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This course is designed to develop students’ knowledge of human rights and anti-discrimination law in federal and Queensland jurisdictions. The course encourages students to apply critical thinking skills to evaluate complex legal problems and identify solutions drawn from relevant federal and Queensland legislation and case law, informed by international human rights law and developments. This is an elective Law course and completion of the course is not required for admission as a legal practitioner.

This is a course on international human rights law and Australian human rights and anti-discrimination law. Students will examine international human rights treaties, institutions and procedures and the incorporation of Australia's human rights obligations into domestic law, before turning to Commonwealth and Queensland human rights and anti-discrimination legislation. Students will review the human rights protected under the Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld) and procedures to protect those rights, including public entity obligations. The course will cover grounds and procedures for lodging complaints about a human rights breach or unlawful discrimination, noting the functions of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Federal Courts, the Queensland Human Rights Commission and the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal. This course is designed to equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge to recognise when a human rights breach or unlawful discrimination has occurred, understand the relevant laws and procedures and identify appropriate remedies.

On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding [explain and apply] of a coherent body of knowledge [relevant to human rights and anti-discrimination law], and underlying principles and concepts [including political and social contexts]; and the broader contexts within which legal issues arise [in this area] (PO1/TLO1).
2. Identify and articulate legal issues [relevant to human rights and anti-discrimination law]; [comprehend legal and other materials]; apply legal reasoning and research to generate appropriate responses to legal issues; engage in critical analysis and make a reasoned choice amongst alternatives; and think creatively in approaching legal issues and generating appropriate responses (PO3/TLO3).
3. Demonstrate the intellectual and practical skills needed to identify, research in an ethical manner, evaluate and synthesise factual, legal and policy issues [relevant to human rights and anti-discrimination law] (PO4/TLO4).
4. Communicate in ways that are effective, appropriate and persuasive for legal and non-legal audiences (PO5/TLO5).
5. Identify applicable legislation and delegated legislation, explain general principles of statutory interpretation, understand [explain and apply] and make appropriate use of authorised aids to statutory interpretation, and deploy appropriate techniques in the course of solving interpretative problems [including problems raising special interpretative issues; and give a reasoned opinion as to the appropriate meaning of a legislative provision, and as to the correct application of the provision to a given set of facts] (PO7).