Project Objectives

To assess best practice in the teaching of international human rights law in different jurisdictions, and to contribute to understanding through a number of outputs.

Description of process, outcomes or deliverables

This project comprised a number of aspects. First, a symposium that would allow for critical reflection by scholars in teaching human rights. We therefore invited several prominent speakers, which coincided with the Faculty of Law’s 10th Anniversary Conference, ‘Directions in Legal Education’, held on 3–4 June 2016. Second, the co-supervisors produced a journal article during the review period, that reflected on their research on human rights pedagogy: L. Marsh and M. Ramsden, ‘Developments in Hong Kong Legal Education’, Asian Journal of Legal Education (2016). Third, this project has laid the groundwork for a pedagogy book series on legal education edited by the co-supervisors, commissioned by Routledge. Two books will be produced in 2017 that reflect on pedagogy in the related fields of human rights law and public law.

Evaluation

The project achieved some, but not all of its objectives. A major component was to produce a series of animated videos on the human rights system to disseminate widely, which were to be produced in association with a leading human rights group based in Geneva. Unfortunately, production of these items was not feasible in the time scale available.

Dissemination, diffusion and impact

The true impact of this project will ultimately be felt beyond the short time scale allotted to complete the project, starting with the production of two books on legal education pedagogy as part of the Routledge series.