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LLM in Human Rights

Duration 1 year full time or 2 years part time
Starting September and January
Fees 2012/13 The Fee for this programme is €8450 (EU students) and €13900 (non-EU students) Full Time and €4250 (EU Students) and €6950 (non-EU students) Part Time. Payment may be made in 2/3 installments per year.

Human Rights, where law and politics meet. Learn from the experts in an interdisciplinary format.

On this programme you will acquire specialised and in-depth knowledge and understanding of international human rights law, political theory of rights and international relations relating to human rights in a single course. The LLM in Human Rights differs from existing degrees in Ireland by having a distinct interdisciplinary nature flowing from the coordination between the School of Law and the School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRE). The campus at UCD provides an attractive and accessible location in the heart of the capital city, where most governmental and non-governmental human rights-related work is carried out.

The campus at UCD provides an attractive and accessible location in the heart of the capital city, where most governmental and non-governmental human rights-related work is carried out.

On completion of this programme, students will be able:

  • To understand and think critically about the intersections between law, politics and international relations that come to the fore in the study of human rights;
  • To apply their knowledge and understanding of human rights law, political theory and international relations to real and hypothetical factual situations;
  • To conduct independent research and write coherent, well-structured papers.

CIEL

Any student admitted to an LLM programme in the Law School also can apply on a competitive basis to spend their second semester at one of our sister Law Schools:

  • University of Antwerp
  • Maastricht University
  • The University of Mannhein
  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
  • Universite de Toulouse 1 – Capitole

Students must score 6.5 in IELTS or 90 in the internet TOEFL exams in the relevant language of instruction (English, French or German). Spaces are allocated on a competitive basis. Students who are accepted onto this programme graduate with an LLM and are awarded a certificate in International and Comparative Law (CIEL).