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| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
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| Pre-requisite: FUR2601 & LME3701 |
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| Recommendation: Should be taken together with or follow on SCL1501 and ILW1501 |
| Purpose: In line with the primary purpose of the qualification, the primary purpose of this module is to produce lawyers and legal researchers with graduate-level knowledge, specific skills and applied competence on the promotion and protection of human rights, at the international, regional and national level. The purpose of this module is therefore, to equip students to attain extensive knowledge of international human rights law and its application in international and municipal law. It also provides an advanced conceptual understanding of the promotion and protection of human rights, at the international, regional and national level. The module will also equip students with the skills to apply the appropriate methods, skills and research to apply the principles regarding selected advanced aspects of various principles and theories of international human rights law in a variety of contexts which are typical of the demands, set for students at the fourth-year level of the LLB degree. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to apply international human rights frameworks and to make use of international mechanisms for promoting and protecting human rights at local, national, regional and global levels. The curriculum places roughly equal emphasis on the substance of human rights law, its implementation and research. Completing students will also be able to undertake research in order to produce critical legal arguments from the relevant readings; and with guided support, take responsibility for the legal opinions that they advance. Students who take this course are at the fourth-year level of the LLB degree. |