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Postgraduate Course: International Human Rights Law (LAWS11325)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course will focus on the international law of human Rights, primarily through looking at the U.N. system including Charter and Treaty bodies as well as looking at the links between International human rights law and other related fields such as International Humanitarian law and International Criminal law.
Course description The programme will include an introduction to human rights law, a thorough grounding in the primary institutions and mains instruments dealing with the international protection of human rights. There will also be some consideration of the links between these institutions and instruments and cognate areas such as international humanitarian law and international criminal law.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  50
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 1 x 5, 000 word essay.
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and understanding of the main institutions and instruments of the international legal protection of human rights.
Critical analysis, presentation of reasoned argument both orally and in written work.
The development of critical analytical skills through examination of materials in international human rights law.
Both oral and written communication.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Kasey Mccall-Smith
Tel: (0131 6)51 4524
Email:
Course secretaryMs Karin Bolton
Tel: (0131 6)50 2022
Email:
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