The students on the LLM/MPhil programme in human rights and democratisation in Africa are assigned to human rights clinics which contributes to the work of the Centre’s research units and give the students practical experience and advance the Centre’s mission towards the realisation of human rights in Africa.
Children's Rights Clinic: 2026
Mandate 1: Prepare briefing reports on countries coming up for consideration during the 47th Ordinary Session of the ACERWC (Burundi, Kenya and Eritrea).
The date of the 47th Ordinary Session of the Committee is 17 – 24 April 2026 in Maseru, Lesotho. The Committee will be considering the reports of the countries indicated above. Students are required to prepare briefings on child rights issues in the countries, the briefings must be factual and well researched to inform the Committee’s engagement with the State Party.
Mandate 2: Prepare a child friendly video of the ACERWC’s General Comment number 9 on the right to education.
This mandate aims to produce a creative and child friendly video that presents the provisions of the General Comment number 9 on the right to education with simplistic animations. The ultimate aim is to have an informative, accessibility friendly and FUN to watch video.
Children's Rights Clinic Members: 2026
- Britney Ngube
- Sharleen Mbirua
- Sohna Jawara
- Sorie Kamara
Children's Rights Clinic: 2025
Mandate 1: Survey - AI for Human Rights (AI4HR)
In the context of AI's extremely dynamic development and usage in the educational domain, the AI4HR project aims to create an AI for Human Rights Toolkit designed with and for young people, focused on the positives, not just the perils of AI for human rights.
The project and related Toolkit have three complementary layers, each focusing on Generation AI, the pioneer youth generation. During the first year, this study focuses on Layer 2: the human rights higher-education classroom. It aims to understand how Global Campus (GC) students use AI tools to study and work on human rights topics. The study also considers the perspectives of GC teachers and recent GC alumni. The study helps to design a research methodology to collect data and analyse data for usage of AI tools for human rights education and practice for children and youth.
Use the Qualtrics survey tool that has been developed by the Global Campus to gather information from the current HRDA class, HRDA alumni, current and former lecturers on their interaction with AI during their time either as students or lecturers in the HRDA programme.
Mandate 2: Future Generations
An essay on the importance of AI in advancing children’s future generation rights.
Children's Rights Clinic Members: 2025
- Abena Asare
- Fortunate Chilenje
- Kate Metzer
Children's Rights Clinic: 2024
Mandate 1: Prepare briefing reports on countries coming up for consideration during the 43rd Ordinary Session of the ACERWC (Zimbabwe, Malawi, Niger, Rwanda)
The date of the 43rd Ordinary Session of the Committee will be held in Maseru, Lesotho from 15 to 25 April 2024. The Committee will be considering the reports of the 4 countries indicated above. Students are required to prepare briefings on child rights issues in the countries, the briefings must be factual and well researched to inform the Committee’s engagement with the State Party.
Mandate 2: Prepare a documentary Video on the child friendly Charter which is based on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.
This mandate aims to produce a creative video that presents the provisions of th charter with simplistic animations. The ultimate aim is to have an informative, accessibility friendly and FUN to watch video.
Children's Rights Clinic Members: 2024
- Golda Rapozo
- Sarah Hafidh
- Oluwatosin Adegun
- Akot Makur
