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Media and Human Rights is an innovative course bringing together the study of traditional human rights concerns regarding the media and current debates regarding the role played by the media within the field of human rights.  It aims to consider the protections offered to the media by human rights law, the role played by the media within human rights and the mediatization of human rights - its turn to advocacy, representation and communication.  The course will consider topics such as free speech, hate speech, privacy, the protection of journalists in conflict, human rights reportage, fact-finding and witnessing, the internet, social media and human rights.  There will also be consideration of the resilience of human rights concepts in terms of internet regulation and internet freedom.  This course will be of interest to students in the human rights and social justice, international law and media law streams.  It will offer a balance of theoretical and practical insights and provide the opportunity for students to engage in research in a new and dynamic field.

Main Topics

• Free Speech and Internet Freedom
• Hate Speech; Media Genocide
• Privacy, Big Data and Surveillance
• Human Rights Journalism
• Protecting Journalists in Conflict
• Human Rights Fact-Finding and Evidence
• Digital Media Activism and Human Rights
• The Image of Human Rights