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Our PhD Human Rights was established to meet the demands of our students who have an established interest in human rights and wish to pursue doctoral research which goes beyond a single academic discipline but includes a distinct multi and interdisciplinary perspective. Supervision is available across a broad range of academic interests in human rights and our research is wide-ranging and in-depth.

For our PhD Human Rights and Research Methods, we offer supervision in all areas of staff expertise including: domestic protection of international human rights standards; free speech and law; health and human rights; human rights law; international law of armed conflicts; international of peace keeping; international humanitarian law; UK human rights; and UN international organisation law. Our former PhD students have gone on to work in legal practice, commerce and industry, the non-governmental organisation sector and academia, including the academic community in Essex Law School.

On our BA Journalism with Human Rights learn about the fundamental principles and practices which underpin the protection and promotion of human rights.

Our LLB Law with Criminology provides you with a rigorous academic training in the discipline of law integrated with criminology.

LLB Law and Human Rights develops your critical awareness of the nature of law within its social, political, sociological, economic and historical contexts

Situations of armed conflict and acute crisis affects the lives of millions of people globally. How does international law regulate the conduct of hostilities?

Our LLM International Human Rights Law is the oldest established human rights law course in Europe, and reflects our University's global reputation.

Our ground-breaking LLM Economic, Social and Cultural Rights builds on our distinctive expertise and reputation of working on the protection of economic, social and cultural rights in countries around the world and at the United Nations. We combine cutting-edge scholarship and practice on the legal aspects of realising economic, social and cultural rights, with the latest thinking in the implementation of these rights.

MA Theory and Practice of Human Rights, examines the history, theoretical development and implementation of human rights.

BA Philosophy with Human Rights brings philosophy together with one of its most powerful practical ideas: that all human beings have the same rights.