The 3rd UNSW flagship intensive Course on Health, Development and Human Rights is scheduled to be held from 7 - 11 December 2009 at the Campus of the University of New South Wales. All participants must submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) form prior to registration. Click here for more information.

In the new millennium, public health and human development policies and programs are evolving in a context of mixed opportunities and challenges. These are associated with persisting and emerging issues, including: HIV/AIDS, economic globalisation, conflicts and natural disasters, widening health disparities among populations, Indigenous health gaps, ageing, emerging epidemics, climate change and the widespread movements of people through labour and forced migration. In this fast-changing environment, health inequalities are becoming more apparent. To respond to these challenges, policies and programs need to cut across the traditional barriers isolating one issue from the others. This course will be oriented towards finding practical applications to these complex global challenges through a health, development and human rights analysis. Included within this analysis will be the present status of international human rights law as it applies to public health practice in relation to developing countries. As the interactions between health, development and human rights are becoming increasingly clear, there is growing recognition that their reciprocal relationships can help shape health and development policies, strategies and programs for the future. This evolution calls for reinforced education, training and research efforts.

The course seeks to engage students, scholars, human rights practitioners, health professionals, advocates, development professionals and members of civil society in a dialogue about the reciprocal interaction between health, human development and human rights, as well as present practical tools stakeholders can use to incorporate a health, development and human rights framework into their work.

The Course Director is Professor Daniel Tarantola, Professor of Health and Human Rights at the University of New South Wales. In previous courses, the course faculty has been composed of academics from the UNSW Faculties of Medicine, Law, and Arts & Social Science and other leading figures from other universities and institutions with expertise in the area of health, development and/or human rights. Cross-institutional contributions have come from Human Rights Council of Australia, the University of Sydney, Disability Studies and Research Centre, and St. Vincent’s Hospital. Notably, Professor Sofia Gruskin, Director of the Program on International Health and Human Rights at Harvard School of Public Health (USA), has joined the course faculty for the previous two years. Most recently, A/Prof. Gruskin received a Fulbright US Senior Specialist Fellowship to contribute to the 2008 course.

Those working internationally or locally in the health, development or human rights sectors who want to better understand how these three domains act synergistically together, as well as how to apply rights-based approaches to their fields, should consider registering for this course. Our course participants represent a diverse range of professional backgrounds, including youth work, law, social research, international development, public health, UN policy development, HIV/AIDS program management, general medical practice, architecture and indigenous policy. Our course is particularly suited to staff from the United Nations, inter-governmental and other non-governmental agencies. Fluency in the English language is required.

Student Fees

UNSW Student fees: Faculty of Medicine postgraduate student course fees per unit of credit will apply.

For Medicine and Arts & Social Sciences students, please visit this site for PHCM9663 (6 UoC):
http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/postgraduate/courses/current/PHCM9663.html

For Law students, please visit this site for PHCM9664 (8 UoC):
http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/postgraduate/courses/current/PHCM9664.html

Student participant course fee payment includes: morning and afternoon tea, Human Rights Day social gathering and certificate of attendance. Please note that students will be required to purchase the Course Reader at the UNSW Bookshop. Additional textbooks will be optional.

PhD participant fees

Please note that there are limited spaces available for UNSW PhD students. PhD student participation requires a nominal fee of $400 towards the course. Please seek support from your postgraduate School towards this course.

Professional Participant fees

Professional Participants fees (early bird): A$1,950.00 (incl. 10% GST) for all professional participants completing their payment on or before 31 August 2009.

Those paying on 1 September 2009 and afterwards will be required to pay A$2,250.00 (incl. 10% GST).

Professional participant course fee payment includes: course materials (including Reader and 25 Human Rights document book), light lunch, morning and afternoon tea, Human Rights Day social gathering and certificate of attendance.

NGO Member discount

NGO member discount: A 10% discount is available to those applicants employed by NGOs who are members of the Australian Council for International Development, NZ Council for International Development, the Public Health Associations of Australia or New Zealand, Australian Lawyers for Human Rights or the National Association of Community Legal Centres (full individual or corporate members). Please provide a letter of support from the head of the NGO, or other reasonable form of proof of membership, when registering as evidence to ensure you are eligible for the discount.

Professional participant fees with NGO discount (early bird - before 31 August 2009): A$1,755.00

Professional participant fees with NGO discount (on 1 Sept 2009 or afterwards): A$2,025.00

The final date for payment of course fees is 1 October 2009.

Note for INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS

Participants will need to have a valid passport and obtain a short stay Business Visa (subclass 456) for Australia. Please ensure adequate time to apply for the visa from your nearest Australian Embassy or Consulate. Applicants will be responsible for ensuring full payment of course fees and their associated costs by the due date otherwise their place will be forfeited. For information on accommodation options on campus, please email the UNSW Initiative for Health and Human Rights at: IHHR.Course@unsw.edu.au. Information on potential sources of scholarship opportunities will be available on the Scholarship section above.

Note for UNSW STUDENTS

Online enrolment is not available for this course as there are limited for students from the Faculties of Medicine, Law, Arts & Social Sciences, and others on a case-by-case basis. Interested students should complete an Expression of Interest form and submit it to the UNSW Initiative for Health and Human Rights. Once approved, students will be invited to confirm their enrolment.

After meeting the participant profile criteria, students will be invited to enroll in the course on a first-come-first-serve basis. A waitlist will be created if there is expressed interest in the course beyond the allocated student spaces per Faculty. Waitlisted students will be invited to enroll in the course as spaces within their Faculty allocation open.