611 Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Degree Programs

Our Master's Degree in Labor Law offers you updated and complete training in the legal regime of the labor context and Social Security so that you are an expert in legal advice in this legal area.

The Human Rights programme provides you with an understanding of what human rights are and how they are interpreted and utilised legally, politically, and philosophically, as well as how the development of human rights is a result of ongoing global transformations. Human rights are grounded in the belief that all people are born free and are of equal moral worth, and should therefore have equal access to rights.

The Arab Master is a unique cross-regional programme. It is an intensive advanced course on Human Rights and Democracy with a focus on the Middle East and North Africa. The Arab master's programme includes research-oriented courses and practical trainings in the field of human rights and democratisation. It attracts students, researchers and experts from the region and beyond because of its multidisciplinary scope, its comparative approach and its action-oriented features. It offers cross-regional mobility. While based in Beirut (Lebanon), it includes a semester in one of the following partner universities: Birzeit University (Palestine), Carthage University (Tunisia), the University of Jordan (Jordan ) and the International University of Rabat (Morocco). Students can also spend a semester in Egypt. You will acquire theoretical and practical knowledge and insights into the region, while building expertise in the master programme’s four streams: Human Rights, Democratic Governance, the Arab World and Applied Human Rights.

This pathway on the MA Global Journalism prepares students for careers in investigative journalism and human rights reporting. It combines practical training in investigative research techniques with critical reflection on ethics, safety and the role of journalism in democratic life, and emphasises a Global South and decolonial perspective.

LLM specialising in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa admits up to 30 students annually, with scholarships available. Focused on human rights and democratisation in Africa, it offers core modules, research training, and a mini-dissertation, preparing graduates to drive meaningful impact across the continent.

PhD in Human Rights, Global Politics and Sustainability: Legal and Philosophical Perspectives Embark on a groundbreaking interdisciplinary journey at the Ph.D. program in Human Rights, Global Politics, and Sustainability: Legal and Philosophical Perspectives.

The European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA) is an intensive one-year course aimed at educating 90 professionals in the field of human rights and democratisation.

The programme examines different kinds of legal approaches/techniques for responding to challenges related to the transition to sustainability in a globalized context. It covers both international and European regulatory approaches from different perspectives with the aim of providing a well-rounded and nuanced understanding of the combination of sustainability and human rights. 

One of the world's only Ph.D. degree programs in International Law offered by an intergovernmental organization itself constituted under international law.

The Mas­ters Pro­gram­ in Go­ver­nan­ce and Hu­man Rights con­nects the theo­ry of sci­ence with its practical application. In se­ven mo­du­les, the stu­dents will learn to ana­ly­ze and un­der­stand le­gal and po­li­ti­cal theo­ries of governance and in­ter­na­tio­nal and re­gio­nal human rights regimes and how they are in­ter­re­la­ted.

The Master's in European Union Studies and Human Rights represents an innovation in the educational field. Its support of a face-to-face formation, the active involvement of students of various nationalities, combined visits to European institutions, and the mixed approach of the provided training make UCAM’s Master's in EU Studies and Human Rights a rigorous, innovative, and top quality program.

Discover the varied aspects of business law and regulations in domestic and international contexts, with modules to suit your career aspirations, whether in law, management, exporting, consultancy, or academia.

The European Union Law specialization presents the best of Ghent Law School’s renowned expertise in EU law for students aspiring to specialise in the law and institutions of the European Union. By a careful combination of compulsory core subjects and elective specialised courses, students receive an all-round high-level EU law education, while maintaining freedom of focus on personal career or research needs.

This online pathway of the MA Global Journalism prepares students for investigative journalism and human rights reporting. The programme teaches investigative research techniques, ethical and safety considerations, multimedia storytelling and data journalism while emphasising decolonised and feminist approaches and reporting focused on the Global South.

The Master’s Degree Programme in “Law for Sustainability and Security”, with its two curricula “Law for Sustainability and Security” and “Global Peace, Justice and Wellbeing”, offers a rigorous and forward-looking legal education for those aspiring to professional roles in the fields of sustainability (economic, environmental, and social).