INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMANITARIAN AND CRIMINAL

LAW
LL.M PROGRAM IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
SCHOOL OF LAW AND FEDERALISM
WEEKEND PROGRAM

Topic:
Human Dignity and Human Rights: Exploring the Concept, Linkage, and
Application.

Information
Instructor: Mussie Mezgebo
Assigned Date: 17-18 March 2018
Program and Level: LL.M Degree in international Law
Course Code: IL6031, Academic Year: 2017/2018,
Weight: 10%

Instruction
Type: Individual Term Paper Assignment—Table of content, (Introduction, body and
conclusion), bibliography
Minimum Content: The term paper should at least cover issues such as the concept of human
dignity from the world cultures perspective, including but not limited to its historical
background, development, slavery, clan system; importance and theoretical linkage
between dignity and human rights, the place of dignity in the international human
rights laws; foreign experience such as Germany and South Africa; dignity in the
Ethiopian context. You should also address the issues using theoretical concepts,
cultural perspectives, normative or legal perspective (National and international), and
court decisions. Along with this, you should provide your own ideas on the issues.
Form of Preparation: Handwritten.
Reference and Citation: You must provide references for all ideas and expressions you take
from other authors using any standard citation rules such as Harvard, Oxford,
Bluebook or others. You should not use website resources such as Wikipedia as
reference or resource that have author.
Page limit: 8 up to 12 pages
Deadline: 31 March 2018 (sec 3), 1 April 2018 (sec 2)
Place of submission: (Lecture class)

Good Job!!!