Human Rights Law Queen Mary University of London

Overview

Law and human rights have a complex relationship. On the one hand, law can help promote and protect human rights. On the other hand, law can facilitate the denial of human rights. In fact, legal norms of human rights are far from perfect: they can be a force for good, for bad, or both.

The Human Rights Law LLM programme offered by Queen Mary University of London provides you with advanced academic and practical knowledge about human rights law, at the international, regional, and domestic levels. Modules for this programme cover a wide range of issues, such as humanitarian law, children's rights, migrant rights, women's rights, socio-economic rights, and the crimes of the powerful. You will be introduced to relevant legal institutions, norms, and case law, as well as to cutting-edge theories and critical debates.

As part of this programme, you will attend a range of activities including the evening and lunchtime guest lectures, while benefiting from the proximity to many major human rights organisations and research institutes based in London.

The Human Rights Law Centre is the first association between a university and a non-governmental organisation, established to provide scholarly expertise, research, and teaching on national and international human rights law.

Career paths

There is a very high rate of employment of the students within six months of graduation.

Graduates of this programme have gone to work as:

• lawyers in supreme courts of countries including Pakistan; and

• advocates in human rights organisations such as the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy.

You can take advantage of the exclusive career services and opportunities for postgraduate law students. These include:

• 121 advice sessions;

• events with leading legal professionals and top law firms;

• a postgraduate law professional mentoring programme; and

• the chance to join qLegal, the pro bono legal law clinic.

Queen Mary Careers and Enterprise offers a range of tailored support and resources for current students and recent graduates, from refining your CV and exploring your options, to finding part time roles, work experience and graduate opportunities.