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The Commonwealth Scholarship Fund in partnership with the Chevening Scholarship Fund is inviting applications for the Commonwealth/Chevening Scholarships for Master International Human Rights Law Program for African human rights advocates. Five scholarships will be offered to candidates from African Commonwealth countries to complete the masters degree program.
The scholarships are intended for human rights advocates from African Commonwealth countries who would be unable to take up their place on the course without assistance. The scholarships provide course and college fees at the University of Oxford over two years, a stipend to cover living costs and return air travel from the scholar’s home country for each residential session.
About the Program
The Master’s degree in International Human Rights Law is offered jointly by the Department for Continuing Education and the Faculty of Law, Oxford University. It is taught over 22 months and consists of two periods of distance learning and two residential sessions in Oxford. The degree Program is designed in particular for lawyers and other human rights advocates who wish to pursue advanced studies in international human rights law but may need to do so alongside work or family responsibilities. The aim of the degree Program is to train and support future leaders in the field of international human rights law. A central objective of the course is to ensure that participants not only know but can also use human rights law. The curriculum places roughly equal emphasis on the substance of human rights law, its implementation, and the development of human rights advocacy skills.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must:
- display intellectual ability and leadership potential;
- have an adequate standard of English, as defined and required by the University for studies at which the awards are given;
- be citizens of a developing African Commonwealth country and resident/working in a developing African Commonwealth country at the time of their application and during the tenure of their award (this does not have to be their home country).
- already hold a law degree to a high standard. The degree must be at a level at least equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree in Law awarded in the UK. Applications from those with extensive human-rights related experience, but without a law degree, will also be considered.
- have work experience in a related field/s;
- not already have received or be currently receiving financial benefit from a previous British Government funded scholarship or a previous Commonwealth Commission funded scholarship.
Preference will be given to applicants who have not previously studied outside of their home country. Employees, employee’s relatives (or former employees who have left employment less than 2 years before) of FCO (including FCO Posts), the British Council or the Commonwealth Commission will not be eligible to apply for these awards.
Last date for submitting the application is November 30, 2011.
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