Cross Border LLM in Human Rights and Cross Border MSSc/LLM in Human Rights and Criminal Justice

These courses are provided jointly by Faculty of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway and School of Law, Queen's University Belfast.

Introduction

The Faculty of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway and The School of Law, Queen's University Belfast have established two exciting new Masters programmes. These programmes, the first such law programmes in Ireland, will entail students attending classes for one semester in Galway, one semester in Belfast, and spending a summer in either location completing their dissertation.

Applications

Cross border applications should be submitted to the Queen's University of Belfast and students should note that the deadline for the cross border programme is earlier than that for the Irish Centre's LLM programme. Please refer to their website for additional information and the application form.

Background

The Galway Law Faculty has also been involved in teaching and research of law since the mid-nineteenth century. The Faculty provides a number of undergraduate programmes. In addition, since the Faculty provides a post graduate LLM in International Human Rights Law. Teaching and Research in Human Rights Law is carried out under the auspices of the Irish Centre of Human Rights within the Faculty established in 1999. 

Members of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at Galway involved in teaching on the Masters' programmes are:

Dr. Kathleen Cavanaugh: Lecturer in Law
Dr. Shane Darcy: Lecturer in Law
Dr. Vinodh Jaichand: Lecturer in Law 
Dr.  Noam Lubell: Lecturer in Law
Dr .Ray Murphy: Lecturer in Law
Professor William Schabas: Professor of Human Rights Law & Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights

Law has been studied and taught at Queens since 1845. As well as a range of undergraduate programmes, Queens Law School already provides a range of post graduate courses in Human Rights, Criminology and Governance. With the Law School, human rights teaching and research has been carried out under the auspices of the Centre for Human Rights since 1990. Within the field of criminology and criminal justice, teaching and research is carried out under the auspices of the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, established in 1995.

Members of the Centre for Human Rights and Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Queens involved in teaching on the Masters' programmes
are:

Dr. Graham Ellison: Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Ms. Ruth Jaimeson: Lecturer in Crimonlogy and Criminal Justice

In Human Rights:

Professor Brice Dickson: Director Human Rights Centre,Professor of Law
Dr. Jean Allain:  Reader in Public International Law
Dr. Rory O'Connell: Lecturer in Law

Course Organisation

Students will be required to spend Semester I (Oct-Dec) in Belfast and Semester II (Jan-April)in Galway. In the third and final semester (summer), the student can opt to complete his/her dissertation in either location. Students will be required to complete a combination of compulsory and elective modules as well as their dissertation in order to complete the degree/s.

Cross Border LLM in Human Rights Law

Students are required to take the compulsory module in Human Rights Law and choose one of the following:

• Nature of Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict 
• Equality Law

S emester Two (Galway):

Students must choose modules to the value of 30 credits from the following (courses each year are subjec to change, but may include the following) :

• Conflict & Post Conflict Studies (15 credits)
• African and Inter-American Regional Systems of Protecting Human Rights
• International Humanitarian Law & Human Rights (15 credits)
• Counter-Terrorism & Human Rights (7.5 credits)
• Human Rights in the Domestic Sphere (7.5 credits)
• European Union and Human Rights (7.5 credits)
• Refugee Protection (7.5 credits)
• Rights of the Child (7.5 credits)
• Alternatives to International Criminal Prosecution (7.5 credits)
• Genocide (7.5 credits)
• Business & Human Rights (7.5 credits)
• Procedure before International Criminal Prosecution (7.5 credits)
• Transitional Justice (7.5 credits)
• Minority Rights (7.5 credits)
• Right to Development (7.5 credits)
• How to Argue with an Economist (7.5 credits)

Dissertation (completed during the summer) at either institution (30 credits)

Cross Border LLM/MSSc in Human Rights and Criminal Justice

Students are required to take the following compulsory modules:

• Human Rights Law
• Criminal Justice Processes 

S emester Two (Galway):

Students must choose modules to the value of 30 credits from the following (courses each year are subject to change, but may include) :

• Conflict & Post Conflict Studies (15 credits)
• International Humanitarian Law & Human Rights (15 credits)
• Counter-Terrorism & Human Rights (7.5 credits)
• Refugee Protection (7.5 credits)
• Rights of the Child (7.5 credits)
• Alternatives to International Criminal Prosecution (7.5 credits)
• Genocide (7.5 credits)
• Business & Human Rights (7.5 credits)
• Procedure before International Criminal Prosecution (7.5 credits)
• Minority Rights (7.5 credits)
• Contemporary Themes in International Criminal Law II (7.5 credits)   

Dissertation (completed during the summer) at either institution (30 credits)

Assessment

All courses are primarily assessed by way of an essay. Dissertations are 20,000 words.

Entrance Requirements

For the LLM in Human Rights Law applicants must normally have a good second class law degree. For the LLM/MSSc. in Human Rights and Criminal Justice applicants must normally have a good second class degree in a relevant social science (e.g. law, sociology, psychology, etc.). Previous experience in a relevant legal or criminal justice setting may be taken into account.

Scholarships available for full time LL.M. students from Northern Ireland & for Cross Border LL.M. Students

Two Universities Ireland Masters scholarships have been announced worth €20,000 each. These scholarships are open to students who are currently enrolled in a higher level institution in either Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland and who will be undertaking the Cross Border Programme between the Queen’s University of Belfast and NUI, Galway in the Irish Centre for Human Rights OR for a student coming from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland intending to undertake the full time LLM course with the ICHR.   Additional information and application information are available.

Contact Addresses

For further information please contact:

National University of Ireland, Galway:	Queen's University Belfast:
Irish Centre for Human Rights National University of Ireland Galway	Postgraduate Secretary  School of Law Queen's University Belfast Belfast BT7 1NN
Tel: (00353) 91 493948 Fax: (00353) 91 494575 Email: humanrightsnuigalway.ie	Tel: (44) 028 9027 3460 Fax: (44) 028 9027 3376 Email: pglawenquiriesqub.ac.uk

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