This unique MA will help you become a skilled professional in the field of promoting and protecting human rights.

On our MA Human Rights and International Relations, our priority is ensuring that you graduate with a professional skillset. This incorporates;

• Exploring the role of human rights and international relations in issues such as terrorism, struggles for democratic freedoms, genocide, defence policy, climate change and social justice.
• Introducing you to core international relations, historical, philosophical, legal, sociological and theological debates in human rights.
• Exposing you to the latest methods in human rights research, equipping you with the skills to conduct your own research in the world of human rights promotion and protection.

These three strands will ensure that you graduate with the skills to succeed in a highly competitive environment for international human rights advocacy and protection.

How you'll learn

You will have the opportunity to get first-hand experience in the field by choosing a work experience module working within a London-based human rights organisation.

You will be taught by active researchers who are committed to social justice and have made groundbreaking impacts on society. The Crucible Centre for Human Rights Research is a multidisciplinary research centre conducting research on a range of contemporary human rights, migration and related issues. You will benefit from regular workshops and seminars that the centre holds as well as being a part of major EU-funded projects and activities.

Career options

Graduates of MA Human Rights and International Relations work in human rights campaigning, advocacy and defending within national and international government and non-governmental agencies, charities, think tanks, or in journalism and the media.