About the lecture

In this module, we think about international human rights law, focusing on: (i) its origins with the formation of the UN, and its goal of producing a system whereby states could be held accountable for abuses towards their citizens; (ii) the basic legal framework for international human rights – the International Bill of Rights – and the key documents which underpin it; (iii) some of the main provisions of the International Bill of Rights; (iv) the role of regional human rights systems, such as the European Convention on Human Rights and Court of Human Rights; (v) the importance of equality and universality in human rights law, and the difficulty of achieving this in practice.

About the lecturer

Professor Jill Marshall is Professor of Law at Royal Holloway, University of London. She specialises in human rights law, particularly in relation to women, and covers topics such as privacy, personal identity, freedom of expression, and sexual violence. Her publications include Personal Identity and the European Court of Human Rights (editor, 2022), Human Rights Law and Personal Identity (2014), and Humanity, Freedom and Feminism (2005).