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Postgraduate study in Laws:

Master of Laws (LLM), Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate

Course outline (date of availability to be confirmed)

International and comparative social justice
Section A: Advancing the international protection of social justice
· The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966 and the mythology of the 'Generation of Rights' theory
· The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
· The minimum core
Section B: The ambit of social justice rights under international law
· The right to the highest standard of health
· The right to food and water
· The right to shelter and adequate housing
· The right to social security rights
Section C: Regional protection of social justice rights
· The European Union
· The European Social Charter of the Council of Europe
· The Protocol of San Salvador
· The African Union and social justice rights
Section D: Comparative legal systems and the implementation of social justice rights
· Natural law – The Philippines
· Facets of civil and political rights – India
· Express incorporation – South Africa
Sequence:
Section A first.
Textbook:
Lucy Williams (ed), International Poverty Law: An Emerging Discourse (London: Zed Books, 2006), ISBN: 9781842776858