JST318 Human Rights and Policing (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Justice Studies (JUSTU)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
Human rights standards are increasingly considered as a model for best practice policing in both developed and developing nations. Policing plays a primary role in the protection of human rights and this subject will ensure students' familiarity with human rights concepts, standards, debates, and the applicability of human rights to both policing practices and substantive debates in policing. Students will study the ways that the concept of human rights underpins best practice policing in Australia and internationally.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 2 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Bathurst |
| Distance | Bathurst |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: JST318
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Assumed Knowledge:
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to demonstrate understanding of the structures and functions of international governance in relation to human rights and key human rights debates.
- be able to critically apply human rights standards to policing practices and debates surrounding policing.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- Introduction to structures and functions of international governance - Key concepts of human rights including 'generations' of rights. - Western and non-western histories of human rights. - Key debates in human rights: internal critiques (eg relativism and universalism, national sovereignty and international intervention) - Key debates in human rights: external critiques (eg feminist interventions, race interventions) - The role of governments in the protection and/or undermining of human rights - The role of non government organisations in the protection and/or undermining of human rights - The role of policing practices in both upholding and/or undermining human rights - Theoretical and practical importance of a Human Rights model of policing. The relationship between the rule of law and human rights standards. - Relevant United Nations human rights conventions and standards - Examination of the contribution of policing systems to countries' human rights records
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.