Masters in human rights

Forty-three students, mostly from North African and Middle Eastern countries, will today receive their MA degree after successfully completing a course in human rights and democratisation. The graduation ceremony will be held at the Aula Magna of the...

Forty-three students, mostly from North African and Middle Eastern countries, will today receive their MA degree after successfully completing a course in human rights and democratisation.

The graduation ceremony will be held at the Aula Magna of the Foundation for International Studies, in Valletta.

The Mediterranean Master's in Human Rights and Democratisation - a one-year, multi-disciplinary programme, coordinated by the University of Malta on behalf of a partnership of universities and human rights institutions from around the Mediterranean - trains young persons from southern Mediterranean countries who could then influence the building of a human rights culture back home.

This year's students are the sixth intake, and so far, more than 150 students have graduated.

The academic programme of the course is managed by the university's Faculty of Laws, while the administrative and logistical aspects are handled by the FIS.The European Commission awards a number of scholarships to students from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Jordan, Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt, Libya, Palestine, Iran, Iraq and Malta each year. This year, 33 students have been awarded a scholarship.

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