Colleges and Universities Offering Master of Laws in Criminal Justice and Human Rights in Ethiopia

Institutions Offering Master of Laws in Criminal Justice and Human Rights

•  Jimma University, Jimma  
  Entry Requirements:
  • The program is open only to candidates who have a minimum of Bachelor Degree in Laws.
  • In order to apply for the admission to the program all applicants must have CGPA of 2.0. The CGPA shall have 40% of the admission points. The applicants are shortlisted for an entrance exam in accordance with the respective order of the marks calculated out of 40% using their CGPA. In case two or more candidates have the same CGPA/marks, the School shall use relevant work experience to differentiate between the applicants.
  • The shortlisted applicants will sit for an entrance examination administered by the School which accounts for 60% of the overall marks.
  • In case the number of applicants who have passed the entrance examination is greater than the places available for the program, the School may through its council meeting decide to give preferences to applicants from public institutions working in the field of human rights and criminal justice system.
  • Only applicants who have obtained 50% of the overall marks (CGPA plus entrance exam) can be admitted to the program.
  • There shall be 10% quota for female applicants.
  The students specializing in the program will obtain advanced knowledge and skills in the area of human rights law and criminal law. In order to ensure this the students will actively engage in each stages of the delivery of the different courses offered in the program through compulsory reading, essay and term-paper writing, group discussions, presentations, seminars and advanced senior theses research. The rigorous assessment methods in each respective course is designed to serve as a built-in mechanism to ensure that students in fact participate actively in the program and hence practically demonstrate the attainment of the necessary competence and skill required from the program. These are all designed to enrich the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary to engage in conducting critical research, policy analysis, adjudication, consultancy, advocacy, and teaching activities in the area of human rights law and criminal law.
•  Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar  
  Course Units:
  Advanced Legal Research Methodology
  Advanced Issues in Criminal Law
  Criminology
  The History, Philosophy and Politics of Human Rights
  Comparative Criminal Justice Policy
  Advanced Criminal Procedure & Criminal Evidence
  International Human Rights Law
  International Humanitarian Law
  Restorative Justice
  International Criminal Law
  Comparative Regional Human Rights Protection System
  Human Rights and Development
  LLM Thesis

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