Human rights abuses still occur, despite growing numbers of international treaties and organisations dedicated to their eradication. The LLM in International Human Rights Law and Practice engages you in a critical, nuanced and interdisciplinary examination of this paradox.<br><br>You'll learn about issues central to the work of human rights scholars and practitioners including states and non-state actors as perpetrators and duty-bearers, standard-setting versus implementation, and the interaction between law, policy and advocacy at local, regional and global levels. Whether you are a mid-career professional or recent graduate, our LLM enables you to acquire the substantive knowledge, versatile skills and valuable networks necessary to work in the human rights field.<br><br>The LLM International Human Rights Law and Practice is distinctive because you will:<br><br>work on real human rights issues in partnership with international and local NGOs, UN mechanisms or governmental bodies,<br>undertake fieldwork and acquire valuable socio-legal skills,<br>learn from the experiences of human rights defenders based at the Centre for Applied Human Rights and from the interactions with an international student body,<br>benefit from the interdisciplinary expertise of staff at the Centre for Applied Human Rights and York Law School whose research informs teaching and shapes international policy.