International Humanitarian and Security Law

Reflecting Canada’s bilingual and trijuridical legal system (civil law, common law, aboriginal law), as well as its location in Canada’s Capital, the Faculty of Law offers graduate programs leading to a master’s degree and a doctoral degree in Law.

The graduate studies in law are a joint endeavour of the Common Law and Civil Law Sections. We welcome law graduates from both legal systems and from countries around the world. Courses are offered in English or in French, and occasionally in both languages. Students may readily complete their graduate studies while learning something of Canada's other legal and linguistic traditions.

The programs are offered in English and in French, and sometimes in a combination of both. In accordance with University of Ottawa Policy, examinations, assignments and the research paper or thesis may be written in either English or French. 

For the Master of Laws degree (LLM), we offer both a thesis option and a research paper option. While students can pursue these options in any subject, we particularly emphasize the following two fields as well as the fields associated with our six concentrations described below:

• International law; and
• Human rights law.

In the context of the master's with research paper, students have a choice of six concentrations:

• International Humanitarian and Security Law;
• Global Sustainability and Environmental Law;
• Law and Social Justice;
• Law and Technology;
• Notarial Law; and
• International Trade and Investment Law.

• CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN LAW
• LEGAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
• LEGAL RESEARCH SEMINAR
• CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN LAW
• SPECIAL TOPICS IN LAW
• SPECIAL TOPICS IN LAW
• JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP
• LEGAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND THEORY
• STUDIES IN INDIGENOUS LEGAL ISSUES
• ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL LAW
• LAW AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
• INDIGENOUS LEGAL THEORY: WORLDVIEW, LANGUAGE, AND LEGAL CONCEPTS
• ADVANCED HUMAN RIGHTS
• STUDIES IN HUMAN RIGHTS I 
• STUDIES IN HUMAN RIGHTS II 
• STUDIES IN HUMAN RIGHTS III 
• INDIGENOUS LAW CLINIC
• LEGAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
• STUDIES IN INDIGENOUS LEGAL ISSUES
• COMPARATIVE INDIGENOUS RIGHTS / LEGAL REGIMES
• STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
• INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
• INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW: CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES
• LAW AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
• LAW, POLITICS AND ECONOMICS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
• NATIONAL SECURITY LAW
• INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AND SECURITY LAW INTERNSHIP

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Law
• Application Fee:$100.00 ($CDN non-refundable)
• 2 Recommendation letter(s)
• Transcript
• Proof of proficiency in your program's language of instruction, in the case of applicants whose first language is neither English nor French
  Language proficiency test scores equivalencies:TOEFL 600 (Paper-based), TOEFL 100 (Internet-based)
• Letter of Intent
• Resume
• Description of your research project (500 words)

Scholarships

• Full/Partial FGPS Scholarship
• Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS)