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lalala 
Joined: 21 Jan 2008 Posts: 1 |
Human Rights Law - Essex or Nottingham
Which has a better reputation for a LLM in Human Rights Law - Essex or Nottingham?Tue Jan 22, 2008 09:34 PM |
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| dizzy
Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Posts: 1 |
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I also have the same question as above. I am Canadian and I received several offers from different UK universities and I think my choices are down to Essex and Nottingham. I have never been to either Colchester or Nottingham. Can anyone comment on the University as a whole (ie Accomodations, cost of living, student life, etc) and specifically on the LLM in Human Rights Law? It would be greatly appreciated!
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bsdodge 
Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 6 |
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I am an American with the same question. I have offers from Essex, Nottingham, Lancaster (+ humanitarian law). Which one should I choose and why?Tue Mar 11, 2008 05:25 PM Essex has the reputation for Human Rights. Nottingham has a good overall institutional rating. I am also concerned about job prospects. Do you know what most LLM grads do when they graduate? What kinds of options are there? |
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| VeronicaHA
Joined: 11 Mar 2008 Posts: 1 |
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I am currently undertaking the LLM at Essex and I have to say that I am very pleased about its content, professors and dynamic. It is a real privilege to have Special U.N. Rapporteurs, ICRC advisors, members of the Human Rights Committe and experts on criminal law and the InterAmerican System, teaching us about international human rights law and humanitarian law - more often than not they have been involved in the drafting, advising or litigating in such legislation. Their enthusiasm and support is second to none, no matter how busy they are.Wed Mar 12, 2008 09:26 PM Colchester is a small town but very close to London while definitely cheaper. University accomodation is good and it is always good to live close to campus as one always has study groups and conferences to attend to. The alumni has been succesful in getting interesting and challenging positions and in buiding an active network. Obviously I can not speak of Nottingham, but Essex has a world-wide reputation as an excellent academic institute for human rights. Only last week we had Ambassador de Alba of Mexico, the first President of the Human Rights Council, deliver a speech as part of the Centres 25th Anniversary celebrations. To sum up, you would be crazy not to choose Essex!!! |
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| Besim_hatinoglu
Joined: 25 Apr 2008 Posts: 11 |
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Well, apparently, I can see that you do not have any idea about Nottingham's reputation on Human Rights programme. Sat Apr 26, 2008 09:08 AM Firstly, the School of Law at the University of Nottingham is the only university in England participating European Master's Programme in Human Rights. Secondly, particularly in field operations and prison law, you will be studying with two pre-eminent professors, namely, M O'Flaherty and D Van Zyl Smit. Thirdly, Nottingham's Human Rights Center is the most active research center together with the public procurement group within the School of Law. |
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| bsdodge
Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 6 |
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Thank you for your advice.Sat Apr 26, 2008 04:48 PM I am in fact familiar with the work Mr. O Flaherty has done as a special UN Rapporteur. Nottingham is a great institution, and I am honored to have been offered a place. I have however chosen Essex because it is the better fit for an American non-lawyer like myself. |
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| bsdodge
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Correction: Michael O'Flaherty worked in the high comissioner's office, but not as a UN rapporteur I'm told.
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| Besim_hatinoglu
Joined: 25 Apr 2008 Posts: 11 |
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"Until December 2003, Michael O'Flaherty was a senior research officer at the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. Previous UN postings include, coordination of the Asia and the Pacific programmes at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, establishment of the UN human rights field operations in Sierra Leone and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Secretary of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and UN human rights advisor for implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement. From 2000 to 2002 he chaired the UN reference group on human rights and humanitarian action". Mon Apr 28, 2008 01:01 AM |
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| tvh2005
Joined: 26 Apr 2007 Posts: 9 |
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I've chosen Essex without hesitation. Over the course of investigating my LL.M. for the past two years, Essex is continually recommended by professors and jurists I've interacted with for several reasons:Wed May 07, 2008 05:20 AM 1. Job opportunities. Several people have commented on the ability of Essex grads to get highly competitive jobs due to the extensive network of Essex alums. 2. Sir Nigel Rodley, formerly the UN special rapporteur on torture and before that the Head of the Legal and Intergovernmental Organisations Office for Amnesty International, currently serves in the following positions: a member of the UN Human Rights Committee; a Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists; a member of the Board of the European Human Rights Foundation; a founding member and former Executive Committee Vice-Chairman of INTERIGHTS; a member of the Executive Committee of the David Davies Memorial Institute of International Studies; a trustee of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture; a member of a team of experts chosen by the President of Sri Lanka to observe the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into serious Human Rights violations in Sri Lanka. He's also been recognized by the American International Law Society's with its prestigious Goler T. Butcher medal in 2005 (the award recognizes, according to the ASIL website, an individual "for outstanding contributions to the development or effective realization of international human rights law."). 3. Kevin Boyle is currently a member of: the OSCE Advisory Panel on Freedom of Religion and Belief; the Human Rights Liaison Committee, Department of Foreign Affairs Ireland; a member of the editorial board of the Netherlands Quarterly on Human Rights, the European Human Rights Law Review and Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights; and Chair of the International Council of the Minority Rights Group (as of 2007). 4. Paul Hunt, who served as an independent expert on the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1999-2002) and was hten appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the right to the highest attainable standard of health in 2002 for a three year term that was extended in 2005 for a second term of three years (meaning his second term is only expiring this year). 5. Francoise Hampson is a member of the British Institute of Human Rights and a member of the UN subcommittee on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities. 6. In addition to the above, they have highly recognized and published scholars in the areas of economics and human rights, health care rights, and refugee rights. I am highly confident in my choice of Essex. I can't imagine choosing a better school for my studies. |
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| bsdodge
Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 6 |
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Hello. Sun Jun 15, 2008 06:54 AM We are both Americans going to Essex in the Fall. I'm from North Carolina. Where did you go to school and are you a lawyer? Also, I'll be interested to know why you chose the LLM. It will be nice to meet you. |
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