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HRTD6903: Dynamics of Human Rights Violations
2024 unit information
Using a case study approach, this unit helps students to analyse the causes and sustaining dynamics of human rights violations along a number of dimensions; cultural, economic, organisational, social and political. Students will then acquire analytic and practical capacities and skills to assess the merits and feasibility of different types of interventions and design intervention strategies. It considers the impact of different types of interventions and the processes available for assessing the human rights impact of other laws, policies or developments.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sociology and Criminology
| Code | HRTD6903 |
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| Academic unit | Sociology and Criminology |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. analyse human rights violations in terms of their structural underpinnings
- LO2. critically analyse approaches to human rights advocacy
- LO3. locate human rights projects within larger political trends
- LO4. present human rights issues in a way that deepens others' understanding.
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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