International Development Law and Human Rights - LLM, PGDip
Postgraduate
In Coventry
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Coventry
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Duration
1 Year
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Start date
Different dates available
On this course you will consider the relationship between development, human rights and global justice. You will critically consider visions and practices of human rights, development, gender and social justice, and civil society activism. You will develop skills in social and legal policy analyses, state governance reform, human rights law, reflexive public advocacy or cause lawyering, and working with people’s movements.
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About this course
You will develop a combination of theoretical analysis and practical application in the area of contemporary global legal development. You will develop your knowledge of key areas of international development law and human rights law. You will develop both theory and practice skills in international development law and human rights law. If you wish to, you can specialise in a particular area of study. This is reflected by the cluster structure of this LLM.
Our graduates have gone on to work for organisations including: NGOs; Gender Watch Against Violence and Exploitation; universities.
Examples of our graduates’ job roles include: Lawyers and activists in social justice and human rights; Academics in Law, Politics or related fields; Commission on Revenue Allocation.
2:i undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a related subject
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Subjects
- IT Law
- Human Rights
- Governance
- International
- Global
- Politics
- Law Technology
- Humanitarian Law
- Global Economy
- Economic
Course programme
The core module is taught over the first two terms, alongside six optional modules.
Theory and Practice of International Development Law & Human Rights
Optional Modules:
This programme has optional modules to choose from to allow you to achieve the required credits to successfully complete the award.
- Civil Society & Activism
- Law and the Global Economy
- Global Security & International Law
- Law Governance & Democracy
- Global Law & Politics
- Approaches to Global Justice
- Law Technology & Development
- Climate Change and Development
- International Humanitarian Law
- Theories and Histories of Human Rights
- Global & Regional Human Rights Regimes
- Gender, Law and the Global Economy
- Women's Human Rights and Global Justice
- International Criminal Law
- Theories of Gender Justice
- An Introduction to Islamic Law
- Refugees, Rights and Realities
- Economic Analysis of Law
- International Commercial Litigation
- Crime, Justice and Global Society
- Law and Inequality in the Transnational Food Regime
International Development Law and Human Rights - LLM, PGDip