LAW5465 Migration and Human Rights
Faculty of Law
LAW5465 Migration and Human Rights is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Law. It isn't offered in 2021. It needs LAW5304.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Not offered
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before LAW5465
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After LAW5465
No unit lists LAW5465 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: For students enrolled in the Juris Doctor, completion of 72 credit points of core units.
Overview
This unit you focuses on the human rights dimensions of migration from an international and comparative perspective. The international movement of people poses one of the greatest challenges to the existing regime of international human rights. This unit examines human rights obligations in relation to migration and the obstacles to realising human rights in the context of global mobility. Topics include labour migration, family migration, migrant inclusion, as well as irregular migration, migrant exploitation and violence against migrants. The unit covers theoretical and sociological insights related to migration and human rights, including debates on sovereignty, nationalism and social welfare. It outlines best practices in promoting and protecting the human rights of migrants and examines the challenges involved in creating a human rights-based approach within current institutional and national frameworks governing migration.
Offerings in 2021
The 2021 handbook lists no offerings for LAW5465.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
apply knowledge and understanding in relation to legal and political responses to migration and their implications for human rights, including challenges in protecting and enforcing the rights of migrants;
- 2
examine, analyse and synthesise information, problems, concepts and theories in relation to migration and human rights from a comparative and international perspective;
- 3
conduct independent research on issues related to migration with reference to international human rights norms, based on knowledge of appropriate research principles and methods; and
- 4
use cognitive, technical and creative skills to generate and evaluate at an abstract level complex ideas and concepts relevant to migration and human rights.
Workload and teaching
Students enrolled in this unit will be provided with 24 contact hours of seminars per semester whether intensive, semi-intensive, or semester-long offering. Students will be expected to do reading set for class, and to undertake additional research and reading applicable to a 6 credit point unit.
Where it fits
LAW5465 is part of 1 area of study in the 2021 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Heli Askola
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for LAW5465?
You need LAW5304 before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.
When is LAW5465 offered?
LAW5465 has no offerings listed in the 2021 handbook.
Which majors and minors include LAW5465?
LAW5465 is part of Global society and human rights.