Dr Tresor Makunya

Postdoctoral Fellow and Publications Coordinator 

+27 (0) 12 420 3810
Tresor.Makunya@up.ac.za 

Areas of research: African Comparative Constitutionalism; International Human Rights Law in Africa; Democratisation in Africa; African Union Law & Public International Law

Media Publications

• 'The function of constitutional judges and judicial philosophy in Africa: Introduction to the special issue'
  AfricLaw 17 December 2021
  
  
• DRC’s Constitutional Court: Broken shield in overseeing the executive in emergencies?
  Originally published in ConstitutionalNet
  27 May 2020

• TM Makunya ‘Fostering a gendered approach to peacebuilding in the African Great Lakes Region: Perspectives from the Democratic Republic of Congo’ 13 October 2021 in Kujenga Amani  

• TM Makunya ‘DRC’s Constitutional Court: Broken shield in overseeing the executive in emergency?’ 27 May 2020 in ConstitutionNet

• TM Makunya ‘An agenda for constitutional reform in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’ 5 February 2019 in ConstitutionNet  

• KB Kennedy & T Makunya ‘Bringing the African human rights system into classrooms: Somes lessons drawn from a lecture delivered at the Université Libre des Pays des Grands Lacs (DR Congo’ 4 February 2019) in AfricLaw

• EB Bope & T Makunya ‘Les conséquences juridiques de la déclaration de l’Union africaine sur les élections en République démocratique du Congo : Un simple avis ou une mesure contraignante ?’ 19 January 2019 in Club des Amis du Droit du Congo

• T Makunya ‘Voting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) against all odds: An account of the 30 December 2018 elections in one of the polling centres’ 4 January 2019 in AfricLaw

Edited book

• TM Makunya L’État africain et la crise postcoloniale: Repenser 60 ans d’alternance institutionnelle et idéologique sans alternative économique (L’Harmattan, Paris 2021) (with JB Akilimali)

Book chapters

• TM Makunya ‘La compétence consultative de la Cour africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples: entre restrictions organiques et limitations matérielles’ in EB Bope & M Mubiala (eds) La République démocratique du Congo et le système africain de protection des droits de l’homme (Editions CAD Kinshasa, 2021) (with SZ Bitagirwa)
  
  
• TM Makunya ‘Le rôle et l’apport des tribunaux dans la réalisation de la justice sociale en Afrique du Sud’ in JB Akilimali & TM Makunya (eds) L’État africain et la crise postcoloniale: Repenser 60 ans d’alternance institutionnelle et idéologique sans alternative économique (L’Harmattan, Paris 2021)
  
  
• TM Makunya ‘The application of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights in constitutional litigation in Benin’ in F Viljoen and others (eds) A life interrupted: Essays in honour of the lives and legacies of Christof Heyns (PULP, 2022, 468).
  
  
• TM Makunya ‘The struggle for constitutional identity in Francophone Africa’ in CM Fombad & N Steytler (eds) Constitutional identity and constitutionalism in Africa (OUP, 2022, forthcoming) (with CM Fombad)
  
  
• TM Makunya ‘Soldiers in civilian uniforms: The role of the military in supporting third-termism in Africa’ in R Adeola & M wa Mutua (eds) The Palgrave handbook of democracy, governance and justice in Africa (2022) (with K Appiagyei-Atua).

Journal articles

• ‘Overcoming challenges to the adjudication of election-related disputes at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights: Perspectives from the Ngandu case’ (2022) 22(2) African Human Rights Law Journal 379-402
  
  
• ‘The nexus between constitutionalism, peace and security in the law and practice of the African Union’ (2022) 25 Recht in Afrika – Law in Africa – Droit en Afrique 53-83.
  
  
• TM Makunya ‘Selected development in human rights and democratisation during 2020 in Africa’ (2021) 5(2) Global Campus Human Rights Journal 185-216 (with Lornah, Ruddy and Davina).
  
  
• TM Makunya ‘A commentary on the African Commission’s General Comment on the Right to Freedom of Movement and Residence under Article 12(1) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ (March 2021) 65(SA) Journal of African Law (with R Adeola and F Viljoen)
  
  
• TM Makunya ‘Constitutionalism, regional economic integration and the harmonisation of business law in Francophone Africa through the lenses of state sovereignty and statehood’ (2021) 1 Congolese Review of Social Sciences Research (with B Kahombo)
  
  
• TM Makunya ‘Decisions of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in 2020: Trends and lessons’ (2021) 21(2) African Human Rights Law Journal 1230 - 1264

• T Makunya ‘Selected developments in human rights and democratisation during 2017: Sub-Saharan Africa’ (2018) 2 Global Campus Human Rights Journal  147-173 (with MG Nyarko).

• TM Makunya ‘State security, securitisation and human security in Africa: The tensions, contradictions and hopes for reconciliation (2017) 1(2) Global Campus Human Rights Journal 326-349 (with K Appiagyei-Atua, I Oyakhirome, EK Kabachwezi & S Buabeng-Baidoo).

Ongoing research projects

Edited book

• Commentary on the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (2023) (With A Rudman & C Musembi)

Journal articles

• ‘Beyond legal measures: A review of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s initial report under the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa’ (2023) Journal of African Law (approved for publication)

• ‘Advisory procedure: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ (2023) MaxPlanck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law (approved for publication)

Book chapters

• ‘Article 15: The right to food security’ in A Rudman, TM Makunya & CN Musembi (eds) Commentary on the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (2023), forthcoming (with M Bwanaisa)
  
  
• 'Article 11: Protection of women in armed conflicts' in A Rudman, TM Makunya & CN Musembi (eds) Commentary on the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (2023), forthcoming (with J Mumbala)
  
  
• ‘The impact of COVID-19 on human rights and democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo’ in F Adegalu and Others Covid-19 and human rights in Africa (2023)
  
  
• ‘The implementation of the Maputo Protocol in the Democratic Republic of Congo: an account of theoretical promises and little practical impact’ in S Mutambasere (ed) The impact of the Maputo Protocol in selected African countries (2023) forthcoming (With E Katusele & O Bahoze)