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LLM in Human Rights Law

This programme offers a range of units suitable both for those with some previous knowledge of human rights law and for those seeking an introduction to specific human rights law issues.

The units are in the traditional fields of human rights law (e.g. International Law and Human Rights; Human Rights Law) but they also cover more specialist areas (Individual Employment Rights, International Law of Labour and Welfare Rights, International and European Immigration and Refugee Law, International Criminal Law, Privacy Law: Theory and Practice).

• Requirements for the LLM in Human Rights Law
• Human Rights Law Core Units

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Requirements for the LLM in Human Rights Law

To obtain an LLM by Advanced Study in Human Rights Law students must both:

1. Submit a 12,000 word dissertation in the field of Human Rights Law and
2. Take four Human Rights Law core units or take three Human Rights Law core units plus one other LLM unit.

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Human Rights Law Core Units

The Human Rights Law Core units are:

• Human Rights Law
• Human Rights in Law, Politics and Society
• Individual Employment Rights
• International and European Immigration and Refugee Law
• International Law and Human Rights
• International Law of Labour and Welfare Rights
• Privacy Law: Theory and Practice