Johannes Nicolaas Horn is a

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n Professor of Human rights and Constitutional Law at the

University of Namibia The University of Namibia (UNAM) is a multi-campus public research university in Namibia, and the largest university in the country. It was established by an act of Parliament on 31 August 1992. Background UNAM comprises the following fac ...

(UNAM) since 2002. He holds PhDs in Theology and Law, and was an advocate in the Office of the Prosecutor-General, and Prosecutor in the

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. He worked as UNAM's Director of the Human Rights and Documentation Centre, Dean of the Law Faculty from 2008 until 2010 and also served on the UNAM Governing Council. Nico Horn is the founding editor and a founding trustee of the '' Namibia Law Journal'' and chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the '' SADC Law Journal''. He was also a Pastor for the Pentecostal church in South Africa. Horn is a committee nominee for the

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Education

Horn earned a doctorates in theology from the

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, a doctor of law from the

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in Germany, a Master of Arts (cum laude) from

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, a Master of Law from the

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, a Baccalaureus Procurationis (South Africa) from Rand Afrikaans University (now the

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), and a Bachelors in Theology from the

(UNISA). He is an admitted legal practitioner of the High Court of Namibia. He worked as a journalist covering stories of student resistance against

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in South Africa.

Bibliography

* Nico Horn is well-published in the fields of

Human Rights Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both Municipal law, national and international laws. These rights are considered ...

International Law International law, also known as public international law and the law of nations, is the set of Rule of law, rules, norms, Customary law, legal customs and standards that State (polity), states and other actors feel an obligation to, and generall ...

, Comparative Constitutional Law, and Pentecostal Theology. * In 2008, he was co-editor of three books; including works on judicial independence and a commentary on the new Namibian Criminal Procedure Act.

References

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