This is the only Human Rights and Diplomacy programme in the world taught in partnership with the leading training body of the United Nations: the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). On this MSc programme, students will learn about the practice and theory of human rights laws and politics, the UN human rights institutions, their history and their philosophical foundations. Students will be taught by top human rights researchers and will be given practical training from experienced UN personnel in negotiating draft documents, and learning how to make a difference. The course includes a study visit to Geneva for all students, to observe the Human Rights Council in session. Additionally, in the final three months of the course, students may apply for a highly desirable internship or to pursue projects with human rights organisations or tackle a traditional dissertation.
The MSc contains core modules related to Human Rights as well as a range of option modules to explore issues in more depth. The MSc is taught from January to mid-December, with work in the Autumn on the dissertation or internship at UN Agency or Regional Economic Commission or work on a professional project with national/international human rights institution or NGO.
Semester 1: The MSc combines core modules in Human Rights Practice and Human Rights Theory with a choice from four optional modules.
Semester 2: The additional core modules are Approaches to Human Rights and Skills for the International Human Rights Institutions and Preparation for Independent Work.
Semester 3: Choice from an internship at UN Agency or Regional Economic Commission or work on a professional project with national/international human rights institution or NGO, or academic dissertation.
How to register:
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