LW924-7-AU-CO:
International Human Rights: Theories and Institutions

The details
2020/21
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Thursday 08 October 2020
Friday 18 December 2020
15
27 October 2020

 

Requisites for this module
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Key module for

LLM M2M012 Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
LLM M10112 International Human Rights Law,
LLM M10A12 International Human Rights Law (Economic Relations)

Module description

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Module aims

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Module learning outcomes

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Learning and teaching methods

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Bibliography

  • Anghie, Antony. (2005-01-03) Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law: Cambridge University Press.
  • Larking, Emma. (2014) 'Universal Periodic Review’s First Cycle: Successes and Failures', in Human Rights and the Universal Periodic Review: Rituals and Ritualism, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press., pp.87-108
  • Hunt, Paul; and others. (2013) 'Implementation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights', in Routledge handbook of international human rights law, Abingdon: Routledge.
  • Rao, Rahul. (2014-09-01) 'The locations of homophobia', in London Review of International Law. vol. 2 (2) , pp.169-199
  • (March 2000) UN Human Rights Committee, General Comment 28, HRI/GEN/1/Rev.9 (Vol. I)..
  • Mutua, Makau. (no date) The Transformation of Africa: A Critique of Rights Discourse,’ in Felipe Gomez Isa and Koen de Feyter., pp.899-924
  • (2018) International human rights law, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Gross, Aeyal. (2018) 'Homoglobalism: the emergence of global gay governance', in Queering international law: possibilities, alliances, complicities, risks, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
  • Hernández, Tanya Katerí. (2019-01-15) 'Racial Discrimination', in Brill Research Perspectives in Comparative Discrimination Law. vol. 3 (1) , pp.1-69
  • UN Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights Committee, General Comment 9: The domestic application of ICESCR (1998), https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=E%2fC.12%2f1998%2f24&Lang=en
  • Gaer, Felice D. (2014) 'The High Commissioners and the Special Procedures: Colleagues and Competitors', in The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: conscience for the world, Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. vol. volume 3, pp.133-156
  • (2020) Research methods for international human rights law: beyond the traditional paradigm, New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Refworld | Yogyakarta Principles - Principles on the application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity, https://www.refworld.org/docid/48244e602.html
  • Rishmawi, Mervat. (2010) 'The Arab Charter on Human Rights and the League of Arab States: An Update', in Hum. Rts. L.. vol. 10 (2010) , pp.169-1782010
  • Toonen v. Australia, Communication No. 488/1992, U.N. Doc CCPR/C/50/D/488/1992 (1994)., http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/undocs/html/vws488.htm
  • Chimni, B. S. (2006) 'Third World Approaches to International Law: A Manifesto', in Int'l Comm. L.. vol. 8 (2006) , pp.3-2820068
  • MacKinnon, Catharine A. (2006) Are women human?: and other international dialogues, Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
  • (August 2018) UN Secretary-General, Status of the human rights treaty body system, 2nd Status Report, UN Doc A/73/309.
  • Fernandez, Bina. (2018) 'Queer border crossers: Pragmatic complicities, indiscretions and subversions', in Queering international law: possibilities, alliances, complicities, risks, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge., pp.193-212
  • Charlesworth, H.; Chinkin, C.; Wright, S. (1991) 'Feminist Approaches to International Law', in American Journal of International Law. vol. 85 (4) , pp.613-645
  • (no date) ILGA World, ‘State-Sponsored Homophobia,’ 2019.
  • Kapur, Ratna. (2018) 'The (im)possibility of queering international human rights law', in Queering international law: possibilities, alliances, complicities, risks, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge., pp.131-147
  • (2018-09) International Human Rights Law: Oxford University Press. vol. 1
  • Charlesworth, Hilary; Chinkin, C. M. (2000) The boundaries of international law: a feminist analysis, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
  • Barreto, José-Manuel. (2013) 'Introduction: Decolonial Strategies and Dialogue in the Human Rights Field', in Human Rights from a Third World Perspective: Critique, History and International Law, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge University Press., pp.1-38
  • (no date) Principles Relating to the Status and Functioning of National Institutions for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights (Paris Principles) April (1993).
  • Phan, Hao Duy. (2008) 'The Evolution towards an Asean Human Rights Body', in Asia-Pac. J. on Hum. Rts. &. vol. 9 (2008) , pp.1-1220089
  • Hannum, Hurst; Hurst, Hannum. (2016) 'Reinvigorating Human Rights for the Twenty-First Century', in Hum. Rts. L.. vol. 16 (2016) , pp.409-4522016
  • Crenshaw, K. (1989) 'Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics', in University of Chicago Legal Forum., pp.139-168
  • Eslava, LuisPahuja, Sundhya. (2011) 'Between Resistance and Reform: TWAIL and the Universality of International Law', in Trade L. &. vol. 3 (2011) , pp.103-
  • UN Human Rights Committee, General Comment 31: The nature of the general legal obligation imposed on States parties to ICCPR, (2004), https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CCPR%2fC%2f21%2fRev.1%2fAdd.13&Lang=en
  • Alston, Philip. (2014) 'Against a World Court for Human Rights', in Ethics & International Affairs. vol. 28 (2) , pp.197-212
  • Kaleidoscope Trust, https://kaleidoscopetrust.com/about-us/
  • Carver, Richard. (2010) 'A New Answer to an Old Question: National Human Rights Institutions and the Domestication of International Law', in Hum. Rts. L.. vol. 10 (2010) , pp.1-32201010
  • (2000) Global Critical Race Feminism: An International Reader, New York, NY: New York University Press.
  • Cambridge Core. (2013) Human Rights: The Hard Questions, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Samson, Colin. (2020) The colonialism of human rights: ongoing hypocrisies of western liberalism, Medford, MA: Polity.

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

Coursework / exam Description Deadline Coursework weighting
Coursework   LW924 Mid-Term Assessment    20% 
Coursework   LW924 Summative Essay    80% 

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

Coursework Exam
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Reassessment

Coursework Exam
100% 0%
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Lars Waldorf, email: lars.waldorf@essex.ac.uk.
Lars Waldorf, Andrew Fagan, Patricia Palacios Zuloaga, Emily Jones, Ahmed Shaheed, Clara Sandoval, Carla Ferstman
Law General Office - lawpgtadmin@essex.ac.uk

 

Availability
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External examiner

Dr Thomas Pegram
University College London
Associate Professor
Resources
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1307 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
2 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).

 

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