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Digital Technologies and Human Rights
Last Updated Date:   28 June 2023


4 Units,  Semester 1

Course Description:
Affecting every aspect of our life, digital technologies have a controversial impact on human rights. On the one hand, they provide new opportunities for the realization of human rights and holding human rights abusers accountable. On the other hand, they are increasingly being used as a means for violating human rights and deepening inequality, social exclusion, and marginalization of people. The course is aimed at introducing students to the pressing challenges surrounding the application of various digital technologies (including robotics, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, and blockchain) and analyzing how international human rights law should adequately respond to them.

Course Convenor: Visiting Senior Fellow Elena Pribytkova

Co-teacher(s): NA

Course Codes: LL4488 / LL5488 / LL6488 / LLJ5488

Contact Hours: 9 sessions over 3 weeks: Three, 3hr weekly seminars

Workload: Intensive course: Wk 4 - 6 Dates: 4 Sep - 22 Sep 2023 [Mon, Wed: 6.30 - 9.30pm; & Fri: 2.30 - 5.30pm]

Mode of Assessment: Class Participation - 20% & Research Paper - 80% [Due: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 (9pm)]

Preclusions: LL4488V/LL5488V/LLJ5488V/LL6488V Digital Technologies and Human Rights

Prerequisites: NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or common law equivalent.

Examination Date: Different Mode of Examination

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