LAWS20012 Global Human Rights Law (University of Melbourne): rated 4.0/5 overall across 7 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
LAWS20012 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Melbourne Law School in Law. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 全球人类法学
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Law
Faculty: Melbourne Law School
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
Global human rights law is one of the most powerful languages of justice in the modern world. Since the founding of the United Nations in 1945, human rights law has grown into a vast system of declarations, treaties, committees, and courts.
LAWS20012 has 7 scored reviews: overall 4.0/5 · usefulness 3.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 3.0 stars); 6 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.1/5).
On Reddit: "I loved LAWS20012, Global Human Rights Law; it’s super interesting and the tutors are all awesome. If you do crim you’ll probably like it! I found the assignments pretty easy, you get 20% full marks from posting on a discussion board weekly, and there’s only two essays. Plus the…"
On Reddit: "Hi there, I’ve completed this subject before. To be honest, if I could do it over I wouldn’t take this subject. The marking of the essays was incredibly subjective and frankly unfair. I’m someone who has never gotten below a H1 on any other argumentative essay and I still found …"
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Q: Is LAWS20012 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 7 reviews: usefulness 3.0/5, overall 4.0/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches LAWS20012, and when is it offered?
A: LAWS20012 is taught by the Melbourne Law School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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