Department: Bachelor of Law
Module Description: The main objectives of this module are to provide students with an understanding of the concept and sources of Human Rights and civil liberties, and to familiarise them with the international and domestic obstacles to the realisation of human rights. The module covers the study of the history and legal sources of Human Rights, Human Rights under the United Nations, Universality and Diversity in international Human Rights, Substantive Rights, Islamic Law and International Human Rights, role of business organisations and non-governmental organisations in the protection of Human Rights, Compliance and Monitoring Mechanisms, and Enforcing Human Rights.
The module coordinator will provide students with mandatory texts on UAE Law prepared purposefully for this particular module.
H. Hannum, D.L. Shelton, S.J. Anaya and R. Celorio (eds) International Humna Righs: Problems of Law, Policy, and Practice 7th ed. (Wolters Kluwer, 2023)
Anver M Emon, Mark S Ellis & Benjamin Glahn (eds), Islamic Law and International Human Rights Law: Searching for Common Ground? (Oxford University Press, 2012)
Janice R. Bellace & Berylter Haar (eds), Research Handbook on Labour, Business and Human Rights Law (Edward Elgar, 2019)
Fausto Pocar, International Human Rights Institutions and Enforcement (Edward Elgar, 2019)
Dinah Shelton (editor), The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law (Oxford University Press, 2013)
Sarah Joseph and Adam McBeth (eds), Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law (Edward Elgar, 2010)
David Harris, Michael O'Boyle, Ed Bates, and Carla Buckley (editors), Law of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2nded (Oxford University Press, 2018)
Mayer Elizabeth, Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics (Westview Press, 2012)
Janusz Symonides, ed, Human Rights: International Protection, Monitoring, Enforcement (Ashgate & UNESCO Publishing, 2003)
Kriangsak Kittichaisaree, International Human Rights Law and Diplomacy (Edward Elgar, 2020)
