Master of Laws in International and European Law (International and Human Rights Law)

The LLM in International and Human Rights Law is an exciting new programme tailored for students seeking to specialise in the field of public international and human rights law. This specialist LLM provides the students with a solid basis in the form of carefully preselected mandatory course units on human rights and migration law as well as on international public law and sustainable development. At the same time, the curriculum leaves room for the students to choose among many electives in accordance with their career priorities so as to gain expertise on various contemporary topical issues of international and human rights law.

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1 year 60 credits

Faculty of Law and Criminology

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1 General Courses 10

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
The EU and the US Constitutional Orders Compared	1	year	en	Stanislas Adam	4

LLM Lecture Series	1	year	en	Peter Van Elsuwege	3

Seminar: Foreign Chair	1	year	en	Peter Van Elsuwege	3

2 Courses Related to the Main Subject 33

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
International Law and Sustainable Development	1	sem 1	en	An Cliquet	6

Advanced Course on Human Rights	1	sem 1	en	José Gustavo Prieto Munoz	6

2.1 Main Subject Courses to Choice

6

Subscribe to no less than 6 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
International and European Environmental Law	sem 1	en	An Cliquet	6

Selected Issues: European and International Migration Law and Policy	sem 2	en	Ellen Desmet	6

Law of Armed Conflict	sem 1	en	Christian De Cock	4

The European Convention on Human Rights: Theory and Practice	sem 2	en	Eva Brems	4

Critical perspectives on human rights	sem 2	en	Marie-Benedicte Dembour	4

2.2 Master's Dissertation

15

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Master's Dissertation		1	year	en		15

3 Elective Courses 17

Subscribe to 17 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 2 modules from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

3.1 Elective Courses International and Human Rights Law

Subscribe to no more than 17 credit units from the following list, with no more than 1 cours with reference a.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Human Rights in Developing Countries		sem 2	en	Yves Haeck	5

Human Rights in the Americas				Clara Burbano Herrera	4

Human Rights: Multidisciplinary Perspectives	UKV	sem 2	en	Eva Brems	5

Transitional Justice and Human Rights		sem 2	en	Tine Destrooper	4

International Economic Law		sem 2	en	Diederik Bruloot	4

Law of the Sea		sem 1	en	Klaas Willaert	4

Air and Space Law		sem 2	en	Mia Wouters	4

Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in International Law		sem 2	en	Nicolas Angelet	4

International and European Biodiversity Law		sem 2	en	An Cliquet	4

European Media Law		sem 1	en	Eva Lievens	4

European Law & ICT		sem 2	en	Eva Lievens	4

Selected Issues: Cybercrime, Technology and Surveillance		sem 2	en	Eva Lievens	6

European Criminal Policy		sem 2	en	Gert Vermeulen	6

EU Trade Policy		sem 1	en	Guillaume Van der Loo	4

International Business Transactions		sem 1	en	Hans De Wulf	4

International Commercial Arbitration		sem 2	en	Maud Piers	4

Moot Court International Law	a	year	en	Hendrik Schoukens	12

Moot Court International Commercial Arbitration	a	year	en	Maud Piers	12

Moot Court Law of Armed Conflicts	a	year	en	Christian De Cock	6

Human Rights and Migration Law Clinic	a	year	nl,en	Eva Brems	8

Industrial Relations and Fundamental Rights in Companies		sem 1	en	Marc De Vos	6

Diplomatic Law and Multilateral Negotiations		sem 1	en	Anemoon Soete	6

Contemporary Issues of International and European Law		year	en	Inge Govaere	3

3.2 Electives from the Main Subject Courses

Courses to be chosen from the module 'Main Subject Courses to Choice'. Courses taken as a part of the 'Courses Related to the Main Subject' cannot be taken as electives.

Learning outcomes

Possess an advanced knowledge of public international law, its rules, concepts, and core principles as well as the central institutions.

Possess an advanced knowledge of international human rights law, its rules, concepts, and core principles as well as the main international and regional human rights institutions.

Have an in-depth knowledge of specific subdomains of international and human rights law.

Have knowledge of current discussions and problems relating to international and human rights law.

Have knowledge of the political, economic, cultural… factors and context that shape the formation and interpretation of international and human rights law, as well as its implementation.

The ability to use, with scientific rigor, legal texts in English in the process of analysing and solving complex problems.

Formulating a defensible legal reasoning in order to analyse and solve complex legal problems.

The ability to formulate independently and to answer a scientific research question, or to operationalize and answer a given research question.

Identifying and qualifying relevant legal facts and to adequately and critically formulate legal issues in complex cases.

Having knowledge and insight into the comparative study of law.

Being able to assess correctly the value of legal sources and an analysis of these sources.

Being able to make comparative analysis of legal concepts originating from different legal systems.

Having the courage to formulate a creative legal opinion based on analysis and logical reasoning.

Assimilating new and/or evolving legal rules through self-study and an being open towards permanent innovation of legal knowledge and thinking.

Having the attitude of independent study, lifelong learning and professional growth.

Reflecting critically on legal rules de lega lata and to formulate proposals de lega ferenda.

The ability to write a clear scientific legal text or a clear text intended for legal practice, adapted to the target public.

The ability to give an oral presentation and a legally reasoned defence of an assigned or a personal opinion, adapted to the target public.

The ability to work, individually or in team, on the scientific analysis and synthesis of a complex legal question with a sense of responsibility and deontology.

Having an open attitude towards insights of colleagues, also from other areas of expertise, in the approach of legal and multidisciplinary questions.

Participation in academic activities in the field of international and European law and its complementary sciences.

Having an open attitude towards and knowledge of the basic techniques of alternative dispute resolution, such as negotiation, mediation and arbitration.

Awareness of the social responsibility of lawyers, also with regard to sustainable development issues.

Ability to assess the legal implications of new social and technological evolutions for the practice and science of law.

Respect for integrity, deontology, and the competence to integrate these norms in scientific work and in the functioning as a starting legal professional.

Creative integration of social engagement in scientific work and in the functioning as a starting legal professional.

Integration of cultural sensitivity and respect for diversity, pluralism and tolerance in scientific work and in the functioning as a starting legal professional.