Academic Rank: Assistant Professor Academic Level: LLM, M.Phil. School: Law Department: Law Field of Specialization: Human Rights Law, ICT Law The Highest Educational Qualifications: LL.M, M. Phil |
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Brief Biography: Mr. Alebachew Birhanu got his LLB degree from Addis Ababa University, LLM in Information and Communication Technology from University of Oslo, and M.Phil in the Theory and Practice of Human Rights from University of Oslo. Soon after graduation from AAU, he joined the then Department of Law of Bahir Dar University in 2003 as Assistant Graduate II. Since then, he has given various legal courses in the undergraduate program and now in the postgraduate program. He has also served in different administrative posts including Vice Dean of the then Law Faculty, Summer-Distance Education Coordinator, Member of the Academic Council, Editor-in-chief of Bahir Dar University Journal of Law, Research and Community Service Coordinator, and now Director of the School. Besides, he has conducted various research on different issues and rendered free legal aid services to the indigent through the Legal Aid Center of the School. |
Address Phone No: +251 588209850 Email: alebe2007@gmail.com |
Research Interest: Human Rights, Transitional Justice, International Criminal Justice, and ICT Law |
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List of Publications:
Paper Presentation: Alebachew Birhanu, ICT and Privacy under Ethiopian Legal System (A Paper Presented in the Second Amhara ICT Exhibition, Bazaar and Symposium held in Bahir Dar, February 2014) Alebachew Birhanu, The Interplay between International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law (A Paper Presented in the Advanced Seminar on IHL held in Pretoria, 7-9 November 2012) |
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Courses taught: International Human Rights Law, African Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law, Intellectual Property Law, and Human Rights and Development |