HU200-5-AU-CO:
Human Rights & Social Justice: Structures, Theory and Practice
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2023/24
Human Rights Centre (Essex Law School)
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 5
Inactive
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 15 December 2023
15
16 November 2021
Requisites for this module
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HU300
This course offers students the opportunity to learn techniques for systematic research in the field of Human Rights social science methodology. It also gives student the opportunity to probe deeper into specific issues of human rights. Human Rights specialists from a variety of backgrounds will examine how different disciplines approach human rights problems.
To equip students with the skills to identify, locate and retrieve books, articles, official documents and other documents relevant to research on human rights
To introduce students to key research methods, relevant for investigating human rights, in law, the social sciences and the humanities
To examine selected human rights issues in greater depth, with an awareness of the contribution of different disciplines in producing knowledge about them.
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This module is taught through a mixture of pre-recorded lectures and 10 weekly 50-minute small group tutorials. Each week before your tutorials, the module teaching team will make available on Moodle two or more pre-recorded video lectures that they have prepared and produced. In total, the duration of each week’s video lectures will be approximately 50 minutes.
In most teaching weeks, you will be expected to have watched these lectures before the tutorials, although some of these lectures may be designed to be watched after the tutorials to recap on material discussed there.The module teaching team will also produce and make available on Moodle short guidance notes for each weekly tutorial. These notes will introduce the readings that must be completed in advance of each tutorial and will contain tips to help you understand and analyse those texts.
You will be expected to have completed the readings in advance of your tutorials. Your tutorials will enable you to discuss the readings in the context of specific tutorial questions, to obtain feedback on your pre-class preparation and to deepen your understanding of key concepts.To help you prepare in the best possible way for your tutorials, you will be completing regular small assessed activities to enable you to reflect upon and track your progress, understand what you are doing well, and give you clear feedback to help you manage your studies and your progress.
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Greer, S. and Graham, L. (2022) ‘Europe’, in
International Human Rights Law. Oxford University Press. Available at:
https://doi-org.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/he/9780198860112.003.0022.
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Rainey, B., McCormick, P. and Ovey, C. (2021a) ‘Interpreting the Convention’, in
Jacobs, White, and Ovey: The European Convention on Human Rights. Eighth. Oxford University Press. Available at:
https://doi.org/https://doi-org.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/he/9780198847137.001.0001.
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Rainey, B., McCormick, P. and Ovey, C. (2021d) ‘Protecting Family Life’, in
Jacobs, White, and Ovey: The European Convention on Human Rights. Eighth. Oxford University Press. Available at:
https://doi.org/https://doi-org.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/he/9780198847137.001.0001.
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Rainey, B., McCormick, P. and Ovey, C. (2021b) ‘Limitations Common to Articles 8 to 11’, in
Jacobs, White, and Ovey: The European Convention on Human Rights. Eighth. Oxford University Press. Available at:
https://doi.org/https://doi-org.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/he/9780198847137.001.0001.
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Rainey, B., McCormick, P. and Ovey, C. (2021c) ‘Prohibition of Ill-Treatment’, in
Jacobs, White, and Ovey: The European Convention on Human Rights. Eighth. Oxford University Press. Available at:
https://doi.org/https://doi-org.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/he/9780198847137.001.0001.
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Heri, C. (2022) ‘Climate Change before the European Court of Human Rights: Capturing Risk, Ill-Treatment and Vulnerability’,
European Journal of International Law, 33(3), pp. 925–951. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/chac047.
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Shikova, N. (2023)
Self-Determination and Secession. 1st ed. 2023. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. Available at:
https://link-springer-com.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/book/10.1007/978-3-031-34322-3.
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Human Rights in Middle East and North Africa | Amnesty International (no date). Amnesty International. Available at:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/.
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Kuran, T. (2023) ‘The Modern Middle East’s Authoritarian Face’, in
Freedoms Delayed. Cambridge University Press, pp. 1–44. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009320009.002.
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Harrison, R. (2023) ‘The Global and Regional Geopolitics of Civil War in the Middle East’, in R. Harrison and P. Salem (eds)
Escaping the Conflict Trap: Toward Ending Civil War in the Middle East. Second edition. London: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited, pp. 59–88. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/reader.action?docID=7069137&ppg=76.
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Gerges, F.A. (2015) ‘Introduction: Contextualizing the Arab Spring Uprisings: Different Regimes, Different Revolutions, and Different Trajectories’, in F.A. Gerges (ed.)
Contentious Politics in the Middle East: Popular Resistance and Marginalized Activism Beyond the Arab Uprisings. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, pp. 1–21. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137530868.
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Morris, N.A., LaFree, G. and Karlidag, E. (2021) ‘Counter-terrorism Policies in the Middle East: Why Democracy Has Failed to Reduce Terrorism in the Middle East and Why Protecting Human Rights Might Be More Successful’,
Criminology & Public Policy, 20(1), pp. 153–175. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12532.
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Grauer, R. and Tierney, D. (2022) ‘The Democratic Embargo: Regime Type and Proxy War’,
European Journal of International Relations, 28(2), pp. 444–470. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1177/13540661221089489.
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Heyns, C. and Killander, M. (2022) ‘Africa’, in D. Moeckli, S. Shah, and S. Sivakumaran (eds)
International Human Rights Law. Fourth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at:
https://doi-org.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/he/9780198860112.003.0023.
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Kioko, B. (2020) ‘Perspective from the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights’,
Journal of Human Rights Practice, 12(1), pp. 163–170. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jhuman/huaa015.
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General Assembly Resolution 48/134 (1993)
Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions (The Paris Principles). Office of the High Commissioner. Available at:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/principles-relating-status-national-institutions-paris.
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Byrnes, A. and Renshaw, C. (2022) ‘Within the State’, in
International Human Rights Law. Oxford University Press, pp. 482–502. Available at:
https://doi-org.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/he/9780198860112.003.0024.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Matthew Gillett, email: matthew.gillett@essex.ac.uk.
Prof Lars Waldorf, Dr. Matthew Gillett, Dr. Clotilde Pegorier, Dr. Patricia Palacios Zuloaga
Law UG Education Administrators - schooloflawug@essex.ac.uk
Yes
No
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Dr Panagiotis Kapotas
Available via Moodle
Of 527 hours, 12 (2.3%) hours available to students:
507 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
8 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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