DISSEMINATION ASSIGNMENT – ASSESSMENT

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HUMAN RIGHTS LAW 2022
JJHV202 JJHV2X2
GUIDELINES

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS AND PURPOSE

1. The purpose of the assignment is to work in groups and to apply a right of the
group’s choice to a selected target group of people. The selection of the right and
target group enables students to appreciate the importance of a context sensitive
and people-based approach to human rights.
2. The assignment has two components:
a. First, researching the law on the chosen right, with specific reference to the
context of the target group selected, & submitting a written assignment
setting out the nature, ambit, interpretation and application of the selected
right (with particular reference to the target group selected); and
b. Second, demonstrating how you will communicate the nature of the right to
the target group & explaining the practical ways in which its violation could
be addressed. The purpose is to inform the target group of their right & what
they can do to enforce their right. Students are free to choose how they will
communicate this information to the target group. The mode of
communication could include, for example, the creation of a pamphlet,
newsletter, poster or cartoon, using a twitter account, a broadcast on radio,
interviews etc (or any other effective mode of dissemination).
3. Each component of the assignment is assessed: 35 marks for the assignment and
15 marks for the mode of dissemination, in total 50 marks.

GROUPS

4. Students must divide themselves into groups of between three to six persons. Each
group must choose a leader and a group name. The leader will take responsibility
for the group, but not do all the work!!
5. Students who are unable to form groups, for whatever reason, and who wish to
complete the assignment, should email Ms van Schalkwyk and request that they be
allocated to a group of students who wish to form a group. This should not be left
to the last minute.

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6. Each group leader has until Wednesday, 10 August at 17h00 to e-mail the following
information to Ms van Schalkwyk – see email address on Moodle:
a. The name, student number and university email address of each member
of the group;
b. The name of the group leader;
c. The group’s name;
d. The particular right selected and the intended target group.
e. Please ensure that you receive written confirmation from Ms van
Schalkwyk that your details have been received.
7. Both Ms van Schalkwyk and Prof Botha will provide feedback on the viability of
the project and the link between the group selected and the right itself. This
feedback should be taken seriously.

SELECTION OF A RIGHT AND TARGET GROUP

8. The group must pick a “Human Right” and a “Target Group” to whom the group
wants to explain or communicate the right.
9. The group may choose any right in the Bill of Rights, except the right to fair labour
practices. Try to appreciate that rights intersect and that you may need to rely on
other rights to add substance to your primary selected right. You must, however,
have one primary right.
10. I suggest not choosing human dignity as a primary right, because it tends to
inform the basis for all other rights in the Bill of Rights.
11. You may choose a particular aspect of a right and are encouraged to do so as
this enables you to narrow down the scope of your assignment. Assume, for
example, that you select section 29 of the Bill of Rights: Education. You may
choose the right to basic education, to adult basic education, or the right to
further education, or the right to be educated in a particular language of your
choice. Similarly, you may select section 28: Children’s Rights. You should then
concentrate on a particular aspect of section 28, for example, the right to a name
and a nationality from birth.
12. Also be careful not to select a right where there is extensive enabling legislation
regulating the application of the right and where you are yet to study such
legislation. An example is section 33: Just Administrative Action. You will only
study Administrative Law in your final year and will then learn PAJA. Another
example is section 23: Labour Relations - Labour Law is a third-year module.
13. Try to show a connection between your target group and the right you have
chosen. Assume you pick section 26: The right of access to housing. You may
wish to focus on people who live in shelters, or homeless people who live on
the streets, or people who live in squatter camps, or people who are about to
be evicted (think of the impact of this during the time of COVID). Also try to
ensure that you pick a target group which would really benefit from hearing

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 about the right. Remember that the rights must fit the people, not the people
the rights.

DISSEMINATION OF THE RIGHT

14. This is a chance to show your ability to apply legal mechanisms in a creative
way. Choose an issue which interests you and think carefully about how best
to impart information about the right to people who need that information.
Think about your target audience: educational background; age; social,
historical & cultural context; fears and hopes. Think about how best to inform
people of the ways in which the violation their rights can be solved.
15. Drawings, cartoons, games, posters, video, radio announcements or any
other unconventional means of imparting information are encouraged. These
innovative mechanisms must, however, be based on a solid legal foundation
and must be capable of being demonstrated to us for assessment purposes.
16. Each group must prepare a dissemination “document” or “video” or “clip” or
voice file to be uploaded on Moodle with the written assignment. The goal is
to develop an actual “file” to communicate the right and the available
remedies to your chosen target group.
17. Please show the world that law students can think out the box!
18. The dissemination mark is 15 marks – a mark matrix will be uploaded on
Moodle.

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT

19. Each group must submit a written assignment via Moodle.

20. The written assignment must set out the nature, ambit, interpretation, and
application of the selected right as it related to the particular target group
selected.
21. The written assignment must comply with the following requirements:
a. Each assignment must have a cover page indicating the name and
student number of each student, the group leader and the name of the
group, the right and the target group selected;
b. Each assignment must contain an index, page numbers, bibliography
and tables of cases and statutes. The Obiter referencing requirements
must be used;
c. Each student must sign the online plagiarism declaration;
d. The assignment must be no longer than 8 pages in length (excluding
the cover page, index, bibliography and tables of cases and statutes);
e. The assignment must be typed using Arial font 12 and with 1.50 line
spacing and submitted in pdf;
f. The document must be justified;
g. The top, bottom, left and right margins of each page must be at least 25

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 mm wide;
h. All sources must be referenced, using the editorial style of the Obiter
Guidelines.
22. Plagiarism will be dealt with very strictly and is a disciplinary offence. Students
should submit draft documents using the Turnitin platform to ensure that their
assignment is not plagiarised.
23. The written assignment is marked out of 35 marks. A mark matrix will be uploaded
onto Moodle.

DUE DATE

24. The assignment and the dissemination file must be submitted via Moodle on or
before 9 October 2022 at 23h00.
25. The assignment must be submitted as a pdf document. The dissemination file
may be submitted in any format which is ordinarily accessible on a windows
computer.
26. Only the group leader must submit the assignment.
27. Any late submissions will be penalised by a deduction of 5% per day late,
commencing at 9 October 23h0