Studying human rights law
Studying Human Rights Law
For undergraduate students
The Monash University Faculty of Law offers a range of elective subjects on a wide range of human rights and related topics for undergraduate students. Teachers of these units include distinguished visiting academics from around the world and Academic Members of the Castan Centre with expertise in human rights law.
The following units are available for study in 2024:*
Unit Code | Unit Name | Teaching Period | Prerequisites, prohibitions |
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LAW4122 | Public international law | S1-01 WS-01 (Malaysia) | N/A |
LAW4155 | International human rights | S2-01 | N/A |
LAW4158 | Indigenous peoples and the law | S1-01 | N/A |
LAW4313 | International environmental law | S1-01 | N/A |
LAW4316 | The media and the state | S2-01 | N/A |
LAW4543 | The death penalty: Law, politics and advocacy | Winter semester | Prohibition: LAW5476 |
LAW4544 | Challenging government: Law reform and public advocacy | S1-01 | N/A |
LAW4679 | The law of climate change | S2-01 | N/A |
LAW4129 | Discrimination law | S1-01 | N/A |
LAW4697 | Global issues in environment law and climate change | T2-57 (Prato) | N/A |
LAW4698 | Global issues in human rights and public law | T2-57 (Prato) | N/A |
For undergraduate students wishing to study postgraduate units, please visit the Law Faculty’s website here.
*Please note that these units vary from year to year. Please consult the Handbook for further information.
For postgraduate students
The Monash University Faculty of Law offers the oldest masters degree in Australia dedicated to the study of human rights law. To explore the Specialist Master of Laws in Global Society and Human Rights visit the Faculty of Law’s postgraduate course page.
The Faculty of Law also offers a dynamic program of subjects covering a varied range of human rights and related topics, open to postgraduate law students and, in some cases, highly successful undergraduate students wishing to deepen their law degree. Teachers of these units include distinguished visiting academics from around the world, Academic Members of the Castan Centre with expertise in human rights law and other members of the Law Faculty.
The following units are available for study in 2024:*
Unit Code | Unit name | Teaching period | Prerequisites, prohibitions |
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LAW5304 | Overview of international human rights law | S1-01 | JD students must have completed 72 points of study |
LAW5476 | The death penalty: Law, politics and advocacy | T1-58 | Prohibitions: LAW4543 The death penalty: Law, politics and advocacy |
LAW5454 | Climate change and displacement | S1-01 | N/A |
LAW5338 | International humanitarian law | T2-58 | Prohibitions: LAW4689 International humanitarian law |
LAW5389 | The law of climate change | S2-01 | N/A |
LAW5431 | International environment law | S2-01 | N/A |
LAW5424 | Human trafficking, modern slavery and the law | T3-58 | N/A |
LAW5414 | Public international law | T3-57 | N/A |
LAW5428 | Health law | T3-58 | N/A |
LAW5381 | Human rights advocacy | T4-57 | N/A |
LAW5370 | Discrimination law and human rights at work | T1-58 | N/A |
LAW5348 | Indigenous rights and international law | T1-57 | N/A |
LAW5481 | Regulating artificial intelligence, technology and cyberspace | T2-57 | N/A |
LAW5438 | Global health law | T2-58 | N/A |
LAW5392 | Globalisation and international economic law | S2-01 | N/A |
LAW5470 | Exposing failures and wrongdoing: Royal commissions and public inquiries | T3-58 | N/A |
LAW5303 | Current issues in child law | T4-57 | N/A |
*Please note that these units vary from year to year. Please consult the Handbook for further information.
Human rights clinical experience
The Law Faculty’s Clinical Program offers real legal experience in a range of areas, including a variety of clinics that offer students real experience in human rights law. For more information about clinical offerings, please see the Faculty of Law’s website. For more information about the Castan Centre Human Rights Clinic, please see our dedicated website here.