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Human Rights Masters Degrees: MA, MSc, LL.M., Phd

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Continent	Country	University	Coursename	Type of course	Duration of course
Not Applicable	Distance	Oxford University	Master's Degree in International Human Rights Law	MA	24 months
Not applicable	UK	The London School of Economics and Political Science	Ms Human Rights	Other Masters	12 months
Africa	Egypt	American University in Cairo	Migration and Refugee Studies	MA	24 months
Africa	Egypt	American University	Graduate Diploma in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies	Diploma	12 months
Africa	Egypt	American University	MA International Human Rights Law	MA	24 months
Africa	Ghana	University of Education, Winneba	Human Rights	MA	12 months
Africa	South Africa	University Pretoria	LL.M. in Human Rights & Constitutional Practice	LL.M.	12 months
Africa	South Africa	University Pretoria	LL.M. in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa	LL.M.	12 months
Africa	Uganda	Makerere University	Human Rights	MA	24 months
Americas	America	denver University	Human Rights	MA	24 months
Americas	Canada	Mcgill University	Human Rights and Cultural Diversity	LL.M.	18 months
Americas	Colombia	Universidad del Externado (Colombia), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid	Master en Derechos Humanos y Democratizacion	MA	12 months
Americas	Costa Rica	Peace University	Master's Degree in International Law and Human Rights	Other Masters	12 months
Americas	Costa Rica	Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED)	Maestria Profesional en Derechos Humanos (Master in Human Rights)	Other Masters	12 months
Americas	Guatemala	Universidad de San Carlos	Master of Human Rights	MA	12 months
Americas	Mexico	FLACSO	Maestría en Derechos Humanos y Democracia	Other Masters	19 months
Americas	United States	Arizona State University at the West Campus	MA in Social Justice and Human Rights	MA	18 months
Americas	USA	Emory University	Graduate certificate in Human Rights	Certificate	12 months
Americas	USA	John Jay College of Criminal Justice	International Crime and Justice	MA	24 months
Americas	USA	Yale, MacMillan Center	MA in International Relations (concentration human rights)	MA	24 months
Americas	USA	St Thomas University chool lf Law, Miami	LL.M. Program in Intercultural Human Rights	LL.M.	12 months
Americas	USA	School of International Training, Vermont	MA in Conflict Transformation	MA	12 months
Americas	USA	University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies	MA in International Human Rights	MA	24 months
Americas	USA	Notre Dame Law School, Indiana	LL.M. in International Human Rights Law	LL.M.	12 months
Americas	USA	Indiana School of Law	LL.M. in International Human Rights Law	LL.M.	12 months
Americas	USA	Fletcher School, Tufts University	Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD)	MA	24 months
Americas	USA	Fletcher School, Tufts University	Master of Arts For Mid-Career Professionals	MA	12 months
Americas	USA	Georgetown Law	Master of Laws	LL.M.	12 months
Americas	USA	Harvard Law School	Master of Laws	LL.M.	24 months
Americas	USA	University of Massachussets, Amherst	MA in Social Justice Education	M.Ed.	24 months
Americas	USA	Columbia Law School	LL.M.	LL.M.	12 months
Americas	USA	Columbia, School of International Public Affairs	Masters in International Affairs	MA	24 months
Americas	USA	NYU School of Law	Master of Laws	LL.M.	12 months
Americas	USA	American University, Washington College of Law	MA in International Human Rights	MA	12 months
Americas	USA	Notre Dame Law School, Indiana	J.S.D. (doctorate) in International Human Rights Law	LL.D. (J.S.D)	12 months
Americas	USA	Northwestern University School of Law	LLM Concentration in International Human Rights	LL.M.	12 months
Americas	USA	Columbia, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences	Liberal Studies Masters in Human Rights Studies	MA	24 months
Asia	China	Hong Kong	Master of Laws in Human Rights	LL.M.	12 months
Asia	India	IIHR	PGDHR(Human Rights)	Other Masters	24 months
Asia	India	punjab university	MA in Human Rights and Duties	MA	24 months
Asia	India	Panjab University	HUMAN RIGHTS AND DUTIES	MA	24 months
Asia	INDIA	Panjab University Chandigarh	Master in Human Right & Duties	MA	24 months
Asia	INDIA	Panjab University Chandigarh	Master in Human Right & Duties	MA	24 months
Asia	India	Indian Society for International Law, New Delhi	Human Rights, Humanitarian and Refugee Law	Diploma	12 months
Asia	India	IIHR	PGDHR(Human Rights)	Other Masters	24 months
Asia	India	Indian Law Society	International Diploma in international diploma in mental health law and human rights	MA	12 months
Asia	Nepal	Kathmandu School of Law	MA in Human Rights	MA	12 months
Asia	Nepal	Kathmandu School of Law	MA in Conflict and International Humanitarian Laws	MA	12 months
Asia	Nepal	Kathmandu School of Law	LL.M. in Human Rights and Gender Justice	LL.M.	12 months
Asia	Thailand	Mahidol	International Masters of Human Rights and Social Development	Other Masters	12 months
Asia	Thailand	Mahidol	PhD (Human Rights and Peace)	MA	36 months
Europe	Austria	Donau-Universität Krems	Menschenrechte / Human Rights	MA	24 months
Europe	Finland	Abo Akademi Institute for Human Rights	Masters in International Human Rights Law	LL.M.	24 months
Europe	France	Université de Caen Basse-Normandie	Master 2 Droit public et Droits fondamentaux	MA	12 months
Europe	Germany	European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)	Master of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law	LL.M.	18 months
Europe	Hungary	Central European University	Master of Laws in Human Rights	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	Hungary	Central European University	Master of Arts in Human Rights	MA	12 months
Europe	Ireland	Galway	LL.M. in International Human Rights Law	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	Ireland	National University of Ireland, Galway	International Human Rights Law	PhD	36 months
Europe	Ireland	Dublin	MSc Human Rights	Other Masters	12 months
Europe	Italy	University of Bologna	Master in Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention	Other Masters	15 months
Europe	Italy	Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna	Master in Human Rights and Conflict Management	MA	12 months
Europe	Malta	University Malta	Mediterranean Master's Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation	Other Masters	12 months
Europe	Multiple	Seven universities in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands	Master in International Humanitarian Action	MA	16 months
Europe	Multiple	European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation	European Master's Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation	Other Masters	12 months
Europe	Netherlands	Utrecht	LL.M. International and European Protection of Human Rights	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	Netherlands	Utrecht	MA Conflict Studies and Human Rights	MA	12 months
Europe	Norway	Oslo	Master of Philosophy in the Theory and Practice of Human Rights	Other Masters	24 months
Europe	Spain	Instituto de Derechos Humanos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid	Postgrado en Estudios Avanzados en Derechos Humanos	PhD	24 months
Europe	Spain	Instituto de Derechos Humanos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid	Master en Derechos Fundamentales	MA	12 months
Europe	Spain	Deusto University, Pedro Arrupe Human Rights Institute	Migration and Conflicts in a Global Society	MA	12 months
Europe	Sweden	Lund	LL.M. in International Human Rights Law	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	Switzerland	Geneva	Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Action	Other Masters	12 months
Europe	Switzerland	CUDIH Geneva	Master in Advanced Studies in IHL	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	Switzerland	Institut Universitaire Kurt Bosch, Sion	Master of Advanced Studies in Children's Rights (MCR)	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	Turkey	Bilgi University	Human Rights Law	LL.M.	24 months
Europe	Turkey	Maltepe University	M.A. Human Rights	MA	22 months
Europe	UK	University of Ulster	LLM Human Rights Law and Transitional Justice	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	UK	Roehampton University	MA/PGDip/PGCert Human Rights and International Relations	MA	10 months
Europe	UK	University of Ulster	LLM Human Rights law	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	UK	City University	MA Refugee Studies	MA	12 months
Europe	UK	York	Applied Human Rights	MA	12 months
Europe	UK	School of Advanced Study, University of London - Institute of Commonwealth Studies	Human Rights	PhD	36 months
Europe	UK	School of Advanced Study, University of London - Institute for the Study of the Americas	Human Rights	PhD	36 months
Europe	UK	York	LLM in International Human Rights Law and Practice	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	UK	City University	MA International Politics and Human Rights	MA	12 months
Europe	UK	University of Sussex	MA Human Rights	MA	12 months
Europe	UK	Kent	MA in Human Rights	MA	12 months
Europe	UK	Oxford	Masters in International Human Rights Law (part time)	Other Masters	24 months
Europe	UK	Coventry	nternational Law & Human Rights	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	UK	City University London	LL.M. International Human Rights Law	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	UK	Edinburgh University	LL.M. in European and International Human Rights Law	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	UK	City University London	MA in Human Rights	MA	12 months
Europe	UK	Brunel	International Human Rights Law LL.M. and Diploma	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	UK	Bristol	The International Human Rights	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	UK	UCE Birmingham	LL.M. in International Human Rights	Other Masters	12 months
Europe	UK	Birmingham	Masters in Human Rights and Human Values	Other Masters	12 months
Europe	UK	Birkbeck	Human Rights (MA / LL.M.)	Other Masters	12 months
Europe	UK	Belfast University	LL.M. in Human Rights Law	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	UK	Belfast University	LL.M./MSSc in Human Rights and Criminal Justice	Other Masters	12 months
Europe	UK	Aberdeen	LL.M. in Human Rights and Criminal Justice	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	UK	Aberdeen	LL.M. Human Rights	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	UK	Coventry	Human Rights &/or Criminal Justice	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	UK	Coventry	Human Rights &/or Criminal Justice	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	UK	Kingston	MA Human Rights	MA	12 months
Europe	UK	Kent	MA in Public International Law	MA	12 months
Europe	UK	Keele	Masters Human Rights, Globalisation and Justice	Other Masters	12 months
Europe	UK	Keele	Masters Gender, Sexuality & Human Rights	Other Masters	12 months
Europe	UK	School of Advanced Study, University of London - Institute of Commonwealth Studies	Understanding and Securing Human Rights	MA	12 months
Europe	UK	Hull	LL.M. in International Human Rights Law	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	UK	Hull	LL.M. in Human Rights and Criminology	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	UK	Glascow	LL.M. Human Rights Law	Other Masters	12 months
Europe	UK	Essex	Health Care Law and Human Rights	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	UK	Essex	LL.M. International Human Rights Law	LL.M.	12 months
Europe	UK	Essex	Theory and Practice of Human Rights	MA	12 months
Europe	UK	Glascow	MSc Human Rights & International Politics	Other Masters	12 months
Europe	UK	Glascow	LL.M. and Postgraduate Diploma in Human Rights Law	Other Masters	12 months
Europe	United Kingdom	University of Essex	International Human Rights Law and Humanitarian Law	LL.M.	12 months
Oceania	Australia	University of Sydney	Master of Human Rights	MA	12 months
Oceania	Australia	Monash	Master of Laws (Human Rights)	LL.M.	12 months
Oceania	Australia	Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University	Masters of Human Rights Practice	MA	18 months
Oceania	Australia	Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University	Masters of Human Rights Education	MA	18 months

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