610 Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Degree Programs

Advocate for justice and equality on a global scale. Address today’s most urgent human rights challenges head-on. This program focuses on gender and identity rights, the status of migrants, indigenous people’s rights, human trafficking, and other contemporary social justice issues.

The European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA) is a one-year, full-time course that provides a practice and policy-oriented approach to learning that combines legal, political, historical, anthropological, and philosophical perspectives of human rights and democratisation with skill-building activities and a field trip exercise.

The MA International Human Rights Practice combines legal, theoretical and technical skills with human rights knowledge. It covers contemporary debates in human rights promotion and protection, investigations into violations, asylum, surveillance, peacekeeping and torture, evidence gathering, case building, research, project management, funding applications and budget formulation.

The LLM Health, Law, and Society is a distinctive programme that goes beyond traditional healthcare law studies. The programme offers an in-depth study of wide-ranging issues from health inequalities and regulation of the body to reproductive justice and mental health and wellbeing.

At the Master’s Programme in Human Rights Policy and Practice you get the opportunity to study human rights from a multidisciplinary perspective, in four different countries. This full-time programme is organized by a consortium of four partner universities and taught in English. After graduation, you will be prepared to work professionally with human rights in a changing global context.

The study program "Specialised Law Studies" is a new Master’s program taught in English, offering specialized legal education focused on contemporary challenges in a changing global context. This specialization focuses on the legal aspects of healthcare, including healthcare regulation, bioethics, the protection of patients’ rights, and health law at the European and international levels.

AUP’s Masters in Diplomacy and International Law you will allow you to acquire both the fundamental knowledge and practical skills necessary for careers in international law, diplomacy and international advocacy. The program enables you to think critically about complex diplomatic and international legal issues in real-world contexts.

Our LL.M. programme in International and European Law is primarily designed for students who wish to develop their understanding and knowledge of European Union law with the intent of pursuing a legal career with a strong international dimension.

The International Commercial and Corporate Law LLM balances the best of a rigorous, traditional legal education with a contemporary perspective. Our areas of specialisation address today’s most important business and legal challenges, including the study of commercial relationships in the international arena, the role and impact of electronic commerce, and the gradual harmonisation of international commercial law.

If you are looking to advance your legal career and specialize in international and European law, the Master of International and European Law programme offers you the tools to succeed in the global legal landscape, whether you're starting your legal career or seeking to expand your expertise, opening doors to a range of impactful and dynamic career opportunities.

Why study this program in Groningen? The focus on European law and public international law is far greater than the focus on national legal contexts. No national law system is being taught as a general rule. This program is unique in Europe with regard to the content of the programme. It also holds a compulsory semester of law courses abroad.

The main goal of the LL.M. in Human Rights program is to provide theoretical and practical training for future scholars and professionals in human rights, with special emphasis on the legal aspects of human rights protection. Our highly qualified and diverse full-time and part-time (visiting) faculty prepare students to engage in comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of complex human rights problems.

Human Rights have become a significant part of the legal order of the European Union, accompanied by an ever-growing social need for better protection. Internationally agreed human rights principles and standards now also increasingly influence economic policy formation.

This is a two-year programme with evening classes that provides a unique chance to explore human rights issues from diverse perspectives, including social, scientific, political, and economic. 

MSc in International Security and Law International conflicts and security issues have changed fundamentally over the past decades. To understand them and to manage them requires new skills. We offer this Master’s program, taught by international researchers within the areas of international politics and international law who have trained and worked at the best universities in Europe, to develop these skills in our graduates.