Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this module, students should be able to:
- Explain the origin, justifications, sources and scope of application of IHRL;
- Demonstrate knowledge and understand the nature and scope of human rights and corresponding obligations under international law, including how these rights and obligations impact domestic law and practice;
- Understand and evaluate various international and domestic implementation mechanisms of IHRL (UN treaty bodies, UN Human Rights Council, domestic implementation mechanisms).
- Understand and evaluate substantive rights and corresponding obligations, including in light of contemporary challenges to IHRL;
- Relate and apply IHRL to real-life events and hypothetical fact situations.