Program Overview

LLM HR Program Details

The LLM HR program offers a comprehensive range of courses, including compulsory, designated elective, and capstone courses.

Course List

• LLAW6014: 18-credit dissertation (1st + 2nd semester)
• LLAW6022: Advanced research methodology (1st semester, Tuesday)
• LLAW6034: Human Rights in Hong Kong (2nd semester, Thursday)
• LLAW6036: International criminal law (2nd semester, Monday)
• LLAW6037: International environmental law (2nd semester, Friday)
• LLAW6046A: Privacy and data protection (1st semester, Wednesday, Class A)
• LLAW6046B: Privacy and data protection (2nd semester, Saturday, Class B)
• LLAW6054: 9-credit dissertation (2nd semester)
• LLAW6058: Armed conflict, humanitarian law and human rights (2nd semester, Wednesday)
• LLAW6060: Current Issues in Human Rights (2nd semester, Tuesday)
• LLAW6063: Equality and non-discrimination (2nd semester, Thursday)
• LLAW6068: Human rights: history, theory and politics (2nd semester, Friday)
• LLAW6070: Human rights in the People's Republic of China (1st semester, Friday)
• LLAW6072: International and regional protection of human rights (1st semester, Thursday)
• LLAW6073: International protection of refugees and displaced persons (2nd semester, Wednesday)
• LLAW6109: Public international law (1st semester, Thursday)
• LLAW6144: Rights and remedies in the criminal process (2nd semester, Monday)
• LLAW6153: Business and human rights (June, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday)
• LLAW6156: Comparative constitutional law (June, TBC)
• LLAW6179: Multiculturalism and the law (2nd semester, Tuesday)
• LLAW6182: International organizations (1st semester, Friday)
• LLAW6215: Seminar on Human Rights and Constitutionalism in Asia (2nd semester, Wednesday)
• LLAW6242: Public interest clinic (1st and 2nd semester, Wednesday and Tuesday)
• LLAW6274: The beginning and end of life (1st semester, Thursday)
• LLAW6291: Mental disability and the law (June, Monday, Wednesday, Friday)
• LLAW6307: Hong Kong National Security Law in comparative perspective (June, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday)
• LLAW6316: Transnational criminal law (1st semester, Monday)
• LLAW6318: Public health ethics and law (2nd semester, Tuesday)
• LLAW6339: Transitional Justice (2nd semester, Thursday)

Additional Course Information

Apart from the listed courses, students may choose up to two other electives from the General LLM program, subject to course offering and availability.

Program Structure

The program includes a range of courses, with some offered in specific semesters or with designated schedules. Students should refer to the Regulations and Syllabus and the timetable of their program for detailed and updated course information.