International Criminal Law

Course Overview

Offered by University of Essex, the LLM International Criminal Law provides a comprehensive postgraduate education in law. Based in Colchester, England, this programme combines theoretical knowledge with practical application, with a 1-year full-time and part-time structure. Every day we hear about new atrocities and mass crimes in all parts of the world. Increasingly, efforts are underway to ensure that the perpetrators of these acts are brought to justice. The field of International Criminal Law, with its historical antecedents in the Nuremberg Tribunal and the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, both established at the end of the Second World War, has been fundamentally transformed in recent decades with the establishment of the International Criminal Court, the creation of numerous ad hoc and specialised tribunals to address mass crimes in a v... International tuition fees are £23,875 per year, home/UK fees are £11,025 per year, and a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 is required for admission. Graduates from this programme benefit from strong career prospects, with 71% student satisfaction rating, a 80% continuation rate, and 72% of graduates in employment or further study.

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