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Asia Pacific Migrant/Refugee Rights Intern Program - LAWS3060
UNSW Bloom

 
Faculty: Faculty of Law
 
 
School:  Faculty of Law
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 8
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: LAWS1052, LAWS1210, LAWS2311, LAWS2321 Prerequisite: JURD7152, JURD7110, JURD7211, JURD7221
 
 
Equivalent: JURD7360
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 3 (more info)
 
 
Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

The Asia Pacific Migrant and Refugee Rights Internship Program is a clinical program within the Australian Human Rights Centre’s Migrant and Refugee Rights Project. Students will gain practical experience in multifaceted approaches to human rights litigation and advocacy in both domestic and international settings, in collaboration with non-government organisations and law clinics in Australia and the Asia Pacific region. The program aims to strengthen students’ research, writing, advocacy, and problem-solving skills through work on specific litigation or advocacy projects addressing issues such as interception and detention of asylum seekers, policing of immigration, national security, access to justice and the protection of social and economic rights.

Recommended Prior Knowledge

Pre-requisites:
Litigation 1 and Litigation 2
Legal Research and Writing
Law, Lawyers and Society
International Law, International Human Rights and Advocacy, Refugee Law or similar subject.

Objectives

  • To be able to identify and critically assess various legal and non-legal strategies that may be employed by human rights/public interest lawyers and advocates in different settings, and evaluate the potential role of law (and lawyers) to facilitate access to effective remedies and generate policy change;
  • To apply research, writing and problem-solving skills in formulating policy and legal responses to current human rights problems;
  • To gain litigation and advocacy skills and experience in producing timely written work-product that may be relied upon by other professionals;
  • To enhance skills required to engage professionally with a variety of stakeholders in domestic and international contexts, demonstrating appropriate cultural sensitivity and an understanding of ethical, political and professional accountability issues related to human rights work.

Main Topics

Students will work on specific litigation or advocacy projects to advance the human rights of migrants and refugees/asylum seekers in Australia and the Asia Pacific region. Projects will address issues such as interception and detention of asylum seekers, policing of immigration, national security, access to justice and the protection of social and economic rights.

Teacher

Bassina Farbenblum, Australian Human Rights Centre, Faculty of Law, UNSW.

Assessment

Assessment will be on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis and will consist of satisfactory completion of:
  • Three reflective notes
  • Seminar presentation
  • A portfolio of written material
  • Satisfactory attendance

Course Texts

Recommended
  • To be provided in class

Resources

Refer to the course outline which will be provided by the lecturer at the beginning of the relevant semester.

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