Best 39 Master of Laws Degrees in Human Rights Law 2019

Our LLMs from our new Master's in Law suite of programmes are designed for law graduates who want to explore the practical application of a particular, specialist area of the law. Study face to face or online.

Students should possess a UK bachelor’s degree in law at 2:2 or above or equivalent qualifications.

This innovative LL.M. program is designed to offer in-depth instruction on the critical issue of our time: the protection of human dignity across political, social, economic, and cultural lines. Lawyers, government officials, teachers, human rights activists, and businessmen and women with a commitment to human rights and social justice are invited to St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami to pursue an advanced degree in one of the most dynamic fields of international law: intercultural human rights.

The excellence of instruction emanating from world-renowned faculty from the United Nations and eminent centers of scholarship creates a highly stimulating learning environment and promises the most challenging academic experience of your career. Notable guest lecturers include:... [-]

The Parasol Foundation International LL.M. program at Tel Aviv University attracts outstanding law students to study and collaborate with Israel’s elite legal academia and legal professionals. Through a wide range of classes taught by world-renowned professors, international students have the opportunity to study for their advanced law degree at Israel’s leading law faculty.

The rigorous academic curriculum is based on innovative approaches to legal theory that provide students with the necessary insights and analytical skills for advanced academic research and practice.

Nearly 50 classes, taught entirely in English, explore contemporary challenges to law stemming from processes of globalization, dynamic technological and social changes, and the entrepreneurial dynamism of the “Startup Nation”.... [-]

During the last 15 years coordinating the Program of Advanced Studies of the Academy of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, we have been able to identify a clear need for training and training for professionals, especially abroad, with a specific interest in Human Rights.

This program recognizes the nature of international human rights law as a multicultural and multilingual field in which human rights defenders, lawyers and government representatives debate and shape the new standards of human dignity that all States of the international community They must repect. The LL.M. in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law administered entirely in Spanish unequivocally addresses the need for specialized training in the International Law of Human Rights in the United States and throughout the world.... [-]

This postgraduate program provides advanced study of the international protection of fundamental human rights. The curriculum integrates general human rights protection in times of peace and war with the special protection of basic rights in situations of armed conflict (under international humanitarian law). Such an approach is especially important as the boundary between war and peace becomes increasingly blurred. Such a blurring of the boundary is the result of many different circumstances including the rise of terrorism, the diversity in its cause and nature and wide scope of possible reactions to it; the often unclear boundary between situations of civil war, external aggression, guerrilla action and even domestic policing; the reliance on both official (Security Council-sanctioned) and unofficial (sometimes invited) peace-keeping forces in a broad range of conflict situations.... [-]

The LL.M Program in Human Rights and International Law offers a rich, advanced course of study in fields that constitute an important part of the HUL’s long-standing reputation of academic excellence, in which the HUL is a hub of international activity.

The program offers students a rich variety of specialized courses in the main fields of international law – international organizations, conflict resolution, the laws of war, immigration law, international criminal law etc. – and in key areas of human rights law – including multiculturalism, human rights and counter-terrorism and transitional justice.

Delivered by a strong faculty, comprised of top academics and practitioners, including past and present legal advisors to international organizations, members of international expert bodies, government and NGO lawyers such as the UN and the ICRC, and leading academics from Israel and abroad (including Prof. Malcolm Shaw – author of the world’s leading textbook in international law).... [-]

Develop your skills, build a network and become an employable practitioner in the field of human rights by working on live projects during the course.

This postgraduate degree provides the grounding you need to enter human rights law and advances your existing degree. You'll cover the breadth of human rights theory and practice and graduate as a skilled, knowledgeable and employable practitioner.

The goal of the program is to shape internationally renowned legal experts who are ready to take challenges in global scale and confident to handle complex issues in an international regulatory environment with high level of confidence.

Human Rights have become a significant part of the legal order of the European Union, accompanied by an ever-growing social need for better protection. Internationally agreed on human rights principles and standards now also increasingly influence economic policy formation.

Constantly ranked in the top tier of Law Schools in Central-Europe, the Faculty of Law, ELTE launches a program in European Human Rights to bring together leading scholars, lawyers, and policymakers. Starting from 2016 September, our European Human Rights program focuses on complex and creative problem-solving in the field of human rights law and wishes to enable students to take new approaches in human rights litigation on various European fora.... [-]

Human rights are central to contemporary politics and international governance. They have become a dominant language of political struggle, in which the actions of governments and other institutions are judged, justified and challenged.

This LLM provides an advanced conceptual and practical understanding of how international law promotes human rights and responds to their violation. The course sets international human rights in their broader philosophical, historical and social contexts, and engages students in an interdisciplinary study of the international legal processes designed to ensure their realisation. It also encourages students to think critically about the limits, ambiguities and contradictions of the international human rights movement.... [-]

Improve your career prospects by gaining a Masters in International Human Rights Law while remaining in full-time employment

This unique programme will enable you to:

The Master of Laws (LLM) is a two-year part-time programme of intensive study that provides students with the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the Law. LLM has four specializations: Natural Resource Law; Commercial Law; International Human Rights Law and Public International Law. This Programme is designed to address the trending challenges in the legal profession.

The LL.M. program in International & European Law focuses on the structure and functioning of the international society.Distinguished Visiting Professors teach in this bilingual master (English/French), allowing students to acquire a global vision in the field of international legal studies. The Master combines a strong theoretical background with a professionalizing dimension, which includes a working experience in Europe or abroad during the LL.M.

The Europa-Institut at Saarland University offers a one year Master's program in European and International Law with five modules: Module 1: European Integration and Modules 2-5 with the study units European Economic Law, Foreign Trade and Investment, International Dispute Resolution and European and International Protection of Human Rights.

Example: Specialization in European and International Protection of Human Rights

The study unit focuses on the main features, limits, and developments in human rights protection and how to put this knowledge successfully into practice. It deals with the development and realization of human rights in public international law and in international treaties on a global level as well as on a regional European level and their respective interrelations. Moreover, the study unit focuses on the relationship between the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights as well as on the practice of the bodies of the United Nations, the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights and the Council of Europe. The practical application of human rights law is of particular relevance and interest for the purposes of this study unit.... [-]

With over 30 years of expertise, LSBU Law has shaped the professional futures of thousands of law students. This course offers a mixture of international human rights law, development studies and refugee studies modules. You'll explore contemporary debates in the context of specific countries and themes.

You'll gain knowledge of the protection of international human rights within the context of international development and refugee practice and the role of a rights-based approach to international development practice.