L.L.M (International Human Rights)

Course Overview
The LLM in International Human Rights Law provides students with a comprehensive insight into international and regional legal frameworks of human rights protection.  This is an interdisciplinary program where students are engaged students in the practice and public policy context of human rights law on a local, national and international perspective. 

This LLM will be of interest to students and practitioners from a range of different fields such as law, social policy, political science, public administration, and development.  While the program’s emphasis is on the law and policy of human rights, suitably qualified candidates from non-law backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

Students participate in a dynamic programme of seminars, workshops and conferences with world-leading practitioners and scholars. While the programme’s emphasis is on the law and policy of human rights, suitably qualified candidates from non-law backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Coursework begins with an in-depth study of the international human rights system and selected issues of international human rights law. Specialised courses in business and human rights, international migration law, refugee protection, international humanitarian law, international criminal law, minority rights and rights of indigenous peoples, gender and human rights, counter-terrorism and human rights, and child rights. Completing a 15,000-word research thesis in the field of international human rights law is also a requirement. A wide range of subject choices is available to students, drawing on the expertise of our full-time staff and prestigious adjunct faculty.

 Course Highlights:

• The Irish Centre for Human Rights is one the world’s premier university-based institutions for the study and promotion of human rights.  
• Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and the Irish Centre for Human Rights have established a partnership which affords selected students the opportunity for hands-on engagement with human rights litigation and advocacy globally. 
• An International Human Rights Law Clinic provides students with unique practical training on mobilising human rights standards to secure reform, engaging human rights bodies, at UN and regional levels.
• Field trips to the International Criminal Court in The Hague and to military barracks of the Irish Defence Forces.
• Career Support with assistance in seeking career and work placement opportunities by drawing on the expertise of a global network of alumni and an outstanding network of contacts.
• Expert Lecturers deliver programme modules.  Our academics are internationally recognised human rights scholars with world-class expertise and reputations. 
• Unique programme focusingon the practice of human rights through specialised modules including international human rights, public policy, law and advocacy.   
• Skills development through a strong clinical focus on core human rights lawyering in advocacy, strategic litigation, human rights fact-finding, international diplomacy and public policy.
• Seminars, conferences and workshops ensures engagement with world-leading practitioners and scholars in the field of human rights law and public policy.
• Assessment is primarily through research papers, presentations and minor thesis rather than exams.

Course Type:- Part-Time Also Available