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Study Details: 1 year full-time
This stream of the LLM specialises in human rights at both a national and international level and will allow you to engage with a variety of issues related to the theory and practice of human rights. We work in collaboration with Politics and International Relations enabling us to offer additional modules covering the political viewpoint of human rights.
The International Human Rights LLM stream covers a variety of issues related to the theory and practice of human rights. You can choose from our full range of modules and will need to select 6 out of 8 option modules and your dissertation from the human rights stream in order to gain your specialisation.
The course will provide you with a critical understanding of the legal principles relating to international human rights and the policy considerations that underpin them. You will develop your ability to analyse, interpret and apply a wide range of legal, socio-legal and contextual materials in the solution to complex legal problems.
A good second class degree in law or an equivalent degree in an appropriate discipline.
Relevant professional experience post-graduation is given due credit in considering entry requirements.
Our Law Fair is held annually and attracts over 40 law firms and other graduate employers.
Two dedicated law careers tutors are on hand to discuss career options, upcoming opportunities and give advice about different firms.
We host a wide range of external speakers every year, representing the whole legal profession.
Core modules:
Dissertation
Option modules
Semester 1:
Human Rights and Human Wrongs: Core Principles
Legal Responses to Global Injustice
Human Rights and Health Care Law
International Migration and Refugee Law
Law of the United Nations
The State, Law and Religious Freedoms
The Politics of Human Rights (double module)
The Law of International Protection: Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Justice and the Future
Semester 2:
Feminist Perspectives on International Law
Freedom of Expression
Contemporary Challenges in Intellectual Property Law
European Convention on Human Rights
International Law and the Use of Force
Global Ethics in Practice (double module)
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