Human Rights Law MRes

Queen Mary University of London

This Human Rights Law MRes is an engaging pre-doctoral training programme designed to provide a critical, research-led approach to the study of aspects of human rights law. Focus on areas that are at the forefront of human rights and utilise academic knowledge to contribute to its progressive development. This MRes is an ideal preparation for those wishing to pursue more advanced research in Human Rights Law. Alongside a suite of modules offered in conjunction with the School’s LLM, this programme includes core modules in research design and qualitative and quantitative methods. There are taken jointly with social science students from a range of disciplines across Queen Mary, King’s College London and Imperial College London, as part of the training offered by the ESRC-funded London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership. You will be introduced to the institutions, standards and case law which structure human rights law. There is a focus on key issues such as socio-economic rights rights of women international child rights and the crimes of the powerful. You'll also debate the uses of universality and cultural relativism in relation to human rights.Career pathsThere is a very high rate of employment of our students within six months of graduation. We have specialist career advisers who organise events and assist with finding internship opportunities at UK and international law firms and other employers.Graduates of this programme have gone to work as:lawyers in supreme courts of countries including Pakistan.advocates in human rights organisations such as the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy.

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