International Human Rights Law

The compulsory modules studied will give you the opportunity to:

• examine the concept of rights in political philosophy
• explore global and local human rights concerns
• investigate the impact of international human rights
• analyse the relevance of international human rights to domestic law.

Compulsory modules will also enable you to hone your legal research and writing skills, which you’ll be able to demonstrate in your dissertation – an independent piece of research on your chosen topic.

You’ll also benefit from our academic skills programme. This 10-week programme runs alongside your taught academic programme, and is specifically designed to meet the needs of home and international students in the School of Law. It allows you to refine and develop the academic and transferable skills to excel during your taught postgraduate programmes, as well as prepare for professional roles after graduation.

The wide-ranging list of optional modules means that you can explore a diverse range of related subjects of interest to you.

If you’re a part-time student, you’ll take three compulsory modules and choose one or two optional modules in your first year. You’ll then take the compulsory dissertation module and one or two optional modules in your second year to complete your programme.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

Compulsory modules

• Postgraduate Legal Research Skills 15 credits
• Dissertation 60 credits
• You must then choose a minimum of 60 credits from the options below:
• European Human Rights 15 credits
• International Human Rights 30 credits
• Global Human Rights Advocacy 30 credits
• Human Rights and Disabled People 01 15 credits
• Human Rights and Disabled People 02 15 credits

Optional modules

• Central Issues in Criminal Law 15 credits
• Policing 1: The Nature of Contemporary Policing 15 credits
• Policing 2: Accountability of Policing 15 credits
• Security and Justice 30 credits
• Cyberlaw: Regulation of Cyberspace 15 credits
• Globalisation and Crime 15 credits
• International Banking Law: The Regulatory Framework 15 credits
• International Banking Law: Capital Markets and Loans 15 credits
• The International Law of Foreign Investment 15 credits
• World Trade Organisation Law 15 credits
• Digital Environment: Law, Technologies & Human Rights 15 credits
• Contemporary Issues in Intellectual Property: Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions 15 credits
• Contemporary Issues in Intellectual Property: Health, Food and Biotechnology 15 credits
• Global Governance through Law 30 credits
• Insurgency 15 credits
• Terrorism 15 credits