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School of Law, Politics and Sociology

International Human Rights Law

(LLM) International Human Rights Law

Entry for 2023

FHEQ level

This course is set at Level 7 (Masters) in the national Framework for Higher Education Qualifications.

No course outline is currently available.

Full-time course composition

YearTermStatusModuleCreditsFHEQ level
1Autumn SemesterCoreAdvanced Legal Research and Writing (712M3)157
  CoreCritiquing International Law (709M3)157
  CoreInternational Human Rights Law (809M3)307
  CorePrinciples of International Law (711M3)157
 Spring SemesterOptionCivil and Political Rights: Contemporary Challenges (820M3)157
  Human Rights Law Clinic (812M3)307
  Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (717M3)307
  Indigenous and Minority Rights (814M3)157
  International Business and Human Rights (917M3)307
  International Crimes (801M3)307
  Law, Religion, and Human Rights (841M3)157
  LGBTQI Rights: International and Comparative Perspectives (950M3)157
  Migration, Rights and Governance (953M3)307
  Socioeconomic rights: economic violence, social justice and human rights law (956M3)157
  Women and Human Rights (873M3)307
 Spring & Summer TeachingCoreLLM Dissertation (839M3)457

Part-time course composition

YearTermStatusModuleCreditsFHEQ level
1Autumn SemesterCoreAdvanced Legal Research and Writing (712M3)157
  CoreCritiquing International Law (709M3)157
  CorePrinciples of International Law (711M3)157
 Spring SemesterOptionCivil and Political Rights: Contemporary Challenges (820M3)157
  Human Rights Law Clinic (812M3)307
  Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (717M3)307
  Indigenous and Minority Rights (814M3)157
  International Business and Human Rights (917M3)307
  International Crimes (801M3)307
  Law, Religion, and Human Rights (841M3)157
  LGBTQI Rights: International and Comparative Perspectives (950M3)157
  Migration, Rights and Governance (953M3)307
  Socioeconomic rights: economic violence, social justice and human rights law (956M3)157
  Women and Human Rights (873M3)307
YearTermStatusModuleCreditsFHEQ level
2Autumn SemesterCoreInternational Human Rights Law (809M3)307
 Spring SemesterOptionHuman Rights Law Clinic (812M3)307
  Indigenous and Minority Rights (814M3)157
  International Business and Human Rights (917M3)307
  International Crimes (801M3)307
  Law, Religion, and Human Rights (841M3)157
  LGBTQI Rights: International and Comparative Perspectives (950M3)157
  Migration, Rights and Governance (953M3)307
  Socioeconomic rights: economic violence, social justice and human rights law (956M3)157
  Women and Human Rights (873M3)307

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