Overview

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Offerings

GENEVA-DE7-FACE2FACE-2025-ONGOING
GENEVA-DE7-INT-2023-2024

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Requisites

Prerequisite
Exclusion

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Understand the history of refugee law both at international and domestic levels;

2.

Demonstrate an understanding of the international agencies and NGOs who work in the area of refugee law;

3.

Explain how the refugee determination system operates in Australia;

4.

Describe the basic elements of the definition of refugee in the UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees;

5.

Use and explain the  jurisprudence emerging from the Australian courts about the nature of Australia’s obligations in both determining who are refugees and in the treatment of refugee claimants;

6.

Apply statutory interpretation and problem-solving skills, through the study of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) and the Migration Regulations 1994;

Assessments

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Additional information

Other notes:

The ST3 enrolment option for this unit is offered as part of the International Human Rights Law Program in Geneva, Switzerland. Enrolment in this program is by application which requires a deposit. Students enrolling in the program are responsible for their own airfares, accommodation and incidental expenses during the program. Contact the School of Law for further information.