224 Human Rights and Humanitarian Law LLM Degree Programs

The Faculty of Law at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin offers a LL.M. (Master of Laws) programme that provides a comprehensive understanding of German and European law, enriched with a global perspective. The programme combines a strong foundational curriculum with opportunities for specialised study, preparing graduates to navigate the complexities of legal systems in an interconnected world.

The Master Program on International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (IHL Program) prepares graduates for taking up career opportunities in policy making, international, public and governmental service, public and private legal practice, work for non-governmental organizations, and academic teaching and research.

The LLM program structure at Peking University School of Transnational Law (STL) is characterized by diversity and flexibility. Students can pick the courses, timeline, and extra-curricular activities that best foster their academic interests and career goals. The curriculum is designed to train lawyers who are comfortable working between multiple jurisdictions and different types of law and are able to tackle complex and contemporary issues.

The programme aims to equip students with advanced and comprehensive knowledge in International Law and Human Rights Law, including the foundational principles of public international law, international and regional human rights regimes, and mechanisms.

The LLM Human Rights Law offers in-depth study of global human rights legal frameworks. You will explore international and regional institutions and mechanisms, as well as specialised areas like employment law, health law, and migration law, with a variety of optional units to choose from.

Discover how globalisation affects international law and human rights through this LLM master's degree. You'll gain a thorough understanding of international conventions, state responsibility, dispute settlement and human rights responsibilities.

In some cases, this can leave victims and their lawyers in a situation where they must choose which forum to go to or which human rights legislative system to navigate in order to find their justice. In this one-year International Human Rights Law LLM programme, you will be trained in human rights at the international level, but also in international humanitarian law and other related fields.

The LLM specialising in International Humanitarian Law (Coursework) admits up to 10 students yearly. The programme includes core modules, research training, and a mini-dissertation, preparing graduates to advance justice and human rights across diverse global contexts.

LLM in International Human Rights Law The protection of human rights at the international and national levels is a fast-moving branch of law. There has been a huge growth in the number and variety of human rights standards set out in international treaties, in national constitutions, and in so-called 'soft-law' documents. These standards are not always fully implemented and the mechanisms for trying to get them implemented are sometimes defective.

The SOAS LLM in Human Rights, Conflict and Justice provides a specialisation focused on contemporary developments and debates in human rights law, international criminal law, refugee and migration law, international humanitarian law, and justice and reconstruction in post-conflict societies. The programme combines core international modules with distinctive options and critical inquiry into theory and practice, particularly in relation to the global South.

The LL.M. in Human Rights and International Law is offered through Hebrew University’s Rothberg International School (RIS) in partnership with the Faculty of Law, long considered the most prestigious law school in the country. This program is geared toward students who have completed a law degree and are interested in careers in law, academia, and governmental and non-governmental sectors.

The LLM in International and Human Rights Law is an exciting new programme tailored for students seeking to specialize in the field of public international and human rights law. This LLM specialization provides the students with a solid basis in the form of carefully preselected mandatory courses on human rights and migration law as well as subjects on international public law and sustainable development. At the same time, the curriculum leaves room for the students to choose among many elective courses in accordance with their career priorities so as to gain expertise on various contemporary topical issues of international and human rights law.

When human rights are violated by a particular state or society, is it more effective to use national, regional or international human rights protection mechanisms to address the issue? And how do different political, social and cultural settings affect the workings of these mechanisms? These questions are a main topic in our Advanced Master programme Law in European and International Human Rights.

The Master 2 Law of Freedoms - Practices of international and regional human rights law is a training program agreed with the Faculty of Law of the University of Grenoble-Alpes.

The Master 1 aims to train lawyers in international and European law (EU and Council of Europe), with a specialization in the Law of Freedoms. It leads to deepening fundamental knowledge in international and European law, and prepares for further study more specialized in Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

The LLM in Globalisation and Law lets you combine courses about human rights, corporate and commercial law, and international trade and investment law to create a programme that fits your interests. This is a unique one-year English-taught programme designed to fulfil that need.

This course offers a distinctive and dynamic approach to studying international law, inequalities and justice. You’ll engage with three core subject modules: international human rights law, international criminal law and inequalities and justice.