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Indigenous and Minority Rights (814M3)

15 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Spring teaching

Indigenous and minority rights are now firmly established in international human rights law. However, controversies remain over the role of:

• collective rights
• terminology
• the categorisation of different groups 
• the content of relevant rights.

On this module, you’ll explore some of these controversies in relation to:

• land
• the environment
• education
• autonomy
• self-government.

Under international, comparative and domestic law, you’ll address wider cultural issues, such as the rights of indigenous peoples and of minorities.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 15 hours of contact time and about 135 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.