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Career center: Human Rights Masters Degrees (MA, MSc, LL.M., Phd)

  • To staff of academic or training institutions: please check if your data is accurate and let us know if anything should be corrected or added.

  • Other places to find information on training: the famous LLM Guide, UNESCO's research and training directory (PDF), Minnesota's links to education centers, Derechos' training directory, OHCHR's training database, Human Rights Internet's education directory, HREA's training calendar.

  • Course reading: Berkeley hosts an invaluable collection of course syllabi which will help you identify key reading for self-study.

  • A list of degrees in French/France can be found at CREDHO.

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  • Country University Link Type Degree name Duration
    Distance learning Oxford University Link MA Master's Degree in International Human Rights Law 2 years
    Africa - South Africa University Pretoria Link LL.M. LL.M. in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa 1 year
    Africa - South Africa University Pretoria Link LL.M. LL.M. in Human Rights & Constitutional Practice 1 year
    Americas - Colombia Universidad del Externado (Colombia), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Link MA Master en Derechos Humanos y Democratizacion 1 year
    Americas - Costa Rica Peace University Link Masters Master's Degree in International Law and Human Rights 1 year
    Americas - USA American University, Washington College of Law Degree - Center MA MA in International Human Rights 1 year
    Americas - USA Columbia, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Link MA Liberal Studies Masters in Human Rights Studies 2 years
    Americas - USA Columbia, School of International Public Affairs Degree - Concentration MA Masters in International Affairs 2 years
    Americas - USA Columbia Law School Degree - Concentration LL.M. LL.M. 1 year
    Americas - USA Denver University, Graduate School of International Studies Link MA MA in International Human Rights 2 years
    Americas - USA Fletcher School, Tufts University Degree - Concentration MA Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) 2 years
    Americas - USA Fletcher School, Tufts University Degree - Concentration MA Master of Arts For Mid-Career Professionals 1 year
    Americas - USA Georgetown Law Degree - Concentration LL.M. Master of Laws 1 year
    Americas - USA Harvard Law School Degree - Concentration LL.M. Master of Laws 2 years
    Americas - USA University of Massachussets, Amherst Link M. Ed. MA in Social Justice Education 2 years
    Americas - USA Indiana School of Law Link LL.M. LL.M. in International Human Rights Law 1 year
    Americas - USA Notre Dame Law School, Indiana Link LL.M. LL.M. in International Human Rights Law 1 year
    Americas - USA Notre Dame Law School, Indiana Link J.S.D. J.S.D. (doctorate) in International Human Rights Law 1 year
    Americas - USA Northwestern University School of Law Link LL.M. LLM Concentration in International Human Rights 1 year
    Americas - USA NYU School of Law Degree - Concentration LL.M. Master of Laws 1 year
    Americas - USA School of International Training, Vermont Link MA MA in Conflict Transformation 1 year
    Americas - USA St Thomas University chool lf Law, Miami Link LL.M. LL.M. Program in Intercultural Human Rights 1 year
    Americas - USA Yale, MacMillan Center Link MAMA in International Relations (concentration human rights)2 years
    Americas - USA Other important academic centers for human rights in the USA: Bard College, Berkeley, Crowley, Dayton, Minnesota, Trinity College
    Asia - Australia Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University Link MA Masters of Human Rights Education 18 months
    Asia - Australia Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University Link MA Masters of Human Rights Practice 18 months
    Asia - Australia Monash Link LL.M. Master of Laws (Human Rights) 1 year
    Asia - China Hong Kong Link LL.M. Master of Laws in Human Rights 1 year
    Asia - India Indian Society for International Law, New Delhi Link Diploma Human Rights, Humanitarian and Refugee Law 2 semesters
    Asia - Nepal Kathmandu School of Law Link MA MA in Human Rights 1 year
    Asia - Nepal Kathmandu School of Law Link MA MA in Conflict and International Humanitarian Laws 1 year
    Asia - Nepal Kathmandu School of Law Link LL.M. LL.M. in Human Rights and Gender Justice 1 year
    Asia - Thailand Mahidol Link Masters International Masters of Human Rights and Social Development 1 year
    Middle East - Egypt American University Link Diploma Graduate Diploma in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies 1 year
    Middle East - Egypt American University Link Masters MA International Human Rights Law 2 years
    Europe - multi-site European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation Link E.MA European Master's Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation 1 year
    Europe - Multi-site Seven universities: Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands Main NOHA site MA Master in International Humanitarian Action 16 months
    Europe - Finland Abo Akademi Institute for Human Rights Link LL.M. Masters in International Human Rights Law 2 years
    Europe - Hungary Central European University Link Masters Master of Arts in Human Rights (MA) 1 year
    Europe - Hungary Central European University Link LL.M. Master of Laws in Human Rights (LL.M.) 1 year
    Europe - Ireland Dublin Link Masters MSc Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - Ireland Galway Link LL.M. LL.M. in International Human Rights Law 1 year
    Europe - Italy Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Link MA Master in Human Rights and Conflict Management 1 year
    Europe - Malta University Malta Link Masters Mediterranean Master's Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation 1 year
    Europe - Netherlands Utrecht Link Masters MA Conflict Studies and Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - Netherlands Utrecht Link LL.M. LL.M. International and European Protection of Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - Norway Oslo Link Masters Master of Philosophy in the Theory and Practice of Human Rights 2 years
    Europe - Spain Instituto de Derechos Humanos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Link Phd Postgrado en Estudios Avanzados en Derechos Humanos 2 years
    Europe - Spain Instituto de Derechos Humanos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Link MA Master en Derechos Fundamentales 1 year
    Europe - Spain Deusto University, Pedro Arrupe Human Rights Institute Eng - Spa Phd Migration and Conflicts in a Global Society
    Europe - Sweden Lund Link LL.M. LL.M. in International Human Rights Law 1 year
    Europe - Switzerland Institut Universitaire Kurt Bosch, Sion Link LL.M. Master of Advanced Studies in Children's Rights (MCR) 1 year
    Europe - Switzerland CUDIH Geneva Link LL.M. Master in Advanced Studies in IHL 1 year
    Europe - Switzerland Geneva Link Masters Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Action 1 year
    Europe - UK Aberdeen Link LL.M. LL.M. Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - UK Aberdeen Link LL.M. LL.M. in Human Rights and Criminal Justice 1 year
    Europe - UK Belfast University Link Masters LL.M./MSSc in Human Rights and Criminal Justice 1 year
    Europe - UK Belfast University Link LL.M. LL.M. in Human Rights Law 1 year
    Europe - UK Birkbeck Link Masters Human Rights (MA / LL.M.) 1 year
    Europe - UK Birmingham Link Masters Masters in Human Rights and Human Values 1 year
    Europe - UK UCE Birmingham Link LL.M. LL.M. in International Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - UK Bristol Link LL.M. The International Human Rights LLM 1 year
    Europe - UK Brunel Link LL.M. International Human Rights Law LL.M. and Diploma 1 year
    Europe - UK City University London Link Masters MA in Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - UK Edinburgh University Link LL.M. LL.M. in European and International Human Rights Law 1 year
    Europe - UK City University London Link LL.M. LL.M. International Human Rights Law 1 year
    Europe - UK Coventry Link LL.M. LL.M. International Law & Human Rights LLM degree 1 year
    Europe - UK Coventry Link LL.M. Human Rights &/or Criminal Justice LL.M. degree 1 year
    Europe - UK Essex Link LL.M. LL.M. in Health Care Law and Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - UK Essex Link Masters LL.M. International Human Rights Law 1 year
    Europe - UK Essex Link Masters MA in the Theory and Practice of Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - UK Glasgow Link Masters MSc Human Rights & International Politics 1 year
    Europe - UK Glasgow Link LL.M. LL.M. and Postgraduate Diploma in Human Rights Law 1 year
    Europe - UK Glasgow Link LL.M. LL.M. Human Rights Law 1 year
    Europe - UK Hull Link LL.M. LL.M. in Human Rights and Criminology 1 year
    Europe - UK Hull Link LL.M. LL.M. in International Human Rights Law 1 year
    Europe - UK Institute of Commonwealth Studies Link Masters MA Understanding and Securing Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - UK Keele Link Masters Masters Gender, Sexuality & Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - UK Keele Link Masters Masters Human Rights, Globalisation and Justice 1 year
    Europe - UK Kent Link Masters MA in Public International Law 1 year
    Europe - UK Kingston Link Masters MA Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - UK Lancaster Link LL.M. LL.M. in International Human Rights & Humanitarian Law 1 year
    Europe - UK Leeds Link LL.M. LL.M. International & European Human Rights Law 1 year
    Europe - UK Leicester Link LL.M. LL.M. (Human Rights) 1 year
    Europe - UK London Metropolitan Link Masters Masters Human Rights and Social Justice 1 year
    Europe - UK London Metropolitan Link LL.M. LL.M. Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - UK LSE Link Masters MSc Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - UK LSE Link LL.M. LL.M. Master of Laws 1 year
    Europe - UK Manchester Link Masters MA in Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - UK Nottingham Link LL.M. Master of Laws (LL.M.) 1 year
    Europe - UK Oxford Link Masters Masters in International Human Rights Law (part time) 25 months
    Europe - UK Oxford Brookes Univerity Link MA MA Humanitarian and Development Practice 1 year
    Europe - UK Roehampton Link Masters MA Religion and Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - UK SOAS Link Masters MA in Human Rights Law 1 year
    Europe - UK Strathclyde Link Masters LL.M. LL.M. Human Rights Law 1 year
    Europe - UK Sussex Link Masters MA Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - UK Swansea Link Masters Masters in Development and Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - UK UCL Link Masters MA Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - UK UCL Link Masters MSc in Democracy and Democratisation 1 year
    Europe - UK UCL Link LL.M. Masters of Law (LL.M.) 1 year
    Europe - UK Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster Link LL.M. LL.M. Human Rights Law 1 year
    Europe - UK University East London Link Certificate Certificate in Advocacy 1 year
    Europe - UK University East London Link Masters MA Refugee Studies 1 year
    Europe - UK University East London Link LL.M. LL.M. Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - UK Warwick Link LL.M. LL.M. International Development Law and Human Rights 1 year
    Europe - UK / Ireland Queen's University, Belfast - Galway University Belfast - Galway Masters LL.M. in Human Rights (Cross Border) 1 year
    Europe - UK / Ireland Queen's University, Belfast - Galway University Belfast - Galway Masters LL.M. in Human Rights and Criminal Justice (Cross Border) 1 year


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