Dr Magnus Killander
Jur kand (Lund), EMA (Padua), LLD (Pretoria)
Head of research
Office 2-3.9, Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria
Tel: + 27 (12) 420 5407
E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Research interests
African human rights law, African regional integration law, international human rights monitoring mechanisms, relationship between domestic law and international law

Current projects

• International Law in Domestic Courts
• Comparative regional human rights systems
• South African foreign policy and human rights

Editorial positions

• Editor-in-chief, African Human Rights Law Reports
• Editor (Africa), International Human Rights Law, Oxford Reports on International Law
• Associate Editor (Africa), International Law in Domestic Courts, Oxford Reports on International Law
• Co-editor, African Human Rights Law Journal

Teaching
Assistant academic coordinator, LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa

Academic publications
Full text of most publications available on SSRN and UPSPACE

2010

• International law and domestic human righs litigation in Africa (editor), Pretoria University Law Press (forthcoming, 2010)
• ‘International law and domestic human rights litigation in Africa: An introduction’ (with Horace Adjolohoun) in Magnus Killander (ed) International law and domestic human righs litigation in Africa (forthcoming, 2010) Pretoria: Pretoria University Law Press
• ‘Africa’ (with Christof Heyns) in Daniel Moeckli, Sangeeta Shah and Sandesh Sivakumaran (eds) International human rights law (forthcoming, 2010) 479-497 Oxford: Oxford University Press
• ‘Towards minimum standards for regional human rights systems’ (with Christof Heyns) in Mahnoush H. Arsanjani, Jacob Katz Cogan, Robert D. Sloane & Siegfried Wiessner(eds) Looking to the future: Essays on international law in honor of W. Michael Reisman (forthcoming, 2010) Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
• ‘Human rights developments in the African Union during 2009’ (with Japhet Biegon) (2010) 10 African Human Rights Law Journal 212-232
• ‘Det afrikanska människorättssystemet’ in Anna Lundberg (red.) Mänskliga rättigheter – juridiska perspektiv (2010) Malmö: Liber
• ‘African human rights law in theory and practice’ in Sarah Joseph and Adam MacBeth (eds) Research handbook on human rights (2010) 388-413 Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

2009

• The role of the African Peer Review Mechanism in inducing compliance with human rights, LLD thesis, University of Pretoria
• ‘The role of international law in human rights litigation in Africa’ in Emmanuel Quansah and William Binchy (eds) The judicial protection of human rights in Botswana (2009) 7-26 Dublin: Clarus Press
• ‘The African regional human rights system’ (with Christof Heyns) in Felipe Gomez Isa and Koen de Feyter (ed) International human rights law in a global context (2009) 855-898
• ‘Regional cooperation and organization: African states’ Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Online service published by Oxford University Press, www.mpepil.com, 2009)
• ‘Human rights developments in the African Union during 2008’ (with Japhet Biegon) (2009) 9 African Human Rights Law Journal 295-311
• ‘Life’ in A Govindjee & P Vrancken (eds) Introduction to human rights law (2009) 83-85 Durban: Lexis-Nexis
• ‘Freedom and security of the person’ (with P Vrancken) in A Govindjee & P Vrancken (eds) Introduction to human rights law (2009) 87-95 Durban: Lexis-Nexis
• ‘Slavery, servitude and forced labour’ in A Govindjee & P Vrancken (eds) Introduction to human rights law (2009) 97-99 Durban: Lexis-Nexis
• ‘Freedom of movement and residence’ in A Govindjee & P Vrancken (eds) Introduction to human rights law (2009) 141-143 Durban: Lexis-Nexis
• ‘Arrested, detained and accused persons’ in A Govindjee & P Vrancken (eds) Introduction to human rights law (2009) 203-216 Durban: Lexis-Nexis
• ‘Human rights litigation’ (with P Vrancken) in A Govindjee & P Vrancken (eds) Introduction to human rights law (2009) 251-270 Durban: Lexis-Nexis

2008

• ‘The African Peer Review Mechanism and human rights: The first reviews and the way forward’ (2008) 30 Human Rights Quarterly 41-75
• ‘Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)’ Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Online service published by Oxford University Press, www.mpepil.com, published September 2008
• ‘South West Africa/Namibia (Advisory Opinions and Judgments)’ (with Christof Heyns) As above, published November 2008
• ‘Book review: HJ Steiner, P Alston, R Goodman International human rights in context – Law, politics, morals’(2008) 8(2) African Human Rights Law Journal 617-619

2007

• Compendium of key human rights documents of the African Union (with Christof Heyns) Pretoria University Law Press (3rd ed)
• ‘Introduction’ in Human rights litigation and the domestication of human rights standards in Sub Saharan Africa (2007) 1-7 International Commission of Jurists, Kenyan and Swedish Sections
• ‘Africa in international human rights textbooks’ (with Christof Heyns) (2007) 15(1) African Journal of International and Comparative Law  130-137
• ‘Europe and the return to proper statehood in Africa: A reply to Strydom’ (2007) 7(2) African Human Rights Law Journal 576-582
• ‘Somalia’ in Gerhard Robbers (ed) Encyclopedia of World Constitutions (2007) 841-843 New York: Facts on File

2006

• ‘Emerging issues in human rights and human rights education in Africa’ (with Christof Heyns) in Shedrack Gaya Best (ed) Introduction to peace and conflict studies in West Africa: A reader 350-364 Ibadan: Spectrum Books Limited
• ‘Confidentiality v publicity – interpreting article 59 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ (2006) 6 African Human Rights Law Journal 572-581
• The African regional human rights systems and other regional systems: A comparison Frans Viljoen (ed) Judiciary Watch Report (2006) 175-189 ICJ-Kenya
• Communications before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights 1988-2002 (2006) 10(1) Law, Democracy and Development 101-117
• Book review: Linda C Reif (ed) The International Ombudsman Yearbook Volume 7 2003 (2006) 6 African Human Rights Law Journal 251-253
• ‘The African regional human rights system’ (with Christof Heyns) in Gomez Isa and de Feyter (eds) International protection of human rights: Achievements and challenges (2006)University of Deusto. Published in Portuguese as‘O sistema Africana de direitos humanos’in Flavia Piovesan (ed) Codigo de direito internacional dos direitos humanos anotado (2008) 1459-1509 São Paulo: dpj editora. Extracts reprinted in Henry J Steiner, Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman International human rights in context – Law, politics, morals (2008) 1066-1069 Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Book review: Rachel Murray Human rights in Africa (2006) 24(4) Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 715-717
• Compendium of key human rights documents of the African Union (with Christof Heyns) Pretoria University Law Press (2nd ed)

2004

• ‘Introduction to the United Nations and human rights in Africa’ in Christof Heyns (ed) Human Rights Law in Africa (2004) 4-47  Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
• ‘The African Union’ (with Christof Heyns and Evarist Baimu) (2003) 46 German Yearbook of International Law 252-283