Mr Tesfamhret Teklesenbet Haile | Robto, Eritrea

 Master of Jurisprudence in Rule of Law for Development (MJ), Loyola University Chicago, United States of America; Comparative Constitutional Law (LL.M), Central European University, Australia; Transnational Crimes and Justice (LL.M), University for Peace, Costa Rica; and Political Science (BA), University of Asmara, Eritrea

Previous experience

I have both academic and non-academic professional experiences. In Eritrea, I worked as Research Assistant (Research and Documentation Center) and Graduate Assistant, Department of Political Sciences and International Relations, College of Arts and Social Sciences. Before joining the HRDA program, I was a Legal and Advocacy Officer, Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU). I also did internship with the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and the UN International Residual Mechanisms for Criminal Tribunals (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda).

Academic fields of interest:

My field of interest, among others, are international human rights law, international humanitarian law, international criminal law, transnational crimes, rule of law, and comparative constitutional law

Position prior to the programme

Legal and Advocacy Officer, Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU).