HDS310 - Human Rights and Advocacy
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | Average of 3 hours per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | 11 x 2 hour lectures (recordings provided) |
Content
This unit aims to develop a human rights perspective and appreciate the role of advocacy for people with a disability in upholding their rights and achieving inclusion.
The unit content includes:
- historical background to the development of human rights
- description of different types of human rights
- contemporary rights issues such as human rights legislation in Australia, and asylum seekers and refugees
- human rights instruments that address rights for people with disability (all ages)
- developing a human rights approach in practice
- individual, systemic and self-advocacy
- contemporary advocacy practices
- human rights for children with disability
- LGBTIQ
- Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander people
Unit Fee Information
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Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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