International Human Rights (Taught)

The LLM in International Human Rights equips you with advanced knowledge and expertise in human rights law, giving you access to our internationally leading faculty, eminent legal experts and some of the foremost human rights organisations in the UK.

Why study LLM International Human Rights at Goldsmiths

• The LLM in International Human Rights introduces you to the history, theory and practice of international human rights law.

• We’ll focus on the strengths as well as identifying and critiquing the limits of domestic and international human rights.

• You’ll master the instruments and institutions that make up the international system of human rights protection from around the world, exploring their potential for reform.

• You’ll explore some of the most cutting-edge human rights debates of our times, from gender identity to AI-based predictive policing.

• You’ll learn from important legal thinkers, internationally leading barristers and politicians. Our Law faculty and Visiting Professors are some of the greatest legal minds of our generation.

• We’re focussed on employability, and you’ll have the opportunity to gain practical experience through taking placements and law clinics modules (for credit). Our Careers Service is here to support you every step of the way.

• You’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with renowned legal scholars, eminent legal practitioners and NGOs working in the field of International human rights, including the foremost human rights organisation, Liberty, which leads our pioneering 'NGO Advocacy, Litigation and Practice' modules.

You must complete the following compulsory modules:
International Human Rights Law: Theory and Practice
International Human Rights: Advanced Themes and Contemporary Debates
International Human Rights Dissertation

Optional modules
You will also choose optional modules to the value of 90 credits. These can be made up exclusively of Department of Law modules, or you may choose to select up to 30 credits from either of the interdisciplinary module lists below (which include human rights options from other social science departments).

Department of Law modules
Human Rights and Criminal Justice: NGO Advocacy, Litigation, and Practice
Advanced Criminal Law and Criminal Justice: Domestic, Comparative and International
Queer and Feminist Approaches to Law
Environmental Challenges, Social Justice and Human Rights
Law and Policy Clinic: Human Rights
Human Rights Placement

Interdisciplinary modules from the Department of Law
AI, Disruptive Technologies and the Law
Art Law

Interdisciplinary modules from other social science departments
Option modules from other departments, such as Politics and International Relations and Sociology, are confirmed on an annual basis.

Please note that due to staff research commitments not all of these modules may be available every year.