Йоркский университет, LLM, International Human Rights Law and Practice

Core modules

They give you flexibility to undertake research on issues you're passionate about. You'll have opportunities to write essays, produce presentations, develop advocacy campaigns, and to undertake a human rights placement with an organisation that works on a topic of interest.

• Legal Systems: Sources and Operation
• Applying International Human Rights Law
• The Practice of Fieldwork
• Human Rights Placement 
• International Human Rights Laboratory
• Research Skills and Methods

English language

• IELTS: 7.0, with a minimum of 7.0 in Writing and no less than 6.5 in all other components
• PTE Academic: 67, with a minimum of 67 in Writing and no less than 61 in all other components
• CAE and CPE: 185, with a minimum of 185 in Writing and no less than 176 in all other components
• TOEFL: 96 with a minimum of 24 in Writing and no less than 23 in all other components
• Trinity ISE: level 3 with Distinction in all components

You'll learn about issues central to the work of human rights scholars and practitioners including states and non-state actors as perpetrators and duty-bearers; standard-setting versus implementation; and the interaction between law, policy and advocacy at local, regional and global levels. Whether you are a mid-career professional or recent graduate, our LLM enables you to acquire the substantive knowledge, versatile skills, and valuable networks necessary to work in the human rights field.