作为学术研究领域，人权涉及许多学科。它位于法律，政治科学，神学和历史的中心。该课程旨在为您提供更广泛的政治背景下的国际人权法的理论和实践理解，特别强调人权与解决冲突之间的关系。您将能够探讨人权在全球范围内以及促进和执行人权的国际和国内机制的作用，同时关注学术辩论如何与人权实践联系起来。该大学是司法，卫生，发展，环境与社会，农业和粮食安全领域五个紧密合作的全球研究院的所在地，它们共同应对跨越民用，政治，社会，经济和文化领域的重大全球挑战权利。
As a field of academic study, human rights cuts across a wide variety of disciplines. It sits at the heart of law, political science, theology and history.<br><br>This programme is designed to provide you with a theoretical and practical understanding of international human rights law in its broader political context, such as the relationship between human rights and conflict resolution.<br><br>You will be able to explore the role of human rights globally and the international and national machinery that promotes and enforces rights, while focusing on how academic debates connect to the evolution and practice of human rights.<br><br>The University is home to a number of research centres and networks in the areas of justice, health, development, environment and society, and agriculture and food security. Each of these contribute to the ways in which we address crucial global challenges that span the ambit of civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights. These centres offer opportunities to further develop your understanding of different aspects of human rights or to peak your interest in new areas.