Assessment Item 2: Advocating for a health-related human right.
Assessment Item 2: Advocating for a health-related human right.
Assessment Task Due Date Weighting Marked out of Learning Outcomes
Advocating for a health-related human right 10th May 24
11:59AM 30% 30 marks 1,2,3
Task Description
For this task you need to submit a 1000-word proposal outlining an advocacy approach that addresses a health-related human rights violation. Your advocacy approach should use the strategies and tools covered in the textbook and the lecture. Students may work in pairs (recommended) or individually to complete this assignment. You may self-allocate partners or be allocated pairs based on the population and health-related human rights issue that you have chosen in Assessment 1. You may use the population/ issue that you have worked on in Assessment 1 (and 3) or choose a different topic.
Criteria and Marking
Documentation:
Brief overview of population and health-related human rights issue 2.5/30
Overview of how human rights are being violated (based on treaties) 2.5/30
Current formal (treaties) and informal (rights-based principles) advocacy approaches being used to bring attention to the rights that have been violated and to the obligations of the State 5/30
The advocacy approach that you have chosen with a justification. You will need to include a clear goal, and answer the three broad questions:
What needs to change to ensure that human rights are protected?
Who has the power to make that change happen?
What capacity is lacking that will make change possible?
You will need to include a critique (potential strengths and weaknesses) of your strategy 15/30
Evidence of action: this is very much dependent on your strategy for example, it could be a press release, a draft of a letter to a government official, a draft of a petition, details of protest march (speakers etc), a blog post to raise awareness etc. This is not included in the word count. Please attach as an appendix. 5/30
Submission
You are required to submit your written work as a Word document via Turnitin. Please note that there are three attempts available for you to submit. The final submission is the one that will be marked. I will not be reading drafts; this is for your benefit only to ensure that you do not have high levels of plagiarism.
Please use the HEALTH Writing and Referencing Guide (located on the left-hand menu of the Learning@Griffith site) for all writing and referencing requirements.
If submitting in pairs, please name the file with the last names of both students. Only one student is required to submit.
How to Guide
Step 1: Identify the health-related human rights issue that is being violated.
Step 2: Identify the relevant formal treaties and the informal human rights principles that should respect, protect, and fulfill this health-related human right.
Step 3: Identify current or past advocacy actions attempting to address the human rights abuse.
Step 4: Identify your approach including a clear goal, objectives, or strategies.
Step 5: Analyse your approach through identifying the strengths and weaknesses.
Step 6: Write up your evidence of action.
Use the following as a guide to structure your proposal.
Introduction
Introduce the health-related human right that you have chosen, provide an outline or signpost the sections of the report and note the main conclusion/s.
Background
Brief overview of population and health-related human rights issue
Overview of how human rights are being violated (based on treaties)
Current (formal) treaties and informal (rights-based principles) advocacy approaches being used to bring attention to the rights that have been violated and to the obligations of the State.
Advocacy Strategy
Brief overview of the advocacy approach that you have chosen with a justification.
Discuss the clear goal that your advocacy is trying to achieve including the change required, who needs to make it and what are the potential obstacles.
Outline the potential strengths and weaknesses of your strategy.
Evidence of action
Present details of your advocacy action (for example blog post, letter etc). Please present in the actual format of the action such as a formal letter addressed to the relevant government official. This is not included in the word count. Please attach as an appendix.
References
List references, adhering to APA 7 referencing style. Please note that your evidence of action does not have to use APA 7 where not appropriate (for example a blog post)
Marking Rubric
Criteria Weighting of the criteria within this assessment item only
Documentation: Brief overview of population and health-related human rights issue; overview of how human rights are being violated (based on treaties); and current formal (treaties) and informal (rights-based principles) advocacy approaches being used to bring attention to the rights that have been violated and to the obligations of the State 10/30
The advocacy approach that you have chosen with a justification. You will need to include a clear goal, and answer the three broad questions:
What needs to change to ensure that human rights are protected?
Who has the power to make that change happen?
What capacity is lacking that will make change possible?
You will need to include a critique (potential strengths and weaknesses) of your strategy 15/30 15/30
Evidence of action: this is very much dependent on your strategy for example, it could be a press release, a draft of a letter to a government official, a draft of a petition, details of protest march (speakers etc.), a blog post to raise awareness etc. Please note that this is not included in the word count. Please attach as an appendix. 5/30
Total 30/30
Rubric
Criteria Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
Documentation 10/30
Excellent evidence-based understanding and documentation of the health-related human rights issue, including the obligations of the state to the rights holder. Political, economic, and historical context of the issue is evident regarding current action taken/ not taken and demonstrates critical thought. Very good evidence-based understanding and documentation of the health-related human rights issue, including the obligations of the state to the rights holder. Political, economic, and historical context of the issue is made regarding current action taken/ not taken is very clear. Good evidence-based understanding and documentation of the health-related human rights issue, including the obligations of the state to the rights holder. Political, economic, and historical context is attempted regarding current action taken/ not taken but could be clearer. An understanding and documentation of the health-related human rights issue, including the obligations of the state to the rights holder is offered. Political, economic, and historical context regarding current action taken/ not taken needs more depth. Lack of evidence supporting documentation.
No links made to the current formal and informal actions taken.
Analysis of the advocacy approach and critique 15/30 The action/ campaign and goal are clearly described and justified with very strong support from the literature. The student provides strong evidence of careful consideration of the current context and relevant issues of obligation, motivation, authority, and resources. The student has clearly outlined the strengths and limitations of the proposed approach and strongly backed their critique with high quality literature/ research. Strong evidence is provided regarding similar campaigns/ actions or issues. The action/ campaign and goal are described and justified with good support from the literature. The student provides some evidence of consideration of the current context and relevant issues of obligation, motivation, authority, and resources.
The student has clearly outlined the strengths and limitations of the proposed approach and backed their critique with quality literature/ research. Good evidence is provided regarding similar campaigns/ actions or issues.
The action/ campaign and goal are described and justified with some support from the literature, but this could be more thorough. The student provides some evidence of consideration of the current context and relevant issues of obligation, motivation, authority, and resources, but there are some gaps in these considerations.
The student has outlined the strengths and limitations of the proposed approach, but this could be presented more clearly and could be backed with higher quality literature/ research. Fair evidence is provided regarding similar campaigns/ actions or issues.
The action/ campaign and goal are described in a basic manner and is only basically justified with little support from the literature. The student provides little evidence of consideration of the current context and relevant issues of obligation, motivation, authority, and resources but there are many gaps in these considerations.
The student has outlined the strengths and limitations of the proposed approach, but this could be presented more clearly and thoroughly. It could also be backed with quality literature/ research. Little evidence is provided regarding similar campaigns/ actions or issues. The action/ campaign is not described clearly.
No goal is presented.
There is little to no reference to the literature
There is little to no consideration of the current context and relevant issues of obligation, motivation, authority, and resources.
Strengths and limitations not presented.
Evidence of action 5/30 The student submitted evidence of their completed action. The action was of a professional quality with little to no errors and professional language and format. The student submitted evidence of their completed action. The action was of a high quality with only a few errors and appropriate language and format. The student submitted evidence of their completed action. The action was of a good quality with few to some errors and appropriate language and format. The student submitted evidence of their completed action. The action was of a fair quality with several errors and/or language and format that could be more professional or appropriate. No evidence of action was submitted.
Evidence of action was submitted but poor presentation resulted in it being very incoherent.
All sections Used high quality academic references.
Demonstrates a depth of understanding by providing adequate details or examples of the key concepts.
Thorough critiques of the main issues are evident.
References are presented clearly APA 7. Appropriate academic literature is referenced with evidence of some research and the use of academic sources beyond those provided in class.
Demonstrates some depth of understanding by providing adequate details or examples of the key concepts.
Critiques of the main issues are evident but could be more thorough.
Both in text and end of proposal references are presented in APA 7 but a few errors are evident. Academic literature is referenced but occasionally may not be high level academic sources. There is little evidence of research and the use of academic sources beyond the textbook.
Demonstrates a little depth of understanding but lacks adequate details or sufficient examples of the key concepts.
Critiques of the main issues are evident but could be much more thorough.
Both in text and end of proposal references are presented APA 7 but a few errors are evident. Academic literature is referenced but is not of consistent quality.
Demonstrates very little depth of understanding and provides only basic definitions or details or examples of the key concepts.
Critiques of the main issues are superficial or missing.
The concepts, arguments and data are presented in language that demonstrates ambiguity in several areas. Formatting is clear in parts but demonstrates some inconsistency or errors in others. Both in text and end of proposal references are presented but the student may not be using the correct style or multiple errors are evident. Intended plagiarism evident.
Poor quality of resources used.
Little understanding of the human rights context is presented.
No critique presented.
