This course provides a broad overview of international human rights law and its interaction with the protection of human rights in Australia. The course begins with an overview of the history, nature and structure of human rights law and the main human rights treaties and UN supervisory bodies. The course then looks at the sources of human rights law in Australia including the Constitution, state human rights legislation, the common law and international human rights norms. Finally, the international and Australian law relating to human rights is studied in the context of counter terrorism laws, anti-discrimination law, indigenous Australians, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers and corporations.