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Law and Modern Slavery
PostgraduateUND-LAWS50002025
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 13 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 21 July 2025
- Price from
- $4,550
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Law and Modern Slavery
About this subject
On completion of this subject students should be able to achieve the following learning outcomes:
1. Explain the role of domestic and international law in eradicating modern slavery.
2. Analyse the requirements of domestic and international modern slavery laws.
3. Evaluate the effectiveness of domestic and international modern slavery laws.
- Legal response to modern slavery
- Compliance obligations
This subject analyses the legal response to modern slavery with a focus on Australian law. The subject considers the compliance obligations in practical terms and in terms of their effectiveness. It also considers the international legal response to modern slavery: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1976, the Rome Statute (17 July 1998), 1926 Slavery Convention and 1956 Supplementary Covenant on the Abolition of Slavery.
- Literature Review ( 2000 words) (25%)
- Essay (5,000 words) (50%)
- Oral Presentation of Essay Findings and Leading Discussion (25%)
- Oral- Presentation of essay topic. (note: this is so students can get early feedback from lecturer and from each other about their topics)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- UND-HTR-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Certificate in Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
PostgraduateUND-HTR-GCE