LLM Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
University of Essex
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Our ground-breaking LLM Economic, Social and Cultural Rights builds on our distinctive expertise and reputation of working on the protection of economic, social, and cultural rights in countries around the world and at the United Nations.We combine cutting-edge scholarship and practice on the legal aspects of realising economic, social, and cultural rights, with the latest thinking in the implementation of these rights. The course focuses on:International human rights law protections of ...Read more

Our ground-breaking LLM Economic, Social and Cultural Rights builds on our distinctive expertise and reputation of working on the protection of economic, social, and cultural rights in countries around the world and at the United Nations.

We combine cutting-edge scholarship and practice on the legal aspects of realising economic, social, and cultural rights, with the latest thinking in the implementation of these rights. The course focuses on:

  • International human rights law protections of economic, social, and cultural rights
  • How human rights law is developed through public policy and practice
  • New tools and methodologies for achieving these rights

We include a range of key law courses to enable our non-law students to develop an understanding of human rights, public international, constitutional, and administrative law.

Your future

The majority of our students go on, or return, to work in human rights as litigators, in NGOs and international organisations like the UN, in government (particularly Ministries of Foreign Affairs), national human rights institutions, think-tanks and in academia. They are a conspicuous presence in all the key human rights hubs in the world. The Human Rights Centre has a strong tradition in the field of economic, social and cultural rights, and our alumni occupy leadership and research positions in leading international human rights civil society organisations and have been appointed as UN human rights independent experts.

We are first university in the UK to sign a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). This creates internship and research opportunities for our postgraduate students and is based on our long-established expertise in international humanitarian law.

During the year, we hold a careers session for our students in which we reflect upon our own careers and how they have been built as well as those from former students. We are always available to discuss career options and if you are interested in a particular area of human rights, we can link you up with the relevant alumni to offer advice.

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Entry requirements

A 2:2 degree in Law, or a 2:2 joint honours degree that includes at least one of the following subjects: Criminology;International Relations; Law; Politics; Political Science; Sociology. We will also consider applicants with any other 2:2 degree or above.

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£10,000 per year

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£21,700 per year

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£21,700 per year

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University of Essex
University of Essex , Colchester

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