International Criminal Law (LLM) (1ML10)
The LLM in International Criminal Law provides students with an advanced understanding of the history, structures, law and practice of the various international criminal tribunals and the International Criminal Court.
Students will gain an in-depth knowledge of international criminal law, its component crimes, substantive law and key procedures. Students will also develop an analytical approach to the relationship between other accountability mechanisms, such as truth commissions.
The LLM in International Criminal Law is of interest to those seeking to learn about the growing field of international criminal justice, the role of the International Criminal Court in international affairs and the means for holding to account perpetrators of genocide, and crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Subjects in this course are:-
- Optional LW561: Mental Health Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW562: Regional Disability Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW558: Legal Capacity Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW556: Law and Policy on Independent Living - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW553: Inclusive Education Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW551: Contemporary Challenges in Disability Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW550: Advocacy and Access to Justice - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW548: Human Rights, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5105: Contemporary Issues in International Migration Law - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5106: Economic Social and Cultural Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5107: International Child Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW547: Human Rights Field Work: Law and Practice - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5103: Islam and Human Rights I - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5104: Islam and Human Rights II - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5109: European Migration Law - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5110: International Human Rights Law Clinic - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5111: Business and Human Rights 2 - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5112: Human Rights and Global Governance - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5113: The Common European Asylum System - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5114: International Refugee Law - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW471: International Humanitarian Law - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW417: Contemporary Issues in Human Rights II - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5101: International Disability Human Rights Clinic - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW538: Transitional Justice - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW546: Contemporary Issues in Human Rights III - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW530: Procedure Before International Criminal Courts - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW525: Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW439: Advocacy, Activism and Public Interest Law - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5117: International Human Rights Law - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5118: Public International Law - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5119: The Politics of Law - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5120: European Convention on Human Rights: Law and Politics - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5121: Transnational Lawyering - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5123: International Peace Operations - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW5116: Gender and Human Rights - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW475: Field Experience Assignment - 15 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional LW455: Minority Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Required LW5122: International Criminal Law - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Required LW450: Dissertation - 30 Credits - Semester 1
Overview
INSTITUTION
MODE OF STUDY
Full-time
Part-time
EDUCATION LEVEL
Postgraduate
CATEGORY
Master of Laws (LLM)
Intakes and Duration
September
1 Year (Full-time)
September
2 Years (Part-time)
Fees
Total Fees
€17,240
Entry Requirements
An Honours degree from a recognised institution Minimum of Second Class Honours (Second Division)/2.5/4 CGPA Second Class Honours (First Division)/3/4 CGPA 1st Class Honours/3.5/4 CGPA
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Candidates must be approved by the School of Law. They should preferably hold a Level 8 degree in law or an interdisciplinary degree which includes a substantial law component and in which they have attained a minimum Second Class Honours, Grade 1 standard or its equivalent.
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