In fact, I don't know whether or not my friend's corrections are right? Most of them is missing 'the'. He is Canadian and the proofreader is American, I don't know if this is the reason.

Thank you Aisling. what really annoyed me is that the proofreader was a doctor in English literature and she is a proofreader of another university jornal. She was really expensive. I thought I did my best to avoide the typos.

My viva after 17 days and I submitted my thesis since December. A friend suggested to make mock viva. I sent him the introduction and the conclusion. Today, he sent me the text with lot of silly typing mistakes and wrote that if you want to dicuss them feel free to call me. The result is that I am too sad and disappointed.

Hello, many thanks for your replies. I am still working on the my Viva presentation. This is my plan:

- thanks for the jury 30 sec
- practical importance of the topic
- the definition of the principle I studied
- the case- law I worked on and the number of cases against Switzerland (where I am doing my PhD)
- the objects of the study
- main findings
- recommendations
- up to date information, mentioned the judgements that were delivered after I submitted my thesis 1min

Any advice? I am still not know what to talk about methodology. Is it enough to mention thay I mainly relied on the interpretation of the principle by the case-law of two treaty bodies. I compare between their related case-law to define which of them provide better protection and to what extent there is an interaction between these two bodies.

I don't know anything about PhD from KAUST. But of cource I would not recommend you to move to Saudi Arabia for several reasons .....

Hi astrarta, it seems our topics are very close.

Done, good luck

I read online that I should talk about the methodology! What does it mean? My thesis is on human rights. It studies and compares the case-law of two courts in a certain context..

Hello all,

My viva is on 30 of this month. I have to preparea a presentation for 15min. I don't have to prepare slidshows. What are the main points I should talk about? Is it a summary of the main conclusions?

Many thanks Liartes. The engineer provided me with them. Thanks for both of you

Hello all,
please does anyone have access to these articles

- Is the Prohibition against Torture, Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment Really ‘Absolute’ in International Human Rights Law?

Steven Greer

Human Rights Law Review 2015 15: 101-137

- Human Dignity and Life Imprisonment: The Pope Enters the Debate

Meritxell Abellán Almenara and Dirk van Zyl Smit

Human Rights Law Review published 2 February 2015

Thanks proofreadmyfile for your reply.
I cannot read my thesis, it is a punishment. I don't have motivation to prepare for the viva. I waste my time playing with my twins or on facebook. :(

My supervisor told me to prepare some snacks and wine to celebrate with the jurey and the audience after the viva. what kind of snacks should I prepare?

Many thanks Alisling for your advice. In fact I'm living in french speaking country. However, English is not the mother tongue of the members of the jury. Some of them are German others are French. This may help.