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Postdoctoral researcher
Programme Manager, LLM in International Trade and Investment Law in Africa (TILA)
+27 (0)12 420 6200
rj.kabre@up.ac.za
Podcast
Dr Jonathan Kabre explains how his academic journey in the field of international relations led him to winning the 2020 Law Faculty Prize (Prix de Faculté) from the University of Lausanne for the best doctoral dissertation. His dissertation, through a comparative analysis of case-law of selected international courts and tribunals, examines the role of private lawyers (counsel and advocates) in the settlement of international disputes and their contribution to the development of international law. The monograph, coming from this dissertation, is in the editing process and should be out before the end of the year.
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Ms Lydia Chibwe
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 4306
lydia.chibwe@up.ac.za
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LLM (UKZN), LLD (UP)
Project Officer& research assistant: Migrants' Rights Unit
+27 (0) 12 420 3151
tundeenigbokan@gmail.com
Publications
- Making the right to vote of IDPs a reality: Lessons from Ethiopia Eds Enguday Meskele Ashine & Omotunde Enigbokan
- African countries need to ensure that the health of refugees is protected during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Research Assistant, Disability Rights Unit
LLB (UNISA)
Tel +27 (0)12 420 3072
Fax +27 (0)86 580 5743
tariro.rufetu@up.ac.za
Mrs Tariro Rufetu is a Research Assistant in the Disability Rights Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria. Tariro holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from University of South Africa (UNISA) Tariro is passionate about human rights and is working on developing her expertise in human rights in Africa through her work at the Centre for Human Rights.
Tariro has been actively involved in the work done by the Centre for Human Rights, most particularly, within the Disability Rights Unit. Tariro is currently part of a team working with the National Task Force for Persons with Albinism, who is drafting a national action plan on persons with albinism in South Africa. Tariro has been involved in access to justice for persons with disabilities trainings of justice personnel in South Africa and Botswana. She also does presentations on behalf of the Centre for Human Rights on issues related to disability rights in Africa.
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Janet Gbam
LLB (Makurdi), LLM(UP) LLD(Candidate) UP
Research Assistant
Academic Associate: Multidisciplinary Human Rights
+27 (0) 12 420 3810
janet.gbam@up.ac.za
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Tizi Merafe
LLB(Wits) LLM Candidate(UP)
Research Assistant: IDLU
Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 5296
Fax: +27 (0) 86 580 5743
tmerafe7@gmail.com
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Susan Mutambasere
LLB(UZ) LLM(UP) LLD Candidate(UP)
Project Officer: Women's Rights Unit
+27 (0) 12 420 4196
susan.mutambasere@up.ac.za
Media Publications
- Constitutionalism in the time of COVID-19: The Zimbabwe experience
Originally published in ANCL-RADC
12 May 2020
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LLB(Akungba), BL(Lagos), LLM(Ibadan), LLD Candidate(UP)
Programme Manager: Litigation and Implementation Unit
Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 3810
foluso.adegalu@up.ac.za
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LLB (Lagos), LLM (UP), LLD (UP)
Post Doctoral Candidate
Tel: +27 (0)12 420 3151
ayodele.sogunro@up.ac.za
Expertise
International human rights law; sexual minorities rights law; sexual and reproductive rights law; business and human rights; legal drafting; creative writing; policy analysis and research; strategic litigation
Social Links
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayosogunro
https://twitter.com/ayosogunro
Academic Publications
- A Sogunro, ‘Citizenship in the shadows: Insights on queer advocacy in Nigeria' (2018) 45 College Literature 632 http://doi.org/10.1353/lit.2018.0037
- ‘One more nation bound in freedom: Themes from the Nigerian “anti-gay law”' (2014) 114 Transition 48 https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/550586
General Publications
- ‘Compendium of laws discriminating against persons based on SOGIE in Nigeria' (TIERS, 2017)
- Everything in Nigeria is going to Kill You (2014) ISBN 978-9-789-43268-4 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9789432682/
- The Wonderful Life of Senator Boniface and other Sorry Tales (2013) ISBN 978-9-789-34076-7 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9789340761/
- Death in the Dawn (2013) ISBN 978-1-482-08198-5 https://www.amazon.com/Death-Dawn-Tragicomedy-Ayo-Sogunro/dp/1482081989/
- Cracks in the Ivory Tower (2004) ISBN 978-2-94333-9
Selected Media Articles
African Arguments
- A Sogunro, Don’t just vote. Mobilise. (Aka Why elections won’t change Nigeria) (29 January 2019) https://africanarguments.org/2019/01/29/nigeria-vote-mobilise-elections-wont-change/
- A Sogunro, Why whistle-blowing won’t save Nigeria (4 May 2017) https://africanarguments.org/2017/05/04/whistle-blowing-wont-save-nigeria/
The Guardian (Nigeria)
- A Sogunro, 'The Nigerian culture that Runsewe does not know', The Guardian (30 August 2019) https://guardian.ng/features/the-nigerian-culture-that-runsewe-does-not-know/
- A Sogunro, 'Why we must not be fearful of equal rights', The Guardian (24 July 2019) https://guardian.ng/features/law/why-we-must-not-be-fearful-of-equal-rights/
- A Sogunro, Saving Nigerian lives through human rights (29 May 2019) https://guardian.ng/features/saving-nigerian-lives-through-human-rights/amp/
- A Sogunro, 'Reopening the unfortunate case of the Nigerian Police', The Guardian (24 April 2019), https://guardian.ng/features/reopening-the-unfortunate-case-of-the-nigerian-police/
- A Sogunro, 'Homophobic rhetoric and Nigeria’s culture of violence', The Guardian (27 March 2019), https://guardian.ng/features/homophobic-rhetoric-and-nigerias-culture-of-violence/
- A Sogunro, Class consciousness and the Nigerian condition (30 May 2018) https://guardian.ng/politics/class-consciousness-and-the-nigerian-condition/amp/
- A Sogunro, A lesson on sexism, for Nigerian men (25 April 2018) https://guardian.ng/features/a-lesson-on-sexism-for-nigerian-men/amp/
Sunday Punch (Nigeria)
- A Sogunro The moratorium on migration, Sunday Punch (15 January 2017), https://punchng.com/the-moratorium-on-migration/
- A Sogunro, We’re still wrong about rights, Sunday Punch (18 December 2016), https://punchng.com/still-wrong-rights/
- A Sogunro, On gender equality and ignorance of high places (21 February 2016), https://punchng.com/on-gender-equality-and-ignorance-of-high-places/
Videos
- Power and the People: A call for constitutional transformation, TVC News, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO2aDTV-rrA
- Human rights, sexuality and the law, TIERs Nigeria, https://youtu.be/9F6wBAZ_I34
- Nigeria Is Not A Democracy But An Anocracy - Ayo Sogunro, Sahara Reporters, https://youtu.be/Z-ZfChVU0jM
- Untold Facts S1 E2 - Damage caused by discriminatory laws, TIERs Nigeria, https://youtu.be/N1y0ZsFSb1
Podcast
In this episode, Dr Ayodele Sogunro who has completed his doctoral studies at the Centre for Human Rights, walks us through the academic journey of attaining his PhD with the Centre for Human Rights. His PhD thesis is titled ‘Advocacy, Social Control and the criminalisation of same-sex relationships: The Evolution and enforcement of ‘anti-gay laws in Nigeria’. His research focuses on a critical legal studies perspective of LGBTIQ+ issues in Nigeria, around political homophobia, socio-economic issues, and the need by advocates to understand wider state dynamics of homophobia and transphobia in systems of power.
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LLB(UoG), LLM (ECSU), LLM (UP), LLD candidate (UP)
Manager: Migration Unit
+27 (0) 12 420 3810
Abiy.ashenafi@up.ac.za
Publications
- Abiy A Ashenafi 'Misinterpreting the language of justice in Venda' AfricLaw (2015)
- M Killander, K Obura & A Ashenafi 'Selected developments in human rights and democratisation in 2015: Sub-Saharan Africa' (2017)1 Global Campus Human Rights Journal
- Abiy Ashenafi ‘Reflections on some challenges to achieving durable solutions to violence-induced internal displacement in Ethiopia’ (2022).
- Abiy Ashenafi ‘Protecting persons displaced due to the impacts of climate change in Africa: Through a new treaty, or through a ‘progressive’ interpretation?’ 2022 African Legal Studies Blog
