{"id":985,"date":"2018-08-06T14:36:15","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T14:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uol-law-tutors.com\/?page_id=985"},"modified":"2025-10-01T20:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:35:45","slug":"human-rights-and-women","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uol-law-tutors.com\/index.php\/human-rights-and-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights And Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Contact Us<\/span> info @ uol-law-tutors.com <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">For Class Times And\/Or One-On-One Lessons.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This course is engaging and fascinating. Many of the issues and examples you will explore are contemporary human rights issues, such as female cutting (female genital mutilation), global domestic violence, rape and sexual assault, and the role international human rights law and international criminal law can play in addressing these atrocities.<\/p>\n<p>This subject largely investigates international human rights law as it applies to women\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to consider the language used in this course; the focus is on women and women\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<p>The course is not called \u2018gender and human rights law\u2019; however, you are encouraged to reflect on this and consider issues of gender and sexual violence that may affect not only women.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is encouraged to take this subject. Even if you haven\u2019t studied human rights before, there will be enough material to work on, which will allow you to gasp the topic.<\/p>\n<h3>Module A: Is the theory underlying human rights law male?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>LWM19A<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction to Human Rights, what is Human Rights law?<\/li>\n<li>Analysis of the history and philosophy of Human Rights discourse.<\/li>\n<li>Who is included in the \u201chuman\u201d of Human Rights?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Module B: Feminist critiques of human rights<\/h3>\n<p><strong>LWM19B<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feminist theories and critiques of Human Rights law.<\/li>\n<li>The problems and\/or virtues of Human Rights law for women on a global scale.<\/li>\n<li>Feminist reconstructions of Human Rights, aiming to ensure the inclusion of women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Module C: Institutional framework, institutions and documents relating to the human rights of women<\/h3>\n<p><strong>LWM19C<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Examination of Human Rights documents and their institutional framework, including: the UN Charter, the \u201cthree Generations of Rights\u201d, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women.<\/li>\n<li>International Courts, human rights and humanitarian law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Module D: Sovereign governments, non-state actors and individual responsibility for human rights violations: linking theory to practice<\/h3>\n<p><strong>LWM19D<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consideration of the work of non-governmental organisations set up for\/by women.<\/li>\n<li>Interrelationship between sovereign governments, non-state actors and a developing international jurisprudence on Human Rights law investigating how these impact on the lives of women.<\/li>\n<li>Case studies on sexual violence and rape including the International War Crimes Tribunals at The Hague.<\/li>\n<li>Reconnecting feminist legal theory to the Human Rights of women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Assessment<\/h3>\n<p>Each module is assessed by a 45-minute unseen written exam.<\/p>\n<h3>Sequence<\/h3>\n<p>Students are advised to attempt the modules in order but may, if they wish attempt modules in the following order:<br \/>\nModule C, module A, module B and module D or<br \/>\nModule C, module D, module A and module B.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contact Us info @ uol-law-tutors.com For Class Times And\/Or One-On-One Lessons. 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