HRTD6903 - Dynamics of Human Rights Violations

Semester 2, 2012  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Elisabeth Maria Valiente-Riedl
Phone: +61 2 9351 4185
Email: elisabeth.valiente-riedl@sydney.edu.au

Description

Using a case study approach, this unit helps students to analyse the causes and sustaining dynamics of human rights violations along a number of dimensions; cultural, economic, organisational, social and political. Students will then acquire analytic and practical capacities and skills to assess the merits and feasibility of different types of interventions and design intervention strategies. It considers the impact of different types of interventions and the processes available for assessing the human rights impact of other laws, policies or developments.

Assessments

1x2000wd equivalent mid-semester paper (30%), 1x500wd equivalent tutorial presentation and briefing paper (10%), 1x2500wd equivalent final paper (50%), and class participation, including during simulations and role-plays (10%).

Classes

1x1-hr lecture/week and 1x1-hr tutorial/week. Classes will run for 10 weeks, plus a full one-day workshop.

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