The human rights discourse is powerful and controversial, staking out the limits of state interference in personal life. Human rights laws have played an enormously influential role in protecting the activities of both individuals and groups against infringement by the state, but this protection has been challenged, becoming subject to controversial limitations in recent times. Covering the key issues of many aspects of the debate in an engaging, timely, and critical manner, and linking in academic work with relevant site visits and suitable supporting media, this module will give you a firm foundation for future study and research. You’ll gain valuable insight into the most topical and controversial aspects of human rights law within the broader historical and theoretical contexts, become familiar with the main instruments of international human rights law, and learn how to conduct basic legal research in the human rights field. By successfully completing this module, you will become confident in critically analysing whether these interferences or limitations can be justified.

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