• Good second-class honours degree in law, the humanities or social sciences; other good honours degrees will be considered.
• Degrees from overseas institutions must be equivalent to a UK second-class degree.
• Other relevant qualifications and appropriate professional training and experience are welcome and will be taken into account.
• Excellent English language skills are essential.

• Good second-class honours degree in law, the humanities or social sciences; other good honours degrees will be considered.
• Degrees from overseas institutions must be equivalent to a UK second-class degree.
• Other relevant qualifications and appropriate professional training and experience are welcome and will be taken into account.
• Excellent English language skills are essential.

You will be introduced to a wide variety of approaches to research across a range of disciplines, and to the theoretical frameworks for advanced legal scholarship. You will also take specialist courses, choosing from a wide range of subjects in the area of human rights.

The programme has close ties to a number of leading human rights NGOs and is informed by critical engagement with, and analysis of, human rights practice.

This programme will be attractive to those who wish to develop a career in the human rights field. It is especially aimed at more established participants in human rights practice across the spectrum of professional, NGO, governmental and inter-governmental activity who wish to take time to reflect and to deepen their understanding.

You have to take 3 compulsory modules, 1 of which is a dissertation, and 3 option modules.

Core modules:

• Dissertation LLM Human Rights (Intensive)
• Issues in International Law and Human Rights
• The History and Philosophy of Human Rights

Option modules (not all option modules will be available every year): 

• Advanced International Economic Law, Justice and Development (Intensive)
• Cultures of Human rights (Intensive)
• Introduction to International Economic Law, Justice and Development (Intensive)
• Introduction to the Law of International Finance
• Risk, rights and responsibility: governing epidemics and regulating health

This programme is also available in a non-intensive format. 

You will be introduced to a wide variety of approaches to research across a range of disciplines, and to the theoretical frameworks for advanced legal scholarship. You will also take specialist courses, choosing from a wide range of subjects in the area of human rights.

The programme has close ties to a number of leading human rights NGOs and is informed by critical engagement with, and analysis of, human rights practice.

This programme will be attractive to those who wish to develop a career in the human rights field. It is especially aimed at more established participants in human rights practice across the spectrum of professional, NGO, governmental and inter-governmental activity who wish to take time to reflect and to deepen their understanding.

You have to take 3 compulsory modules, 1 of which is a dissertation, and 3 option modules.

Core modules:

• Dissertation LLM Human Rights (Intensive)
• Issues in International Law and Human Rights
• The History and Philosophy of Human Rights

Option modules (not all option modules will be available every year): 

• Advanced International Economic Law, Justice and Development (Intensive)
• Cultures of Human rights (Intensive)
• Introduction to International Economic Law, Justice and Development (Intensive)
• Introduction to the Law of International Finance
• Risk, rights and responsibility: governing epidemics and regulating health

This programme is also available in a non-intensive format.