MSc in Human Rights
Programme Code: TMHURI
Department: Sociology
For students starting this programme of study in 2021/22
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
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Course number, title (unit value) | |
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Paper 1 |
SO424 Approaches to Human Rights (1.0) |
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Papers 2 & 3 |
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Optional Courses to the value of 2.0 units from the following: AN436 The Anthropology of Development (0.5) |
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DV418 African Development (0.5) |
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DV420 Complex Emergencies (0.5) |
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DV428 Managing Humanitarianism (0.5) |
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DV462 Forced Migration and Refugees (0.5) |
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EU457 Culture and Security in Global Politics (0.5) |
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EU458 Narrating Migration in a Global Europe (0.5) |
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EU4A2 Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (0.5) |
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GI407 Globalisation, Gender and Development (1.0) (withdrawn 2025/26) |
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GI409 Conceptual Foundations in Gender, Development and Globalization (0.5) # |
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GI413 Gender, Race and Militarisation (0.5) |
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GI420 Feminist Perspectives on Transnational Development (0.5) |
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GI421 Sexuality, Gender and Culture (0.5) |
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GI422 Transnational Sexual Politics (1.0) |
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GI423 Globalisation and Sexuality (0.5) # (withdrawn 2025/26) |
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GI425 Introduction to Gender, Peace and Security (0.5) |
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GV465 War, Peace and the Politics of National Self-Determination (0.5) (withdrawn 2022/23) |
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GV4D7 Dilemmas of Equality (0.5) |
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IR464 The Politics of International Human Rights (0.5) |
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IR466 Genocide (0.5) |
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LL468 European Human Rights Law (0.5) (suspended 2025/26) |
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LL475 Terrorism and the Rule of Law (0.5) |
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LL4A6 Climate Change and International Law (0.5) |
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LL4AR International Criminal Law: Core Crimes and Concepts (0.5) |
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LL4AS International Criminal Law: Prosecution and Practice (0.5) (suspended 2025/26) |
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LL4AW Foundations of International Human Rights Law (0.5) |
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LL4AX Selected Topics in International Human Rights Law (0.5) |
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LL4BA International Law and the Movement of Persons within States (0.5) |
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LL4BB International Law and the Movement of Persons Between States (0.5) |
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LL4C2 World Poverty and Human Rights (0.5) |
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LL4E6 International Dispute Resolution: Courts and Tribunals (0.5) # |
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LL4K4 The International Law of Self-Determination (0.5) (suspended 2025/26) |
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LL4L6 Theory of Constitutional Rights (0.5) (suspended 2025/26) |
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SO457 Political Reconciliation (0.5) |
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SO479 Human Rights and Postcolonial Theory (0.5) |
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SO482 Topics in Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies (0.5) (withdrawn 2022/23) |
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SO490 Contemporary Social Thought (0.5) (suspended 2025/26) |
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SO4B3 Seeing like an NGO: Human Rights in Practice (0.5) (withdrawn 2025/26) |
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SO4B5 The Anticolonial Archive (0.5) |
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SO4B7 Lawful Violence (0.5) |
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SO4B8 Internationalism and Solidarity (0.5) |
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SO4C1 Fascism, Authoritarianism, Populism (0.5) |
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SP416 International Planning and Children's Rights (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25) |
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SP418 Global Social Policy and International Organizations (0.5) |
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SP439 Social Rights and Human Welfare (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25) |
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Paper 4 |
SO496 MSc in Human Rights Dissertation (1.0) |
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Footnotes
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
A: Papers 2 & 3: Registration for these options depends on availability, regulations and the conditions of the outside department. Some further restrictions apply to Law Department options that are part of the LLM degree) Access is not guaranteed for any option.
Note for prospective students:For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.