
Neima A. Shifa
Lecturer Of Law

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About me
Transitional Justice |International Criminal Law | Human Rights |Justice and Development Specialist
Education

Birkbeck, University of London
2021 - 2022International Economic Law, Justice and Development DistinctionLLM International Economic Law, Justice and Development is one of the few postgraduate programmes in the UK to address the law, institutions and practice which constitute global and local economies from an avowedly critical perspective. Core courses include study of ´law, post colonialism and political economy’ and ´law, post development and the critique of political economy’.

Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
2020 - 2021Master of advanced studies in Transitional Justice, Human Rights and the Rule of Law Law Magna Cum LaudeThesis-Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations, and Transitional Justice implementation: a study of the post-2018 transitional process in Ethiopia

Jimma University
2012 - 2017Bachelor law Great DistinctionThesis- Juvenile justice and the use of alternative sanctions to punishment: the case of Addis Ababa,Ethiopia

Jimma University
2018 - 2019Master of Laws - LLM human rights and criminal law Very Great DistinctionThesis- Responding to past human rights abuses through amnesty, reconciliation, and prosecution: analysing the case of Ethiopia since 2018

Masaryk University Brno
2019 - 2019Short course MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIESActivities and Societies: lectures, excursions, meetings and field trips to Brno, Prague, Budapest and Vienna. A study of transition to democracy in central Europe from the legal, sociological, economical and political perspectives and apply the lessons and experiences to the countries that are currently undergoing through transition process.
Experience

Jimma University
Nov 2019 - Aug 2023Lecturer Of Law
Federal Justice, Legal Research and Training Institute
Jan 2020 - Jun 2021External Consultant/ResearcherWorked as a principal researcher on the topic of 'Customary Laws and Dispute Resolution Mechanisms for Sustainable Peace in Ethiopia: efforts, challenges and the way forward'. ‘ባህላዊ ሕጎችና የግጭት አፈታት ዘዴዎች ለዘላቂ ሰላምና ዕርቅ በኢትዮጵያ:- ጥረቶች፣ ተግዳሮቶች እና ማሻሻያ መንገዶች’. The project included research on large-scale conflicts and human rights violations, existing customary laws and dispute resolution mechanisms, and the reconciliation process in Ethiopia with an aim to investigate whether Customary Dispute resolutions could be reinforced to achieve national reconciliation and sustainable peace. Show less
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Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
Jul 2023 - nowCoordinator- Transitional Justice
Licenses & Certifications

Young african leaders initiative regional leadership cohort- East Africa
Young african leaders initiative regional leadership center East Africa-NairobiAug 2019
Research Methodology
THE GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE NETWORK (GKEN) & JIMMA UNIVERSITYApr 2019
Work Ethics and Professionalism
THE GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE NETWORK (GKEN) & JIMMA UNIVERSITYApr 2019
Instructional skills and student learning assessment training
Jimma University Academic Development Resource Center (ADRC)Oct 2017
Expert workshop on crime prevention and criminal justice, and trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling
UNODCFeb 2020
Female and More online season one participant
Youngstars Development InitiativeMay 2019%20%26%20JIMMA%20UNIVERSITY.webp)
Law and Technology
THE GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE NETWORK (GKEN) & JIMMA UNIVERSITYApr 2019
Stay the Course for Africa challenge
Young African Leadership InitiativeMar 2019
Languages
- enEnglish
- amAmharic
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