Welcome students to the course of criminalistics !
The course of Criminalistics is taught, as an elective course with 5 credits, in year 4 of the undergraduate program at the School of Law of the University of Rwanda.
Learning objectives: The course aims at equipping students with skills and techniques on how to conduct crime scene investigations. It will offer the students the ability to know how the crime scene is protected; evidence collected and preserved up to the find out evidence the forensic laboratory for analysis.
Learning outcomes: At the end of this course, students should be able to:
Explain and discuss the rationale of crime scene investigations and scientific evidence
Explain and discuss techniques of searching evidence; ensures its chain of custody up to the forensic laboratory for analysis and be aware of the weight of the scientific and objective evidence therein to convict the real perpetrator in court.
Facilitator :
Laurent Shenge . l.shenge@ur.ac.rw.
+250 (0) 788850304
The Module of Gender and Child Law is taught in year 4 of the undergraduate program. Learning objectives: This component aims at providing students with knowledge about the relation between gender and law as well as the legal concept of equal opportunity in relation to gender. In this vein, students will understand deeply the concept of gender and be able to distinguish it from other various forms and bias and see how the laws address those biases. The students will get the opportunity to analyse laws in relation with gender equality and gender issues in Rwandan Legal and Judicial context as well as domestic violence.
The objectives of the course of Media Law are to:
• develop an understanding of the central principles of media law and to critically evaluate the relationship between media and law;
• enable students to develop an understanding of free speech protection in Rwanda, and the claims of media to free speech protection;
• provide students with an understanding of laws which can affect media content;
• enable students to develop an appreciation of how claims to free speech are balanced with competing interests such as the protection of reputation, privacy and the proper administration of justice;
• enable students to articulate the ethical issues that are relevant to media conduct;
• encourage students to begin to consider the globalization of media law.
This module gives law students an overall overview of Alternative Disputes Resolution methods through which parties to a conflict/dispute can resolve their matter without passing through ordinary court litigation. It equips students with essential skills in Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration as key elements of ADR.
The aim of the module is to provide for students fundamental knowledge on the main concepts and evolution of human rights and international human rights law, introduce with the main concepts of international human rights law, institutions and organizations ensuring the protection of human rights and their system, learn to analyse the main international (universal and regional) and national legal documents and instruments of human rights protection and their implementation in practice, develop the competences to determine the theoretical and practical problems of international protection of human rights and to find appropriate solutions to these problems.
This module covers two areas in which government agencies affect the behavior of economic actors. Economic regulation that concerns the laws that public organs enact to streamline the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services, and financial law related to the rules to regulate the movement of capital. The aim of this module is help students understand how the state intervenes in the economic life and why this is needed.