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2021-22 Level 7 FHEQ First Semester 20

Aims

With regard to international human rights law, the module aims to enable students to: - Demonstrate a critical understanding and knowledge of the principles, logic and dual nature (i.e. constitutional and international) of human rights law - Show an ability to identify complex international human rights legal issues and problems including those suitable for further research; - Show an ability to work effectively with relevant primary and secondary international human rights legal sources, including complex materials, and to inform and develop understanding of a given topic; - Reflect an ability to apply legal knowledge to complex situations including those involving doctrinal disputes over the theory and practice of international human rights law, and to offer own reasoned views over such legal disputes.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) To demonstrate a critical understanding and knowledge of the principles, logic and dual nature (i.e. constitutional and international) of human rights law

(LO2) To show an ability to identify complex international human rights legal issues and problems including those suitable for further research

(LO3) To show an ability to work effectively with relevant primary and secondary international human rights legal sources, including complex materials, and to inform and develop understanding of a given topic

(LO4) To reflect an ability to apply legal knowledge to complex situations including those involving doctrinal disputes over the theory and practice of international human rights law, and to offer own reasoned views over such legal disputes

(LO5) To show an ability to construct coherent legal arguments

(LO6) To reflect an ability to undertake independent research, and to think critically about international human rights legal issues

(LO7) To demonstrate an ability to interpret and evaluate international human rights legal materials within the wider context of international relations and domestic practices.

(S1) Critical analysis of complex theoretical and practical questions

(S2) Legal reasoning and argumentation

(S3) Organisational skills

(S4) Academic Writing


Syllabus

 

Indicative content (not all topics will necessarily be covered every year: please see the module handbook for details): - The internationalisation of HR law: UN declaration, UN system, regional systems of protection, 3 generations of rights - Human rights as constitutional rights: proportionality and positive effect - The triptych effect of human rights: respect protect fulfil - Human rights as international law: collective enforcement, obligations erga omnes and jus cogens - The humanisation of international law - The making of international human rights law  - The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - The Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - The Convention on the Rights of the Child - The 1951 Refugee Convention - Economic law and human rights: the duties of states and the duties of corporations


Teaching and Learning Strategies

12 x 2 hr sessions per module
The module runs according to the same seminar pattern as 2019-20. This means asynchronous materials are prepared and given in advance of the two hour, weekly seminar.
The weekly seminar can either take place online or in a face-to-face setting, depending on the circumstances.

Seminars
Seminars will be synchronous (either face-to-face or online) and will work on the assumption that students have completed their assigned reading tasks in advance (from asynchronous material provided in advance
Asynchronous material
Canvas will be used to provide asynchronous materials weekly in advance of the weekly seminar .


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours   24

        24
Timetable (if known)   120 mins X 1 totaling 24
 
         
Private Study 176
TOTAL HOURS 200

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
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CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
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opportunity
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Final coursework (3500 word limit)  -3500 words    75       
An analysis of a human rights document in mid-semester. This will be a brief note where students are asked to identify legal issues in a human rights document and briefly analyse them with a maximum   -1200 words    25       

Recommended Texts

Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.

Other Staff Teaching on this Module

Dr V Tzevelekos Law V.Tzevelekos@liverpool.ac.uk

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