12 monthsProgramme duration
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Programme overview
Main Subject
Law and Legal Studies
Degree
LLM
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
As a field of academic study, human rights cuts across a wide variety of disciplines. It sits at the heart of law, political science, history and theology.
This programme is designed to provide you with a theoretical and practical understanding of international human rights law in its broader political context.
You will be able to explore the role of human rights globally and the international and national machinery that promotes and enforces rights, while focusing on how academic debates connect to the evolution and practice of human rights.
The University is home to a number of research centres and networks in the areas of justice, health, development, environment and society, and agriculture and food security. Each of these contribute to the ways in which we address crucial global challenges that span the ambit of civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights. These centres offer opportunities to further develop your understanding of different aspects of human rights or to pique your interest in new areas.
Opportunities for extracurricular engagement – such as additional one-off seminars, lectures or discussion groups – are offered by centres across the Law School and broader University, such as:
- Global Justice Academy
- Edinburgh Centre for International and Global Law
- Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law
- Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research
- Centre for Security Research
- Observatory of Children’s Human Rights Scotland
As a student on this programme, you will have the unique opportunity to draw on the academic space for learning human rights created by the activities and research of these various centres.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Law and Legal Studies
Degree
LLM
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
As a field of academic study, human rights cuts across a wide variety of disciplines. It sits at the heart of law, political science, history and theology.
This programme is designed to provide you with a theoretical and practical understanding of international human rights law in its broader political context.
You will be able to explore the role of human rights globally and the international and national machinery that promotes and enforces rights, while focusing on how academic debates connect to the evolution and practice of human rights.
The University is home to a number of research centres and networks in the areas of justice, health, development, environment and society, and agriculture and food security. Each of these contribute to the ways in which we address crucial global challenges that span the ambit of civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights. These centres offer opportunities to further develop your understanding of different aspects of human rights or to pique your interest in new areas.
Opportunities for extracurricular engagement – such as additional one-off seminars, lectures or discussion groups – are offered by centres across the Law School and broader University, such as:
- Global Justice Academy
- Edinburgh Centre for International and Global Law
- Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law
- Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research
- Centre for Security Research
- Observatory of Children’s Human Rights Scotland
As a student on this programme, you will have the unique opportunity to draw on the academic space for learning human rights created by the activities and research of these various centres.
Admission Requirements
Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on the University of Edinburgh website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements.
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