Master of Laws (LLM) in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa

Master of Laws (LLM) in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa

4 Regional Human Rights Programmes in the World

1 Academic year full time

1 Academic year full time

• 30 hours of lectures per week (human rights, political science, French, English or Portuguese)

• Lecturers top human rights academics and practitioners from around the world (including 7 partners)

• Study visits: Constitutional Court, Human Rights Commission, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Somaliland

1st SemesterUniversity of Pretoria

Lectures

Study visit: Rwanda

Study visit: Sierra Leone

Study visit: Somaliland

University of Pretoria, South Africa

2nd Semesterpartner universities

• Attend human rights courses

of partner institutions• Write dissertations• Serve attachments

Partners

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

American University, Cairo

University of Ghana

Catholic University of Central Africa, Cameroon

Makerere University, Uganda

Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique

University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Internships

• International Criminal Tribunals for former Yugoslavia and Rwanda

• African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights• European Court of Human Rights• South African Parliament• International Criminal Court• Organisation of African Unity/African Union• Constitutional Court of South Africa• UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Doctoral studies

• Serve as tutors on the LLM programme

• Completed doctorates: 8(Pretoria, Khartoum, Notre Dame, Western Cape)

• Currently registered doctorates: 13(Pretoria, Cambridge, Glasgow, Hong Kong, Witwatersrand, Åbo Akademi)

Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria

Alumni

Alumni Current Occupations

Through the Internet / email from CHR / alumni newsletter:

• Receive updates on human rights opportunities worldwide (jobs, conferences, research opportunities)

• Attend short courses at the CHR• Stay in touch with each other

Alumni

Alumnus at work(Special court for Sierra Leone)

17 Alumni at the 2006 African Commission Session

Class of 2000

Class of 2001

Class of 2002

Class of 2003

Class of 2004

Class of 2005

Some Spin-Offs of the LLM Programme

Human Rights Law In Africa:Reference Guide

African Human Rights Law Reports

African Human Rights Law Journal

Compendium of Key Human Rights Documents of the African Union

Oliver R Tambo Law Library

Oliver R Tambo Law Library

Donors

• European Union

• DAAD

• Dutch Government

• SIDA (Sweden) through the Raoul Wallenberg Institute

Master of Laws (LLM)

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