Public International Law Addis Ababa University

Overview

Given the objectives of the Public International Law program at Addis Ababa University, it is expected that the graduates will be highly trained specialist lawyers equipped with up-to-date knowledge in international law able to analyze and formulate legal policy, to undertake high-level professional research, legal practice, teaching and consultancy.

Key features

The LL.M in Public International Law is a one-and-a-half-year regular program (three years in the extension program) that studies diverse areas of public international law to build the knowledge, research, consultancy and teaching capabilities of the students in current international law matters.

Graduates are expected to:

• foster the national effort to develop the domestic economy under the free market principle;
• engage with and enhance the dynamism in the public life of Ethiopians which is being progressively intensified following the implementation of decentralized form of government and a new set of constitutional and administrative values;
• ensure that national interests are articulated, developed, asserted and defended effectively and sufficiently as the country enters the global world more forcefully;
• help entrench the efforts to promote, protect, and enforce human rights not only in Ethiopia but also at regional and international levels; and
• undertake high level research, legal practice and conduct teaching and consultancy services at higher education institutions in public international law.