Module LAWM671 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
LAWM671: International Human Rights Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover the following topics in the order indicated:
Nature and Development of Human Rights in International Law
Global standard–setting
Regional standard-setting
Legal accountability for Human Rights I – Interpretation
Legal accountability for Human Rights II – Human Rights Treaty Bodies
Responses to gross violations – responsibility to protect
UN Charter-Based Supervision
Emerging Challenges – The Role of Non-State actors
Reporting from Treaty Body observation and wrap up.
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 |
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36 | 264 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 3 | Three-hour lecture which will introduce the subject matter of the module and will provide the foundation for guided independent study. |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 33 | 11 x three hour lecturer-led seminars. You will be expected to make at least one presentation during the course of the seminar programme. |
Guided independent study | 80 | Reading assignments |
Guided independent study | 114 | Essay and oral presentation preparation: conducting research and writing the finished product (36 hours per item, 108 hours total) |
Guided independent study | 70 | Preparation for the examination |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
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
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Individual oral presentation of a critical commentary on a seminar topic | 15 minutes depending on number of students | 1-10 | Oral feedback from the lecturer and other students |
Essay | 1,500 words | 1-10 | Written feedback |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Essay | 100 | 7,500 words | 1-10 | Written feedback |
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0 |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Essay | Essay (7,500 words) | 1-10 | August/September reassessment period |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Michael K. Addo (ed), International Law of Human Rights (Aldershot) 2005
Olivier De Schutter, International Human Rights Law. Cases, Materials, Commentary (CUP) 2010
Daniel Moeckli, Sangeeta Shah & Sandesh Sivakumaran (eds), International Human Rights Law (OUP) 2010
Philip Alston and Ryan Goodman, International Human Rights (OUP) 2013
Rhona K. M. Smith, Texts and Materials on International Human Rights, 3rd ed (Routledge) 2013
ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/