International Human Rights Law LLM is a unique programme designed to enable students to progress to become human rights practitioners and specialists in this dynamic area of law. Students will be expected to critically engage with many of the human rights issues that feature strongly in public debate today, and gain a deep understanding of international human rights law, as well as its interconnection with international criminal and comparative criminal law. This course places particular emphasis on the radical transformations that international human rights law has experienced since the beginning of the 21st century, with the genesis of the International Criminal Court, the on-going process of the United Nations reform and the post 9/11 shift to a more securitarian approach to criminal process values, especially regarding the war against terror. This course offers a detailed analysis of the theory, history and development of human rights, and an examination of the main regional mechanisms of human rights protection. Further, it provides an overview of a variety of contemporary human rights topics, including the examination of major developments and recent tendencies in the field of international human rights protection. Several contemporary topics and challenges of international human rights protection are examined, including the emergence of the right to development and the so-called third- generation rights; human rights advocacy and global governance though NGOs and non-State actors; the crystallisation of group rights, minorities and indigenous peoples’ rights; the challenges posed to international human rights law by international migration and the enhanced need of protection of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees; women’s rights and the rights of the child, including protection against victims of human trafficking; the crystallisation of general equality and the development of human rights advocacy for sexual and gay rights. Brunel Law School has an excellent reputation in this field. The International Human Rights Law Review - a peer-reviewed international journal - is edited at Brunel Law School. The School is able to attract a number of leading guest speakers to support further debate and learning’s around the complexity of human rights, and provides students with a wider variety of perspectives particularly in the international context. This is a challenging programme that is at the forefront of thinking in International Human Rights Law. It is taught by leading academics with a wide range of expertise in human rights practice, policy, activism and governmental, international and non-governmental organisations. As a result, the programme is research-led, and some of the reading required for the programme is based on books published by our academics (see list below). The programme is available full-time: September (12 months) January (15 months due to dissertation submission requirements) And also part-time: September (24 months) January (27 months due to dissertation submission requirements) The course is aimed at graduates from all over the world who are keen to develop an expertise in the evolving discipline and develop a career in international human rights law. Publications from Brunel Law Lecturers: Ilias Bantekas, International Human Rights Law and Practice, Cambridge University Press, 2013. Javaid Rehman, International Human Rights Law, Longman, 2010. Ben Chigara, Southern African Development Community Land Issues: Towards A New Sustainable Land Relations Policy, Routledge,2012. Manisuli Senyonjo, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in International Law, Hart Publishing, 2009; International Human Rights Law, Ashgate, 2010; The African Regional Human Rights System, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2012. Ayesha Shahid, Silent Voices, Untold Stories: Women Domestic Workers in Pakistan and their Struggle for Empowerment, Oxford University Press, 2010. Andreas Dimopoulos, Persons Issues in Human Rights Protection of Intellectually Disabled Persons, Ashgate, 2010. Alexandra Xanthaki, Indigenous Rights and United Nations Standards: Self-determination, Culture and Land, Cambridge University Press, 2007. Ben Chigara, Amnesty in International Law: The Legality under International Law of National Amnesty Laws, Longman, 2002. Aims To enable graduates to develop an expertise in the corpus and complexities of international human rights law. To equip graduates with critical and analytical skills in the complex field of international human rights law. To enable graduates to demonstrate through original research the application of knowledge, practical understanding and critical appreciation that can contribute to the discourse on international human rights law. To provide graduates with the professional skills required to develop a career in international human rights law. To provide gradutates with a detailed knowledge of the European system of human rights protection in particular, both at a theoretical and practical level, including the ability to handle cases before the European Court of Human Rights.

Brunel University has always placed great emphasis on developing graduates who can be innovative, adding value to society through their work. Brunel students become the kind of graduates whom employers want to recruit and as a result they currently enjoy one of the highest starting salaries in the UK. This success is down to several factors: creative and forward-looking subjects an award-winning careers service the entrepreneurial spirit Careers Brunel University has always placed great emphasis on developing graduates who can be innovative, adding value to society through their work. Brunel students become the kind of graduates whom employers want to recruit and as a result they currently enjoy the 13th highest starting salaries in the UK. This success is down to several factors: combining academic study with work experience creative and forward-looking subjects an award-winning careers service working while they study the entrepreneurial spirit The human rights programme is suitable for students who are looking for career opportunities in human rights advocacy or in governmental and non-governmental human rights organisations at the national and international level, as well as for students interested in pursuing an academic career. Many choose to move from the LLM to progress as PHD student, and the academic excellence associated with the programme has meant that some LLM dissertations have been published.