LLM International Criminal Law
This LLM focuses on the legal frameworks used to investigate and prosecute international crimes, including genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and aggression. Available full-time, part-time and online, it may suit law graduates who want to develop specialist knowledge of international criminal justice, human rights and the institutions involved in prosecuting serious international crimes.
About this course
This LLM examines how international criminal law responds to the most serious crimes of concern to the international community. You will consider crimes against humanity, genocide, war crimes and aggression, alongside the legal grounds that may exclude criminal liability.
The course places current law in its historical and institutional context, covering the Nuremberg Trials, tribunals in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, and the role of the International Criminal Court. You will also explore the relationship between international criminal law and international human rights, including questions around the responsibility to protect and prosecute.
Research methods training and a dissertation provide the opportunity to develop independent legal research, analysis and academic writing. The course also considers legal technology in relation to international criminal law.
What you will study
Core study includes:
• International Criminal Law • Research Methods Training • Dissertation in International Criminal Law
Topics include international criminal law in practice; crimes against humanity; aggression; grounds for excluding liability; the International Criminal Court; international criminal law and human rights; the Nuremberg Trials; genocide; war crimes; tribunals in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia; responsibility to protect and prosecute; and legal technology.
Modules
Terms 1 & 2 (full-time) or 1-4 (part-time)
- International Criminal Law (core)
- Research Methods Training (core)
Term 3 (full-time) or 5 & 6 (part-time)
- Dissertation in International Criminal Law
Assessment
Assessment includes a three-hour unseen written examination, a 4,500-word coursework assignment and a thesis.
Entry requirements
A minimum second-class honours degree is required.
Careers
This course may support progression into judicial review, immigration practice, charity or NGO work, international organisations and policy roles.
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