Facts & figures
Master in Laws (LL.M.)
English
Program
The goal of the program is to shape internationally renowned legal experts who are ready to take challenges in global scale and confident to handle complex issues in international regulatory environment with high level of confidence.
Human Rights have become a significant part of the legal order of the European Union, accompanied with an ever growing social need for better protection. Internationally agreed human rights principles and standards now also increasingly influence economic policy formation.
Constantly ranked in the top tier of Law Schools in Central-Europe, the Faculty of Law, ELTE launches a program in European Human Rights to bring together leading scholars, lawyers and policy makers. Starting from 2016 September, our European Human Rights program focuses on complex and creative problem solving in the field of human rights law and wishes to enable students to take new approaches in human rights litigation on various European fora.
Globalisation has prompted interest in deepening understanding of the relationship between human rights and traditional areas of law. Important efforts have already been made by various international organisations to disentangle the links between ethics, human rights, development and economics.
Human rights advocates can bring rights-based approach not only to strive for higher level protection, but also to bring about better economic and developmental results, thereby instrumentalising human rights values and concepts.
We provide a vibrant, international environment where participants work under the supervision of internationally recognized experts. After graduation they will be able to confidently deliver legal solutions to multifaceted human rights issues or create tailor-made prevention tools to avoid human rights abuses.
Our leading scholars seek to foster an encouraging learning environment to support legal professionals who are frequently facing new challenges.
Structure
Career
Our distinguished program prepares students for outstanding careers in human rights litigation practices, government, academia, business, public policy, international and local NGOs.
Students successfully graduated from the program will be entitled to use an LL.M. title according to the regulations of Act on National Tertiary Education of Hungary. (Act No CCIV of 2011).
- Lawyer specialized in human rights
- Legal expert of human rights
Admissions
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| Tuition fee/semester | 1,000 EUR | 1,000 EUR |
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This is a second master degree program so applicants have to be in the posession of a MA degree (or a degree equivalent to a master level degree) in law. The language of tuition is English so an at least B2 level of English proficiency is also required.
| Document | Comment |
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| Online application form | - |
| Master-level degree | An official English version/translation of the law diploma (Degree accepted for admission: legal master degree or legal degree equal to a legal master degree) |
| Motivation letter | In English |
| Language certificate | Minimum B2 level English language certificate |
The application starts in the online application system. Students need to register in the system, fill in the online application form, upload the required documents and follow the instructions during the application process.
There is no entrance exam, decisions are made upon the provided documents.
Materials sent by postal mail, electronic mail or fax are not considered. The Faculty of Law does not return application documents, or provide copies thereof under any circumstances.
The decisions are made by the Admission Committee of the Faculty within a month after the application deadline.
All applicants are notified in written form about the outcome of their applications.
Entrance examination and selection process:
No entrance examination is organized. The decision is based on the submitted materials
Contacts
Dr. Sára HUNGLER
Assistant Professor
E-mail: llm-admin@ajk.elte.hu
Postal address: 1053 Budapest, Egyetem tér 1-3
Prof. Dr. Pál SONNEVEND
Head of InternatIonal Law Department
The courses take place every second week (Friday and Saturday), allowing professionals to adjust their schedule to the curriculum and also to attend the classes online.
Applicants have to be in the possession of a master’s degree in law as this is a second master program.
The courses take place every second week (Friday and Saturday), allowing professionals to adjust their schedule to the curriculum and also to attend the classes online.
Applicants have to be in the possession of a master’s degree in law as this is a second master program.
The work schedule of the program is part time: correspondence program
The programme lasts two semesters, with teaching taking place over seven weekends per semester (between September – December and February – May). Teaching days are Fridays and Saturdays, all day long. Each semester provides 60 credits (equivalent to approximately 120 × 45-minute sessions, depending on the specific subjects), with six exams per semester. Altogether, students earn 120 ECTS credits and complete 11–12 exams throughout the programme. Progression to the second semester is conditional on the successful completion of the first semester’s exams.
Attendance in person is not mandatory. All classes can be followed via Teams or Zoom. Assignments and exams are conducted online (via Teams, Moodle, or Canvas). The programme concludes in the last week of June with a final exam, the only occasion that requires in-person attendance.
Semester I.
Human Rights Protection - General Overview and Criticial Approaches
The Operational Mechanisms of the European Union and its Importance for Human Rights Protection
English Legal Writing
Fundamental Human Rights in the European Union and the procedure of the European Court of Human Rights
Overview on the European Convention of Human Rights and The Institutional System and Practice of the European Social Charter
Human Rights Instruments of the Council of Europe and their enforcement mechanisms
Comparative Analysis of the National Constitutional Mechanisms of Human Rights Protection
Sociology of Human Rights
Semester II.
Citizens’ Rights in the European Union and the European Convention of Human Rights
The Right to Property and Related Economic Rights; Labour Rights as Human Rights
Constitutional Interpretation
The prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; European Criminal Law
Freedom of Religion and the Status of Churches in Europe
Communicative Freedoms in the European Union and in the European Convention of Human Rights; Privacy Protection in the EU and Council of Europe
International and European Refugee Law and Minority
Equal Treatment and Prohibition of Discrimination
Right to Justice; Human Rights and the Sociology of Jurisdiction
The Right to Liberty and Security
Transitional Justice
Human Rights and Private Law relations
The Right to Peace
Environmental Protection in the European Union
Business and Human Rights
Thesis degree
Optional lecture (Transitional Justice)