Human Rights Law and Transitional Justice - LLM

The Transitional Justice Institute offers an LLM course that provides students with a unique perspective on human rights law and transitional justice. The course uses the local political and legal context in Northern Ireland to teach students international norms and principles. It encourages students to critically reflect on these norms and their application in other contexts. The course aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills to contribute internationally and locally, focusing on the transformative possibilities of human rights law in societies emerging from violent conflict and managing local and global societal problems. This dual focus aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills to contribute internationally and locally.

A second class Honours degree or above or equivalent recognised qualification in Law, Social Sciences, Humanities or a cognate discipline. Allowance may be made for special qualifications, experience and background, and students with other academic backgrounds will be considered, where applicants can demonstrate their ability to undertake the programme through the accreditation of prior experiential learning (APEL) or accreditation of prior learning (APL).

English language requirements for international applicants
The minimum requirement for this course is Academic IELTS 6.0 with no band score less than 5.5. Trinity ISE: Pass at level III also meets this requirement for Tier 4 visa purposes.

Successful completion of the LLM

Previous graduates have gone onto positions in the local human rights sector and public sector in Northern Ireland, to legal practice in areas related to the LLM and to PhD research. Further, previous graduates have secured work in the United Nations and in international non-governmental organisations.