Law and Human Rights - LLB (Hons)

Birkbeck, University of London

On the LLB Law and Human Rights, you will gain skills, knowledge, insight and experience from our expert academics and practitioners in the fields of human rights and public law. The world of human rights is vast and changing quickly. At the start of this degree, you will study the introductory human rights course that covers basic principles, treaties and cases in the area of human rights. Then you will study more advanced modules on specific topics such as migration, medical ethics, immigration, international law, labour law, political violence, social welfare and armed conflict, among others. You may also choose to complete your final research project on a topic of human rights. In addition to foundational legal reasoning skills, on this human rights-focused law degree you will also develop:knowledge of the relationship between national and international lawsan understanding of what it may mean in practice to have to balance conflicting concepts of justicethe ability to assess the wider social, historical and political dimensions of rights-based social movements.Start Date: October 2024 Duration: Three years