The University’s investment in health and human rights education directly impacts how future generations will approach critical problems and solutions now and in the future both in Australia and globally.

As an academic-based entity, the IHHR is committed to disseminating knowledge and information through education and training. Members of the different Faculties contributing to the IHHR are engaged in teaching courses and seminars relevant to health and human rights. Additionally, under the NewSouth Global Professor of Health and Human Rights, the IHHR is conducting lectures and seminars across Faculties, developing courses and supervising Doctoral and Post-Doctoral candidates on the specific topic of Health and Human Rights. Beyond the University boundaries, the IHHR is engaging with the general public and civil society organisations through conferences, public presentations, and publications.

The most effective ways to learn more about health and human rights is to attend School lectures and seminars, enrol in the School’s Intensive Course on Health, Development and Human Rights, undertake a research project towards a degree, or as importantly, apply learning outcomes to health, development and human rights practice.

Intensive Course on Health, Development and Human Rights
(PHCM 9663/4)

The Initiative hosts the Intensive Course on Health, Development and Human Rights. This course serves as an elective in the Master of Public Health program, and can contribute to Law and Arts & Social Science postgraduate programs. It is also open to professionals as part of their continuing education. The course establishes the key concepts and frameworks of the three domains of health, development and human rights, and explores their reciprocal interaction from a dual research and action oriented perspective. Further information about our previous courses can be found here.

The next Intensive Course is tentatively scheduled for 7-11 December 2009 at the UNSW campus in Sydney, Australia. To receive updates on the next Course, we encourage you to subscribe to our IHHR Newsletter, a quarterly electronic newsletter, by emailing us to ihhr@unsw.edu.au.

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Research Topics

Expand your knowledge in the field of health, development and human rights by undertaking a Major Project as part of the Master of Public Health (MPH) program or as an Independent Learning Project for undergraduate medical students. The following are examples of successfully completed student projects: