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Ms Lulama Shongwe

BA Law(UP) LLB Candidate(UP)

Student Ambassador
Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 4199
Fax: +27 (0) 86 764 5621
lulama.shongwe@gmail.com

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LLM (UP)

Project Officer: African Coalition for Corporate Accountability (ACCA)

Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 4531
Fax: +27 (0) 86 580 5743
guillain.koko@up.ac.za

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Published: 04 July 2018

LLB(Newcastle University, UK) LPC(Northumbria University, UK) LLM(McGill University, Canada)
 ORCID

Manager:  Disability Rights Unit

  +27 (0)12 420 6398
  dianah.msipa@up.ac.za

Expertise

• Disability rights
• Access to justice
• Sexual and reproductive health and rights
• Legal capacity
• Disability rights in the African human rights system

Publications

Journal articles

1. ‘Albinism as disability: The key to ensuring equal access to justice for the vindication of economic, social and cultural rights by persons with albinism in South Africa?’ (2022) Southern Africa Albinism Socio-Economic Rights Journal (forthcoming)
2. ‘Access to heath care by mothers impacted by albinism in South Africa’ (2022) Southern Africa Albinism Socio-Economic Rights Journal (forthcoming) (with M Buyco et al)
3. ‘Moshoeshoe v DPP: A missed opportunity for persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities in Lesotho?’ (2021) 13 Drexel Law Review 909
4. Court accommodations for persons with severe communication disabilities: A legal scoping review’ (2021) 27 (3) Psychology, Public Policy and Law 399 (with R White, J Bornman and E Johnson)
5. ‘Implementing article 13 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in South Africa: Accommodations for people with communication disabilities’ (2018) 6 African Disability Rights Yearbook 99. (with R White)
6. ‘The right to work and employment in Southern Africa: A Commentary on how selected employment laws fare against Article 27 of the CRPD’ (2016) 4 African Disability Rights Yearbook 283.
7. ‘How assessments of testimonial competence perpetuate inequality and discrimination for persons with intellectual disabilities: An analysis of the approach taken in South Africa and Zimbabwe’ (2015) 3 African Disability Rights Yearbook 63-90.
8. ‘Global reasonable accommodation: How the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities changes the way we think about equality.’ (2014) 30 South African Journal of Human Rights 252. (with Frédéric Mégret)
9. ‘Getting disability rights into the mainstream of human rights advocacy: An appraisal of Zimbabwean disability rights policies and legislation’ Available on SSRN   (with Thompson Chengeta)

Book chapters

1. ‘The African Disability Protocol: Towards a social and human rights approach to disability in the African Human Rights system’ in Handbook of Disability: Critical Thought, Human Rights and Social Change in a Globalizing World (Springer: 2022) forthcoming  (with P Juma)
2. ‘Critical review of reforms in the African region’ in N Espejo & M Bach (eds) Legal Capacity, Disability and Human Rights: Towards a comprehensive approach (2021) (forthcoming)

Book reviews

1. ‘Book review: Oche Onazi: An African path to disability justice: Community, relationships and obligations’ (2020) 8 African Disability Rights Yearbook 264.

Blogs

1. Dianah Msipa, ‘Pursuing justice for rape victims with intellectual disabilities’

Podcasts

1. Africa Rights Talk The right to access to justice for persons with disabilities

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SOGIESC Unit / Communications and Advocacy Associate

LLB(UP) LLM(Candiate) 

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 3151
Fax: +27 (0) 86 580 5743
thiruna.naidoo@gmail.com 

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Ms Kgomotso Motoshegwa

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Ms Msthoka Moyahabo

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LLM HRDA(UP)

Programm Manager:  Expression, Information and Digital Rights Unit

Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 4199
Hlengiwe.Dube@up.ac.za

Media articles

• COVID-19 and the access to information conundrum in Africa
  Originally published in AfricLaw 
  10 April 2020

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Mr Chrispine Banda

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Published: 03 July 2018

Ms Lidya Stamper 

BA(University of Redlands) 

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Published: 03 July 2018

Ms Bonolo Makgale

Bth (CI-CPT) BA Hons (Wits) MMPP (Wits) 

Programme Manager: Democracy and Civic Engagement Unit

+27 (0) 12 420 4199
bonolo.makgale@up.ac.za

Media Publications

• COVID 19 and the working class
  Originally published in DDP
  25 September 2020
  
  
• Political Open Sesame: Navigating the Inclusion of Independent Candidate Participation in South African Electoral Processes
  Originally published in DDP
  25 September 2020
  
  
• Populism v Politics: An Analysis of Corruption & Inequality in the ANC Governance Systems
  Originally published in DDP
  25 October 2020
  
  
• Strategies of Resistance By Women: Then and Now
  Originally published in DDP
  21 August 2020
  
  
• The impact of Covid-19 on South Africa Political Landscape
  Originally published on DDP
  16 June 2020
  
  
• The scourge of homelessness and evictions during COVID-19
  Originally published in AfricLaw
  6 May 2020
  
  
• Young and Free? The vulnerability of young people in a COVID-19 South Africa
  Originally published in DDP
  6 May 2020

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Published: 27 June 2018

BA(University of Washington), LLM(Irish Centre for Human Rights) PhD(University of Sussex)

Postdoctoral Researcher, UP Vice Chancellor Fellow
Project Officer: Women's Rights Unit 
Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 4397
Fax: +27 (0) 86 580 5743
ciara.o'connell@up.ac.za

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Published: 05 June 2018

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Published: 05 June 2018

Cases from national courts that would be of interest to include in future issues of the African Human Rights Law Reports can be brought to the attention of the Editors:

Prof Magnus Killander

jur kand(Lund) EMA(Padua) LLD(UP)

Academic Coordinator: LLM/MPhil Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA)
Professor of Human Rights Law

Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 5407
Fax: +27 (0) 86 580 5743
 magnus.killander@up.ac.za

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Published: 05 June 2018

The African Human Rights Law Reports is a joint publication of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria and are published by Pretoria University Law Press.

The editors are:

Professor Frans Viljoen

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Professor Magnus Killander

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Ageing in the LGBT community: a positive outlook for older lesbian women in South Africa?

*Glossary of terms and abbreviations:
LGBT stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender; GFBT stands for Gay, Female Bisexual, and Transgender; ‘Closeted’ means secretive about one’s sexual orientation.

Author: Geoffrey Ogwaro1

The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (thereafter the Constitution), protects older lesbian women through its provision that prohibits discrimination based on an intersectional number of grounds for lesbian women: age, gender, sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, disability, and conscience.2 I have chosen these eight grounds for discrimination because they may apply, at any one given time or different times, to the average situation of older lesbian women: Older lesbian women will be older, have a sexual orientation that is same gender-loving, identify as biological women, might not be married or might never have married, have never had children, have age-related disabilities, might be discriminated against for the fact they are women, and believe in lesbian equality/gender equality and strongly and publicly express these views therefore becoming victims or prisoners of conscience.

The Constitution also protects the inherent dignity of everyone and stipulates that that dignity must be respected and protected.3 This provision will definitely also apply to older lesbian women too.

South Africa has legislation that governs the wellbeing of older persons. The Older Persons Act 13 of 2006 defines ‘older persons’ as ‘in the case of a female is 60 years of age or older’. The age is higher for males and stands at 65 years of age.4  However, there is nothing in the Act that deals with diverse older persons which highlights the unique challenges that older lesbian women (or the wider LGBT community) might face in terms of ageing.5

The question that this article addresses is what is the situation of older lesbian women in South Africa. The article does not restrict itself to the age of 60 but accommodates the other ages below 60 but above 50 because there is very limited research on older lesbian women to begin with, and older lesbian women who are from the age of 60 going up. This could be for the reason that not many older lesbian women are visible because they came from an era when LGBT rights were not much emphasized and LGBT identities were on the down low for the most part. Additionally, there is very little research on older lesbian women- specific wellbeing in South Africa. Therefore the article alludes to general LGBT aggregated research that would highlight statistics of older LGBT persons in general. However, the situations faced by older GFBT persons can be generalized to older lesbian women as well.

Human rights violations against older lesbian women in South Africa – is their need to fill some gaps?
Having read through many media reports of the murder, rape and assault of younger lesbian women in the country, one would expect that many older lesbian women would be closeted in fear of being stigmatized and violated.  However, a research done in 2016 by the Love Not Hate (LNH) Campaign conducted by OUT LGBT Well-being, found that 55% of older LGBT persons sampled were open about their sexuality to those around them despite the danger of being stigmatized or violated; 51% of those LGBT persons from the age of 55 going up were reported to not have any fear of discrimination due to their sexual orientation or gender identity and; 88% of those LGBT from and above the age of 55 reported not having experienced any discrimination in the health care sector due to being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.6 However, the same research showed that 20% of those older LGBT persons from and above the age of 55 said they had experienced verbal insults directed at them because they were lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender; 9% had been threatened with physical violence; 7% had had personal property or possessions damaged or destroyed because of their sexual orientation or gender identity and; 4% had been sexually abused or raped because of their sexual orientation or gender identity in the previous 24 months.7 Although these statistics do not disaggregate the data according to sex or gender, the picture could be as grim for older lesbian women too.

Though a significantly higher percentage of those older LGBT individuals interviewed reported being free from any violations against them because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, a smaller but worth noting percentage reported violations as serious as sexual abuse and rape, which, though not exclusively, is a violation that affects disproportionately more women than men.

The problem is that no significantly larger and specific research exists on the human rights situation for older lesbian women in the country and until this gap is filled, not much can be said about older lesbian women. The recommendation would be to start disaggregating data and research to target older lesbian women in particular. The other alternative would be to centre research around lesbian women and girls and in that way aggregate them by age category.

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Published: 31 May 2018

Since its formal recognition as an academic department in the Faculty of Law, the Centre for Human Rights has been able to invest its efforts in both formal academic programmes, on the one hand, and research, advocacy and less formal human rights teaching and training, on the other. In 2008, the Centre continued with the Master’s in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa, again preparing 30 of Africa’s most talented young lawyers to make a difference within the sphere of international human rights law in Africa. An innovation introduced in 2008 was the LLM Partner’s Conference, held just before graduation on 10 December. Academics from participating faculties and LLM students presented work-in-progress and summaries of their dissertations, respectively, at an event aimed at stimulating further reflection among partners about the content and methodology of themes covered in the Master’s programme. The Centre further continued to cultivate continuous and constructive discussions among registered doctoral students on topics in human rights in Africa.

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Published: 28 May 2018

The Research Units of the Centre for Human Rights contribute to the realisation of human rights in Africa and beyond.

Business & Human Rights Unit

The Business and Human Rights Unit is a multi- and trans-disciplinary research unit which focuses on the extractive industries law, trade and development law, as well as general international human rights law – and is relevant to the business environment.

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Children's Rights Unit

The Children’s Rights Unit is a pan-African platform established to carry out & support pan-African research in children’s rights, provide capacity strengthening training for government, intergovernmental and non-governmental institutions and organisations. 

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Democracy & Civic Engagement Unit

The Democracy and Civic Engagement Unit works with the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) – the chief legislative organ of the African Union. From its seat in South Africa, PAP provides a regional platform for Africans and their civil society organisations to have a greater impact on the decisions affecting the continent.

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Disability Rights Unit

The Disability Rights Unit works to find ways of addressing the rights of persons with disabilities on the African continent by conducting research on international disability rights standards and instruments, building capacity among governments, national human rights institutions, academia, civil society, and communities.

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Expression, Information & Digital Rights Unit

The Expression, Information, and Digital Rights Unit is aimed at supporting the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in the promotion and protection of Freedom of Expression and Access to information on the continent.

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Freedom from Violence Unit

The Freedom from Violence Unit was established in 2014 to research the incidence of unlawful killings across the African continent, working within the Centre for Human Rights and the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa. The Unit looks to explore the drivers of violence & the legal framework in which they operate.

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International Development Law Unit

The International Development Law Unit presents the LLM (International Trade and Investment Law in Africa) and its mission is to conduct and promote policy-oriented legal research on international development law topics.

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Litigation & Implementation Unit

The Litigation and Implementation Unit strategically uses the law through the instrumentality of judicial and quasi-judicial institutions to enforce human rights, prevent human rights violations and seek redress for human rights violations.

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SOGIESC Unit

Established in May 2016, the SOGIESC Unit’s mandate is to advocate for and work towards equality inclusion non-discrimination, non-violence, and non-heterosexism for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, and asexual persons (LGBTIQ+ persons).

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Women's Rights Unit

The Women’s Rights Unit works towards the realisation of the rights of women and girls in Africa. The Unit aims to promote the implementation & popularisation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human & Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa through research, training, and advocacy. 

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Migrants’ Rights Unit

The Migration Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, engages in research and activities on migration. The migration Unit works through research, advocacy and training in contributing to the regional discussion on migrant rights. The Unit responds to the need for evidence-based work. The focus areas of the Migration Unit include the protection of migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons and stateless persons.

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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)

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Published: 24 April 2018

Country / Where did you grow up:
Ethiopia, Dhagahbur district
Academic qualifications:
LLB (cum laude) University of Hargeisa 
B.Sc Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (cum laude) Gollis University
Experience:
I have worked for a number of international & local organisations in different capacities.
Academic fields of interest:
Public International Law, International Human Rights Law & Environmental Law.
husseinabdurahman197@gmail.com

Abdurahman Ismail

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Published: 18 April 2018

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Published: 11 April 2018

Underpinning all of the Unit’s work is the creation and maintenance of a Database of Unlawful Killings in Africa, designed as a resource initially for policy-makers and practitioners, but ultimately also for academic and other researchers.

Building on the work of a comprehensive baseline study completed in 2013/4 in collaboration with the University of Cambridge (available here) this database will contain information concerning events in the following categories:

Death Penalty
Custodial Deaths
Extrajudicial Executions
Excessive Force
Political Violence
Armed Conflict
Intercommunal Violence
Killings by Non-State Actors

In order for this database to function properly it needs material from as diverse a source-base as possible. Researchers in Pretoria would benefit greatly from partners across the continent passing them relevant information from any source, in any language, so that the resources of the database can be as comprehensive as possible.

The Unit encourages researchers and practitioners from across the continent and beyond to contribute to this process by uploading relevant information using this web form.

If you have questions about this or any other aspect of the Unit’s work we encourage you please to contact us.

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Unlawful Killings in Africa

Prepared by the Centre of Governance and Human Rights (University of Cambridge) for the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, June 2014

Resource Pack on the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Africa

Prepared for the Joint Meeting of the Working Group on Death Penalty and Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Killings in Africa and the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Pretoria, South Africa, 26-27 July 2013

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Published: 11 April 2018

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The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty has recently reviewed and updated the strategy for its campaign in favour of the international and regional protocols on abolition. Over the past five years, there have been positive steps taken by several African States with respect to the Second Optional Protocol of the ICCPR (ratifications by Benin, Gabon and Guinea Bissau, signatures by Angola and Madagascar). For 2015, the World Coalition has selected several African States as priority targets: Togo (Jan-Feb), Morocco & Cote d'Ivoire (Mar-Apr), Angola (Sept-Oct), and Madagascar & Sierra Leone (Nov-Dec). More information concerning the World Coalition's campaign, including information packs for lobbying actions, can be found here."

Penal Reform International has produced a report on Strengthening death penalty standards (2015) both underlining the existing minimum standards with respect to the continued application of the death penalty and exploring a number of emerging norms. The report can be found here.

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Executive Summary 

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About the Gill Jacot Guillarmod Scholarship

In loving memory of Gill Jacot Guillarmod, Senior Project Manager and Liaison Officer of the Centre for Human Rights from 1 May 2001 to 15 January 2010, in deep appreciation for her role to the academic and other programmes of the Centre, and in recognition of her humanity and humour, which left a profound impression on everyone whose lives touched hers, the Centre for Human Rights in 2010 established the Gill Jacot Guillarmod Scholarship.

Scholarship Regulation document

The deadline for applications for the Gill Jacot Guillarmod Scholarship is 30 October each year.

Criteria Applicable to the Scholarship

• The Scholarship will be awarded annually to a Masters or a Doctoral student studying towards a degree in human rights on a degree programme based within the Centre.

• The Scholarship will be awarded annually, for a student undertaking studies in the following academic year. The Scholarship will be awarded for the first time in November 2010, for studies in 2011. The recipient of the scholarship will be publicly announced on or around 10 December every year, as part of the LLM Graduation Ceremony. The scholarship amount will only be paid to the recipient once he or she has been registered with the University of Pretoria.

• All successful applicants for the LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa) may apply to be considered for this scholarship.

• Any doctoral student or masters student registered on any other programme in the Centre may also apply for this scholarship.

• The criteria for selection is:

  proven commitment to human rights;

  devotion to the cause of humanity;

  academic excellence;

  an ability to balance academic pursuit with other interests and financial need.

• At the time of making the application, an applicant must reveal any other scholarships already awarded for the intended programme.

Procedure for Applying and the Awarding of the Scholarship

• The Centre will advertise the Scholarship.

• Applications must reach the Office Manager (chr@up.ac.za) of the Centre by 30 October annually. Applications must consist of a letter of motivation, at least two letters of support, and the candidate’s most recent academic results or progress report (for currently registered doctoral students).

• Applicants should fulfil the criteria laid down by the University of Pretoria for enrolment for the field of study concerned.

• The Selection Committee will select students for the award in accordance with the criteria for the scholarship and will submit a list of scholarship holders to the Division for Study Finance in order for the award to be made on the student’s account

• The recipient of the scholarship is not precluded from holding other bursaries.

• The scholarship will be utilised to cover tuition and accommodation fees should the student reside in a UP residence. The student may claim credits that arise on the student account due to the award.

Selection Committee

The selection panel, consisting of the Director of the Centre, the Assistant Director of the Centre, the HRDA Programme Manager, the Centre’s Operations Manager and Edouard Jacot Guillarmod, or his representative, will meet annually to decide on the award of the Scholarship.

Recipients of the Gill Jacot Guillarmod Scholarship

2011

• Melhik Bekele
• Japheth Biegon
• Ayalew Assefa
• Doris Sonsiama
• Meskerem Techane

2012

• Matthieu Ciaba

2013

• Rashid Dumbaya
• Bright Nkrumah

2016

• Monicah Kareithi

2019

• Eunice Sakaria

2021

• Candice Kasere

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About the Christof Heyns Human Rights Scholarship

Applications are invited for the award of the first Christof Heyns Human Rights Scholarship. Applications are open to current or prospective doctoral candidates studying towards a doctoral degree in human rights at the University of Pretoria.

Download Call for Applications

The last day for submitting applications is 4 October each year. Enquiries related to the scholarship can be directed to carole.viljoen@up.ac.za.

About Christof Heyns

The Christof Heyns Human Rights Scholarship (the Scholarship) is instituted in memory of renowned human rights scholar, Christof Heyns, who was professor of human rights law at the University of Pretoria (UP) until his untimely death in March 2021. Christof was the Director of the Centre for Human Rights from 1999 to 2006; Dean of the Faculty of Law from 2007 to 2010; and was the founding Co-Director of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa at UP.  He was United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions from 2010 to 2016; and was a member of the UN Human Rights Committee from 2017 to 2020. Prof. Heyns pioneered and supported numerous human rights education initiatives in the course of his life, including by providing opportunities to deserving students to pursue human rights education.

About the Scholarship 

The Scholarship is established to continue the legacy of Prof. Heyns in expanding human rights scholarships and giving opportunities to deserving but economically disadvantaged African students to undertake human rights related postgraduate studies in human rights at UP. 

The amount of the Scholarship is R180,000. It is provided for a maximum of three calendar years for doctoral studies. The Scholarship award is reviewed annually, for continued funding, on the basis of satisfactory academic progress by the recipient.

Eligibility requirements

Applicants must:

• meet all the requirements for admission to doctoral studies in human rights at UP; 
• be a citizen of an African country;
• have an excellent academic record, based on previous tertiary studies; and
• demonstrate the need for economic support to achieve their academic goals.

(If the Scholarship is awarded to a student who is not currently registered for doctoral studies at UP, the award will be provisional on the student being successfully registered with UP.)

How to apply

Applications must consist of:

• a letter of motivation,
• at least two letters of support, with referees’ contact details indicated;
• for prospective doctoral students: a brief proposal of around 5 pages, setting out the research problem, locating the proposed research in the existing scholarship; the research question(s); and the proposed research method/methodology;
• for currently registered doctoral students: a progress report by the supervisor; and 
• the applicant’s most recent academic results.

Submit applications to carole.viljoen@up.ac.za

Closing date

The last day for submitting applications is 4 October each year.  

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Contact details

Enquiries related to the scholarship can be directed to carole.viljoen@up.ac.za.

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Ms Sheila Keetharuth

sheila.keetharuth@up.ac.za
Tel: +27 (0) 12 420-5092

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Prof Charles Fombad 

Director: Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA)
Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law

  Licence en Droit(University of Yaounde) LL.M(University of London) PhD(University of London)

   ORCID
  +27 (0) 12 420 3377
  charles.fombad@up.ac.za

Publications 

Journal Articles 

1. “Countering the Scourge of Unconstitutional Changes of Government in Africa” IACL-AIDC Blog (16 June 2022)
   https://blog-iacl-aidc.org/transformations/2022/6/16/countering-the-scourge-of-unconstitutional-changes-of-government-in-africa
   
   
2. “Democracy and fake news in Africa,” 9(1) Journal of International and Comparative Law (2022), pp. 131-154.
   
   
3. “Fostering a Constructive Intra-African Legal Dialogue in Post-Colonial Africa,” 66(1) Journal of African Law (2022), pp. 1-22.
   
   
4. “An Overview of the State of Electoral Democracy in Africa,” 14 African Journal of Legal Studies (2022), pp. 245–268.
   
   
5. Transitional Justice in Africa – The Experience with Truth Commissions by Charles Manga Fombad at https://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Africa_Truth_Commissions1.html.
   
   
6. “ A comparative overview of recent trends in judicial appointments: selected cases from Africa,” 55(1) Canadian Journal of African Studies (2021), pp161-182. 10.1080/00083968.2020.1802314
   
   
7. (With Lukman A. Abdulrauf “Comparative overview of the constitutional framework for controlling the exercise of emergency powers in Africa’, 20 African Human Rights Law Journal (2020), pp. 376-411 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-2096/2020/v20n2a2
   
   
8. “Editorial introduction to special focus: Assessing the implications of COVID-19 pandemic regulations for human rights and the rule of law in Eastern and Southern Africa,” 20 African Human Rights Law Journal (2020), pp. 368-375.http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-2096/2020/v20n2a1
   
   
9. “Taming executive authoritarianism in Africa; Some reflections on current trends in horizontal and vertical accountability,” 12(1) Hague Journal of the Rule of Law (2020), pp.61-91.
   
   
10. (with Baboki Jonathan Dambe) The stock theft act and customary courts in Botswana: justice sacrificed on the altar of expediency? 52(1) The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, (2020), pp.65-81.
    
    
11. (with Christof Heyns, Pansy Tlakula and Jimmy Kainja), “ The right to political participation in Sub-Saharan Africa,” 8 Global Journal of Comparative Law (2019),pp. 128-161.
    
    
12. “The separation of powers in African constitutionalism.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University Press. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1327
    
13. “Taming Executive Authoritarianism in Africa: Some Reflections on Current Trends in Horizontal and Vertical Accountability,” Hague Journal on the Rule Law https://doi.org/10.1007/s40803-019-00091-5
    
14. “Constitutional literacy in Africa: Challenges and Prospects,”44(3) Commonwealth Law Bulletin (2018), pp. 492- 513.
    
    
15. "Comparative research in contemporary African legal studies," 67(4) Journal of Legal Education (2018), pp.984-1004.
    
    
16. “An overview of the crisis of the rule of law in Africa,” 18(1) African Human Rights Law Journal (2018), pp.213-243.
    
    
17. (with Eric Kibet), “ The rule of law in sub-Saharan Africa: Reflections on promises, progress, pitfalls and prospects,” 18(1) African Human Rights law Journal (2018), pp.205-212.
    
    
18. “Constitutional Entrenchment of Decentralization in Africa: An Overview of Trends and Tendencies,” 62(2) Journal of African Law (2018), pp. 175-199.
    
    
19. (with Eric Kibet) “Transformative constitutionalism and the adjudication of constitutional rights in Africa,” 17(2) African Human Rights Law Journal (2017), pp. 340-366.
    
    
20. (with Serges Djoyou Kamga), “ Actualising the right to development in Africa: Options and prospects,” 47(3) Africa Insight (2017), pp 6-26.
    
    
21. “Designing institutions and mechanisms for the implementation and enforcement of the constitution: Changing perspectives in Africa” 25 (1) African Journal of International and Comparative Law, (2017) pp. 66–90.
    
    
22. (with Lukman Abdulrauf) "Personal Data Protection in Nigeria: Reflections on Opportunities, Options and Challenges to Legal Reforms" 38(2) Liverpool Law Review, (2017), pp. 105-134.
    
    
23. (With Lukman Abdulrauf), “The African Union’s data protection Convention 2014: a possible cause for celebration of human rights in Africa?” 8 (1) Journal of Media Law (2016), pp. 67-97.
    
    
24. “Election Management Bodies (EMBs) in Eastern and Southern Africa: Some Reflections on their Legal Framework,” 15 African and Asian Studies (2016), pp. 289-335.
    
    
25. “State, Religion and Law in Cameroon: Regulatory Control, Tension and Accommodation,” 57(1) Journal of Church and State (2015), pp.18-43.
    
    
26. “Conceptualising a Framework for Inclusive, Fair and Robust Multiparty Democracy in Africa: The Constitutionalisation of the Rights of Political Parties,” 48(1) Law and Politics in Africa, Asia & Latin America (2015), pp. 3-27.
    
    
27. “Strengthening constitutional order and upholding the rule of law in central Africa: Reversing the descent towards symbolic constitutionalism,” 14 African Human Rights Law Journal (2014), pp. 412-448.
    
    
28. “Constitution-building in Africa: The Never-ending Story of the Making, Unmaking and Remaking of Constitutions,” 13(4) African and Asian Studies (2014), pp. 429-451.
    
    
29. “Gender Equality in African Customary Law: Has the Male Ultimogeniture Rule any Future in Botswana,” 52(3) Journal of Modern African Studies (2014), pp. 475-494.
    
    
30. “Appointment of Constitutional Adjudicators in Africa: Some Perspectives on How Different Systems Yield Similar Outcomes,” 46(2) Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law (2014), pp. 249-275.
    
    
31. “Africanisation of Legal Education Programmes : The Need for Comparative African Legal Studies,” 49(4) Journal of Asian and African Studies (2014), pp. 383-398.
    
    
32. (with Gift Manyatera ) “An Assessment of the Judicial Service Commission in Zimbabwe's new Constitution," 67(1) Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa (2014), pp. 89-108.
    
    
33. (With Adem K. Abebe), “The Advisory Jurisdiction of Constitutional Courts in Sub-Saharan Africa,” 46(1) George Washington International Law Review (2013), pp. 55-117.
    
    
34. (with Serges Alain Kamga) , “A Critical Review of the Jurisprudence of the African Commission on the Right to Development,” 57(2) Journal of African Law (2013), pp. 196-214.
    
    
35. “Some Perspectives on Durability and Change Under Modern African Constitutions,” 11(2) International Journal of Constitutional Law (2013), pp. 382-413.
    
    
36. “An Overview of the Constitutional Framework of the Right to Social Security with Special Reference to South Africa,” 21(1) African Journal of International and Comparative Law (2013), pp. 1-31.
    
    
37. “Some Reflections on the Prospects for the Harmonisation of International Business Laws in Africa: OHADA and Beyond,” 59(3) Africa Today (2013), pp. 51-80.
    
    
38. “Constitutional Entrenchment as an Effective and Sustainable Basis for Attacking Africa’s Endemic Corruption.” 1 Pan-African Yearbook of Law (2012), pp. 31-46.
    
    
39. (with Enyinna Nwauche), “Africa’s Imperial Presidents: Immunity, Impunity and Accountability,” 5(2) African Journal of Legal Studies (2012), pp.91-118.
    
    
40. “Internationalization of Constitutional Law and Constitutionalism in Africa,” 60(2) American Journal of Comparative Law (2012), pp.439-473.
    
    
41. “Constitutional Reforms and Constitutionalism in Africa: Reflections on Some Current Challenges and Future Prospects,” 59(4) Buffalo Law Review (2011), pp.1007-1108.
    
    
42. “African Bill of Rights in a Comparative Perspective,” 17(1) Fundamina (2011), pp.33-64.
    
    
43.  (with Njoku O. Ama) “Patent and research exemption: Challenges for research capacity and utilization in universities, research institutions and industry in Botswana,” 1(5)    International Journal of Asian Social Science (2011), pp. 157-180.
    
    
44. “The Constitution as a Source of Accountability: The Role of Constitutionalism,” 24 (2) Speculum Juris (2010), pp.41-65.
    
    
45. “Mixed Systems in Southern Africa: Divergences and Convergences,” 25 Tulane European & Civil Law Forum (2010), pp.1-21.
    
    
46. “Transitional Justice in Africa: The Experience with Truth Commissions,” http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Africa_Truth_Commissions.htm (2008)
    
    
47. “Constitutional Reforms in France and their Implications for Constitutionalism in Francophone Africa,” (2008) http://www.afrimap.org/english/images/paper/AfriMAP_Fombad_Eng.pdf
    
48. “Legal Modernisation in Botswana: A Critical Appraisal of the Revision of the Laws Act, 2002,” 6 University of Botswana Law Journal (2007), pp. 91-101.
    
    
49. “Limits on the Powers to Amend Constitutions: Recent Trends in Africa and their Impact on Constitutionalism,” 6 University of Botswana Law Journal (2007), pp. 27- 60.
    
    
50. “The Swaziland Constitution of 2005: Can Absolutism be Reconciled with Modern Constitutionalism?” 23 SAJHR (2007), pp. 93-115.
    
    
51. “Researching Cameroonian Law,” (2007) http://www.ny/lawglobal.org/globalex/Cameroon.htm
    
52. “Challenges to Constitutionalism and Constitutional Rights in Africa and the Enabling Role of Political Parties: Lessons Perspectives from Southern Africa,” 55 American Journal of Comparative Law (2007), pp.1-46.
    
    
53. “A Preliminary Assessment of the Prospects for Judicial Independence in Post-1990 Africa Constitutions,” 2 Public Law (2007), pp.233-257.
    
    
54. “Media Law Reform in Southern Africa: Challenges and Prospects,” 5 Openspace (2006), pp.49- 52.
    
    
55. “The African Union, democracy and good governance.” 32 Current African Issues (2006), pp.9-38.
    
    
56. with Zein Kebonang “The African Peer Review Mechanism: Challenges and prospects.” 32 Current African Issues (2006), pp.39-54.
    
    
57. “Civil Liability for Damage Caused by Dogs in Roman-Dutch and Common Law: A comparative Appraisal” Part II .19(2) Pula Botswana Journal of African Studies, (2005), pp.158- 167.
    
    
58. “Children and informed consent to HIV/AIDS testing and treatment in Botswana,” 2 University of Botswana Law Journal (2005), pp.33-72.
    
    
59. “Botswana and the dynamics of legal modernisation within a dual English Common Law/Roman-Dutch Law legal heritage,” 13 African Journal of International and Comparative Law, (2005), pp.7-24.
    
    
60. “The separation of powers and constitutionalism in Africa: The case of Botswana,” 25 Boston College Third World Law Journal, (2005)pp. 301-342.
    
    
61. “Highest courts departing from precedents: The Botswana Court of Appeal in Kweneng Land Board v Mpofu and Nonong,” 1 University of Botswana Law Journal, (2005) pp.128- 139.
    
    
62. “Protecting children’s rights in social science research in Botswana: Some ethical and legal dilemmas,” 19 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, (2005) pp. 102-120.
    
    
63. “Civil liability for damage caused by dogs in Roman-Dutch and Common Law: A comparative appraisal” 18 Pula Botswana Journal of African Studies,(2004),pp.127-136.
    
    
64. “A report on a national information and communications technology (ICT) policy in Botswana,” 1 BIAC Journal, (2004) No. 2, pp. 97-103.
    
    
65. with L. Knestiioukova “Human rights and HIV/AIDS in the workplace: A Botswana perspective.”1 BIAC Journal, (2004),No. 2 pp. 72-96.
    
    
66. “Customary courts and traditional justice in Botswana: Present challenges and future perspectives,” 15 Stellenbosch Law Review, (2004), pp.166-192.
    
    
67. “Cameroon’s emergency powers: A recipe for (un)constitutional dictatorship?” 48 Journal of African Law, (2004), pp. 62-81.
    
    
68. with Madeleine C. Fombad “The lawyer in the emerging digital environment: A Botswana perspective” 32 International Journal of Legal Information, (2004), pp.109-129.
    
    
69. “The constitutional protection against discrimination in Botswana,” 53 International and Comparative Law Quarterly, (2004) pp. 139-170.
    
    
70. Protecting constitutional values in Africa: A comparison of Botswana and Cameroon.” 36 Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa,(2003), pp. 83-105.
    
    
71. “Election management bodies in Africa: Cameroon’s ‘National Electoral Observatory in perspective,’” 3 African Human Rights Law Journal, (2003),pp. 25-51.
    
    
72. “Some insights into statutory-law making in Botswana,” 27 Journal for Juridical Science, (2002), pp. 70-87.
    
    
73. “The protection of freedom of expression in the public service media in southern Africa: A Botswana perspective,” 65 Modern Law Review,(2002), pp. 649-675.
    
    
74. “The risk of exclusion from the digital global information age: The case of Botswana,” 49 Media Development,(2002), pp. 45-49.
    
    
75. “Governmental vicarious liability for the acts of off-duty officials in Botswana,” 2 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal,(2001), pp. 231 –252.
    
    
76. "The crisis of confidentiality in the control of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Botswana," 170 International Social Science Journal, (2001),pp. 643-659.
    
    
77. "Service providers and liability and for digital defamation: Finding the right balance," 49 Media Development, (2001), pp. 59-64.
    
    
78. "The enhancement of good governance in Botswana: A critical assessment of the Ombudsman Act," 27 Journal of Southern African Studies, (2001), pp. 57-77.
    
    
79. "An analysis of the constitutional protection of freedom of expression in southern African and some emerging trends," 16 South African Journal of Human Rights,(2000), pp. 173-191.
    
    
80. "Curbing corruption in Africa: Some lessons from Botswana’s experience," 160 International Social Science Journal,(1999),pp. 241-254.
    
    
81. “Peacebuilding in Africa: Lessons from Truth Commissions,” 12 Lesotho Law Journal, (1999), pp. 1-29.
    
    
82. "Cameroonian bi-juralism: Current challenges and future prospects", (1999) 5 Fundamina: Journal of Legal History, (1999), pp. 22-43.
    
    
83. "The constitutional protection of freedom of expression in Cameroon: A comparative appraisal," 14 S.A. Public Law, (1999), pp. 25-45.
    
    
84. "Compensation of motor vehicles accident victims in Botswana: An appraisal of the MVA Act Fund scheme," 43 Journal of African Law, (1999), pp. 151-183.
    
    
85. "Archibald v Attorney-General in Perspective: The role of actuarial evidence in the assessment of the defendant's damages for loss of support in Botswana, "AfricanJournal of International and Comparative Law,(1999), pp. 245-261.
    
    
86. "Cameroon and the dilemma of media pluralism," 24 Communicatio, (1998),pp. 21-31.
    
    
87. "The new Cameroonian Constitutional Council in a comparative perspective: Progress or retrogression?” 42 Journal of African Law, (1998), pp. 172-186.
    
    
88. "The special ‘Ad hoc' Chamber within the International Court of Justice - A prospective appraisal," 23 Journal of Juridical Science, (1998), pp. 112-128.
    
    
89. "An experiment in legal pluralism: The Cameroonian bi-jural/uni-jural imbroglio," 16 University of Tasmania Law Review,(1997), pp. 209-234.
    
    
90. "The principle of unjust enrichment in international law," 30 Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa, (1997),pp. 120-130.
    
    
91. "Overcoming the legal and institutional challenges to implementing Cameroon's National Environmental Management Plan," 27 Environmental Law and Policy, (1997), pp. 489-498.
    
    
92. "The effectiveness of environmental protection measures in Cameroon's 1994 Law, Laying Down Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Regulations," 9 Journal of Environmental Law, (1997),pp. 43-58.
    
    
93. "Judicial power in Cameroon's amended Constitution of 18 January 1996," 9 Lesotho Law Journal, (1996),pp. 1-11.
    
    
94. "Adjusting working Conditions to the economic crisis: The Cameroonian experience.” 47 Labor Law Journal, (1996), pp. 454-463.
    
    
95. "The Motor Accident Compensation Ordinance 1989, of Cameroon," 39 Journal of African Law, (1995) pp. 1998-219.
    
    
96. "Freedom of speech in the Cameroonian democratic transition," 33 Journal of Modern African Studies, (1995), pp. 211-226.
    
    
97. "Legal aspects of the informal sector in Cameroon," 3 African Journal of International and Comparative Law, (1994), pp.504-515.
    
    
98. "Equity in current international practice,” 2&3 Revue Juridique Africaine, (1994), pp.111-127.
    
    
99. "The scope for uniform national laws in Cameroon,” 29 Journal of Modern African Studies, (1991), pp. 443-456.
    
    
100. "Consultations and negotiations in the pacific settlement of international disputes,” African Journal of International and Comparative Law,” (1980), pp.707-724.

Chapters in Books 

1. (With Osy Nwebo), “Reflections on the Role of the Pan-African Parliament in Advancing Democratic Governance in Africa,” in A. Adeola and Makau Mutua (eds.), Palgrave Handbook of Democracy, Governance and Justice in Africa, Palgrave, Macmillan, Switzerland (2022), pp.85-108.
   
   
2. “The state of governance in Africa,” in Charles M Fombad, Assefa Fiseha, Nico Steytler, Contemporary Governance Challenges in the Horn of Africa, Routledge, London (2022)
   
   
3. “Democracy, elections and constitutionalism in Africa: Setting the scene,” in Charles M Fombad and Nico Steytler (eds.), Democracy, elections, and constitutionalism in Africa, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2021), pp.19-35.
   
   
4. (With Adem Abebe), “The African Union and the advancement of democracy: The problem of unconstitutional retention of governmental power,” in Charles M Fombad and Nico Steytler (eds.), Democracy, elections, and constitutionalism in Africa, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2021), pp.61-91.
   
   
5. (With O’Brien Kaaba), “Adjudication of disputed presidential elections in Africa,” in Charles M Fombad and Nico Steytler (eds.), Democracy, elections, and constitutionalism in Africa, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2021), pp.400.
   
   
6. “Reversing the surging tide towards authoritarian democracy in Africa,” in Charles M Fombad and Nico Steytler (eds.), Democracy, elections, and constitutionalism in Africa, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2021), pp.463-517.
   
   
7. “The struggle to defend the independence of the judiciary in Africa,” in Shimon Shetreet, Hiram Chodesh and Eric Helland, Challenged justice. In pursuit of judicial independence, Leiden, Brill Nijhoff (2021), pp. 223-248.
   
   
8. “The crisis of statelessness in Africa,” in Cesar Landa (ed.), The constitutional challenges of migration processes in the 21^st century,” Tirant Lo Blanch, Bogota (2020), pp. 133-150.
   
   
9. “Constitutions and religion in Africa,” in Susanna Mancini (ed.), Constitutions and religion, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar (2020), pp. 157-171.
   
   
10. (With Gatsi Tazo), “Cameroon’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Combating a deadly pandemic within a weak rule of law framework,” in Jose Serna de la Garza(ed), COVID-19 and constitutional law, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico (2020), pp. 3-12. (being an e-book).
    
    
11. “Africa and Transnational Constitutionalism.” In Oxford Bibliographies in International Law. Ed. Tony Carty. New York: Oxford University Press, DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780199796953-0216 https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199796953/obo-9780199796953-0216.xml
    
12. (With Serges Kamga), “The Cameroonian Special Criminal Court: The Futility of Combating Corruption Where the Basics of Constitutionalism are Absent,” in Charles Fombad and Nico Steytler (eds.), Corruption and Constitutionalism in Africa. Revisiting Control Measures and Strategies (OUP, 2020), pp.417-435.
    
    
13. “Corruption and the Crisis of Constitutionalism in Africa,” in Charles Fombad and Nico Steytler (eds.), Corruption and Constitutionalism in Africa. Revisiting Control Measures and Strategies (OUP, 2020), pp.15-65.
    
    
14. “Reconciling legal pluralism and constitutionalism: New trajectories for legal theory in the age of globalisation in Botswana,” in Guillaume Tusseau (ed.), Debating legal pluralism and constitutionalism. New trajectories for legal theory in the global age, Switzerland, Springer (2020), pp.103-113.
    
    
15. Regional and continental frameworks in Africa: The African Charter on Decentralization,” in Charles Fombad and Nico Steytler (eds), Decentralization and Constitutionalism in Africa, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2019, pp. 70-97.
    
    
16. “Cameroon and the anomalies of decentralization with a centralist mindset,” in Charles Fombad and Nico Steytler (eds), Decentralization and Constitutionalism in Africa, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2019, pp. 326-364.
    
    
17. “ National human rights institutions in eastern and southern Africa: Lessons and prospects for the future,” in Charles Fombad (ed.), Compendium of documents on National human Rights institutions in eastern and southern Africa, Pretoria, PULP, 2019, pp. 890-898.
    
    
18. “An overview of NHRIs in eastern and southern Africa,” in Charles Fombad (ed.), Compendium of documents on National human Rights institutions in eastern and southern Africa, Pretoria, PULP, 2019, pp. 5-19.
    
    
19. “Constitutional review and constitutional justice in Africa: Past, present and future,” in Oumarou Narey (ed.), Separation des pouvoirs et contre-pouvoirs. Dakar, L’Harmattan (2018), pp.135-157.
    
    
20. “The diffusion of South African –style institutions? A study of comparative constitutionalism,” in Rosalind Dixon and Theunis Roux (eds), Constitutional triumphs, constitutional disappointments. A critical assessment of the 1996 South African Constitution’s local and international influence. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press (2018), pp. 359-387.
    
    
21. “Some Perspectives on Durability and Change Under Modern African Constitutions,” in Eunice Sahle (ed.), Democracy, Constitutionalism, and Politics in Africa; Historical Contexts, Developments, and Dilemmas, (2017), Palgrave Macmillan, pp 61-100 (republication).
    
    
22. “An overview of contemporary models of constitutional review in Africa,” in Charles Fombad (ed.), Constitutional adjudication in Africa, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2017), pp. 17-50.
    
    
23. “The Cameroonian Constitutional Council: Faithful servant of an unaccountable system,” in Charles Fombad (ed.), Constitutional adjudication in Africa, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2017), pp. 80-96.
    
    
24. “Constitutional adjudication and constitutional justice in Africa’s uncertain transition: Mapping the way forward,” in Charles Fombad (ed.), Constitutional adjudication in Africa, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2017), pp. 351-370.
    
    
25. Presidential Term Limits through constitutional amendments in Africa: Deconstructing legitimacy,” in Grant Masterson and Melanie Meirotti (eds.), Checks and balances: African constitutions and democracy in the 21st Century, EISA, Johannesburg (2017), pp. 45-58.
    
    
26. “Problematising the issue of constitutional implementation in Africa,” in Charles M. Fombad (ed.), The Implementation of Modern African Constitutions: Challenges and Prospects, Pretoria, PULP (2016), pp.10-24.
    
    
27. “Constitutional Implementation in perspective: Developing a sustainable normative constitutional implementation framework,” in Charles M. Fombad (ed.), The Implementation of Modern African Constitutions: Challenges and Prospects, Pretoria, PULP (2016), pp.218-235.
    
    
28. “The Expansion of Judicial Power in Africa and Democratic Consolidation: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Prospects,” in Muna Ndulo and Mamoudou Gazibo (eds), Growing Democracy in Africa: Elections, Accountable Governance and Political Economy, London, James Currey Publishers (2016), pp. 47-85.
29. “The Evolution of Modern African Constitutions: A Retrospective Perspective”, in Charles Manga Fombad (ed.), Separation of Powers in African Constitutionalism, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2016), pp.13-57.
    
    
30. “An Overview of the Separation of Powers under Modern African Constitutions” in, in Charles Manga Fombad (ed.), Separation of Powers in African Constitutionalism, Oxford, Oxford University Press ( 2016),pp. 58-92.
    
    
31. “The Role of Emerging Hybrid Institutions of Accountability in the Separation of Powers Scheme in Africa,” in in Charles Manga Fombad (ed.), Separation of Powers in African Constitutionalism, Oxford, Oxford University Press ( 2016),pp. 325-344.
    
    
32. (with Horace Adjolohoun), “Separation of Powers and the Role of the Public Prosecutor in Francophone Africa,” in Charles Manga Fombad (ed.), Separation of Powers in African Constitutionalism, Oxford, Oxford University Press ( 2016), pp.359-484.
    
    
33. "Cameroon." Encyclopedia of Law and Religion. General Editor Gerhard Robbers. Brill Online, 2015. Reference. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopedia-of-law-and-religion/cameroon-COM_00000019
    
34. (with Madeleine Fombad), “Rethinking Anti-Corruption Strategies in Africa: Constitutional Entrenchment as Basis for Credible and Effective Anti-Corruption Clean-Ups,” in Charles C. Jalloh and Olufemi Elias (eds), Shielding Humanity: Essays in International Law and Policy in Honour of Abdul G. Koroma (Martinus Nijhoff Brill, (2015),pp. 726-773.
    
    
35. "Managing Legal Diversity: Cameroonian Bijuralism at a Critical Crossroads," in Vernon Palmer, Mohamed Mattar and Anna Koppel (eds), Mixed Legal Systems, East and West., Aldershot, Ashgate     Publishing (2014), pp. 187-217.
    
    
36. “Judicial and Jurisprudential Powers of African Constitutional Court Judges,” in Collection of Acts of the Seminar in Cotonou on the Theme: Constitutional Judge and Political Power,” Cotonou, pp.55-65.
    
    
37. “The Context of Justice in Africa: Emerging Trends and Prospects,” in Evelyn Edroma (ed.), Rethinking the Role of Law and Justice in Africa’s Development, UNDP, Addis Ababa (2013), pp.3-24.
    
    
38. “Botswana,” in Vernon Palmer (ed.), Mixed Jurisdictions Wordwide. The Third Legal Family, 2^nd ed., Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (2012), pp.481-527.
    
    
39. “Special Report on Cameroon,” in Vernon Palmer (ed.), Mixed Jurisdictions Wordwide. The Third Legal Family, 2nd ed., Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (2012),pp.632-674.
    
    
40. “State and Church in Cameroon,” in Gerhard Robbers (ed.), Encyclopedia of Law and Religion http://www.iclars.org/media/state_and_church_in_cameroon.pdf.
41. “The African Union and Democratization”, in Jeffrey Haynes, Routledge Handbook of Democratization, Routledge, London (2012), pp.322-336.
    
    
42. (With Jimcall Pfumorodze), “Protecting the Disabled in Botswana: An Anomalous Case of Legislative Neglect,” in Grobbelaar-du Plessis and Tobias Van Reenen, Aspects of Disability Law in Africa, PULP, Pretoria (2011), pp. 85-104.
    
    
43. (With Nat Inegbedion “Presidential Term Limits and their Impact on Constitutionalism in Africa,” in Charles Fombad & Christina Murray (eds), Fostering Constitutionalism in Africa, PULP, Pretoria (2010),pp.1-29.
    
    
44. “Transitional Justice in Africa: The Experience with Truth Commissions,” in Chinna Reddy Potula (ed.), Transitional Justice, Amicus Books, India (2009), pp.165-191.
    
    
45. “A critical assessment of the legal responses to the HIV and AIDS pandemic in Botswana,” in Fombad, Mupedziswa, Maundeni and Mookodi (eds), “HIV and AIDS, Vulnerable Groups, Human Rights and Development in Botswana. OSSREA, Cape Town ((2009).
    
    
46. Enhancing the Judicial Role in Human Rights Protection in Botswana,” in E.K. Quansah & W. Binchy, The Judicial Protection of Human Rights in Botswana. Clarus Press, Dublin (2009), pp.   133-158.
    
    
47. “The Challenges of Human Rights Protection in Botswana in the 21st Century,” in E.K. Quansah & W. Binchy, The Judicial Protection of Human Rights in Botswana. Clarus Press, Dublin (2009), pp.27-43.
    
    
48. “The Separation of Powers and Constitutionalism in Africa: The Case of Botswana,” in M. Prabhakar, Separation of Powers: Global Perspectives, Hyderabad, Icfai University Press (2008), pp. 146-193.
    
    
49. “Cameroon’s constitutional conundrum: Reconciling unity with diversity”, in Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Ethnicity, Human Rights and Constitutionalism in Africa, Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists, Nairobi (2008), pp.121-156.
    
    
50. “The Protection of Human Rights in Botswana: An Overview of the Regulatory Framework,” in Charles Manga Fombad (ed.), Essays on the Law of Botswana, Cape Town, Juta & Co (2007), pp.1-31.
    
    
51. With David Sebudubudu, “ The Framework for Curbing Corruption, Enhancing Accountability and Promoting Good Governance in Botswana,” in Charles Manga Fombad (ed.), Essays on the Law of Botswana, Cape Town, Juta & Co (2007), pp.82-126.
    
    
52. “Post 1990 constitutional reforms in Africa: A Preliminary Assessment of the Prospects for Constitutional Governance and Constitutionalism.” in A.G. Nhema and P. T. Zeleza, The Resolution of African conflicts. OSSREA & James Currey, Oxford (2008), pp. 179-199.
    
    
53. “Cameroon,” in David Levinson & Karen Christensen, Global Perspectives on the United States. A Nation by Nation Survey, Vol. 1 Berkshire Publishing Co., Great Barnington (2007), pp.88-91.
    
    
54. With Jonie B. Fonyam (2004), "The Social Democratic Front., the opposition and the transition" in John Mukum Mbaku and Joseph Takougang (eds.) The leadership challenge in Africa: Cameroon under Paul Biya, Africa World Press, Trenton N.J., pp. 453-488.
    
    
55. "The dynamics of record breaking corruption and political opportunism in Cameroon" in John Mukum Mbaku and Joseph Takougong (eds).The leadership challenge in Africa: Cameroon under Paul Biya, Africa World Press, Trenton N.J. (2004), pp. 357-394.
    
    
56. “Prospects for peace building through Truth Commissions in Africa,”in Alfred G. Nhema (ed.), The Quest for Peace in Africa: Transformations, Democracy and Public Policy. International Books with OSSREA, Addis Ababa, (2004),pp.189-219.
    
    
57. “Consultations and negotiations in the pacific settlement of disputes,” in Mary Ellen O’Connor (ed.), International dispute settlement, Ashgate, Dartmouth (2003),pp.37-54.
    
    
58. "The mass media and the democratization process in Africa: Lessons from Cameroon,” in John Mukum Mbaku and Julius Ihonvbere. (eds), The transition to democratic governance in Africa: The continuing struggle, Praeger, Westport, (2003), pp. 221-247.
    
    
59. “Cameroon’s ‘National Elections Observatory’ and the Prospects of Constitutional Change of Government”, in Frank Columbus (ed.), Politics and Economics of Africa. Vol. 3. Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York, (2002), pp. 71-91.
    
    
60. “Cameroon’s troubled democratic transition and the deconstruction of the federalist problematic,” in Frank Columbus (ed.), Politics and Economics of Africa. Vol. 3 Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York, (2002), pp.43- 69.
    
    
61. "Cameroon" (The legal system) in Herbert M. Kritzer(ed.), Legal systems of the world. A political, social, and cultural encyclopaedia. ABC –CLIO, Santa Barbara, (2002), pp. 245-252.
    
    
62. "Endemic corruption in Cameroon: Insights on consequences and control," in Kempe Ronald Hope and Bornell Chikulo (eds.), Corruption and development in Africa: Lessons from country case-studies, Macmillan, London,(2002), pp. 234-260.
    
    
63. "Cameroonian bi-juralism: Current challenges and future prospects," in Rena van den Bergh and Gardiol van Niekerk, (eds.), Law in Africa: New Perspectives on Origins, Foundations and Transition. Conference Proceedings, South African Society of Legal Historians, (1999),pp. 41-62.
    
    
64. "Cameroon" (Media law practices and policies) in Robert Martin (ed) Speaking freely: Expression and the law in the Commonwealth, Irwin Law, Toronto, (1999), pp.87-129.

Books/Monographs

1. (Edited with Assefa Fiseha, Nico Steytler), Contemporary Governance Challenges in the Horn of Africa, Routledge, London (2022).
   
   
2. (Edited with Nico Steytler eds.), Democracy, elections, and constitutionalism in Africa, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2021)
   
   
3. (Edited with Nico Steytler eds.), Corruption and Constitutionalism in Africa. Revisiting Control Measures and Strategies (OUP, 2020).
   
   
4. (With Nico Steytler (eds)), Decentralization and Constitutionalism in Africa, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2019
   
   
5. (Ed.) Compendium of documents on National human Rights institutions in eastern and southern Africa, Pretoria, PULP (2019).
   
   
6. (with Tachilisa Balule), Media Law in Botswana, 2nd Ed. Kluwer Law International (2018).
   
   
7. (Ed.) Constitutional adjudication in Africa, Oxford,   Oxford University Press (2017). 
   
   
8. (Ed.) The Implementation of Modern African Constitutions: Challenges and Prospects, Pretoria, PULP (2016).
   
   
9. (Ed.) Separation of Powers in African Constitutionalism, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2016).
   
   
10. (with Salvatore Mancuso), Comparative Law in Africa: Methodologies and Concepts, Juta & Co, Claremont, (2015).
    
    
11. The Botswana Legal System, 2^nd edit. LexisNexis, Cape Town (2013).
    
    
12. Constitutional Law in Cameroon, The Netherlands, Wolters Kluwer Law and Business (2012).
    
    
13. Cameroon: Text of Constitution. (Monograph in Blanpain, ed., International Encyclopaedia of Laws –Constitutional Law) Kluwer Law International, The Hague(2003).
    
    
14. Essays on the law of Botswana, Juta & Co, Cape Town (2007).
    
    
15. Botswana Law (of Delict) (Monograph in Blanpain, ed., International Encyclopaedia of Laws –Tort Law) Kluwer Law International, The Hague (2008).
    
    
16. With R. Mupedziswa, T. Maundeni & G. Mookodi (eds), HIV and AIDS, Vulnerable Groups, Human Rights and Development in Botswana. OSSREA, Cape Town (2009).
    
    
17. With Christina Murray, (2010) Fostering Constitutionalism in Africa, PULP, Pretoria (2010).

Conference Papers

1. “Constitutionalism in Africa,” Paper presented at a Short Term Training on Good Governance in the Horn of Africa, Organized by Center of Excellence in Good Governance, Addis Ababa University, 7 February 2022, Addis Ababa.
   
   
2. “Countering the scourge of unconstitutional changes of governments in Africa,” Paper presented at the African Union meeting, the Reflection Forum on the Unconstitutional Changes of Government, Accra, Ghana, 15-17 March 2022.
   
   
3. “Judicial review of constitutional amendments in Africa,” Paper presented at International IDEA webinar on, “Judicial review of constitutional amendments: Implications for constitution-making,” 31 March 2022.
   
   
4. “Approaches to human rights protection under the African human rights system” Paper presented with Ademola Jegede, at the 2022 Sokol Colloquium on Comparative Human Rights Law, University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, US on June 2 – 3, 2022.
   
   
5. “Term limits: Insights, experiences, trajectories on central and west Africa”, Paper presented at, Summit on Constitutionalism & Democratic Consolidation in Africa in Gaborone, Botswana – July 6-8, 2022.
   
   
6. Recognition and empowerment of the political opposition: Experiences and insights from Africa,” Paper presented at the International IDEA conference on, Constitutional Design towards Cooperative Democracy, held on 11 and 12 July 2022, in The Hague, The Netherlands.
   
   
7. “Constitutional identity and constitutionalism in Africa: Concepts and key issues,” Paper presented at the Eighth Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on constitutionalism in Africa (SASCA 2021), 15-17 September 2021, in Stellenbosch.
   
   
8. (With Tresor Muhindo), “The struggle for constitutional identity in Francophone Africa,” Paper presented at the Eighth Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on constitutionalism in Africa (SASCA 2021), 15-17 September 2021, in Stellenbosch.
   
   
9. (With Carlson Anyangwe), “Cameroon and the crisis of constitutional identity: Is Anglophone identity compatible with a Cameroonian constitutional identy?,” Paper presented at the Eighth Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on constitutionalism in Africa (SASCA 2021), 15-17 September 2021, in Stellenbosch.
   
   
10. “Judicial Review in Africa: Options Paper,” Paper presented at Validation Meeting of the programme, “Supporting Sudan Democratic Transition,” organized by International IDEA and the Network of African Constitutional Lawyers, Khartoum, Sudan, 6 September 2021.
    
    
11. “Enhancing judicial efficiency and effectiveness through an intra-African trans-systemic legal dialogue,” Paper presented at the Fifth African judicial dialogue on building trust in African judiciaries, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 4-5 November 2021.
    
    
12. “The state of electoral democracy in Africa,” Paper presented at a Roundtable on electoral democracy in Africa, Faculty of Law, University of Stellenbosch, 5-6 March 2020.
    
    
13. “Comparative analysis of the constitutional framework for controlling the exercise of emergency powers in combating Covid-19 in Central and West Africa,” Paper presented at Webinar on Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on constitutionalism and the rule of law in Anglophone countries of Central and West Africa, organised by International IDEA on 28 May 2020.
    
    
14. “The current status of the UN Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary in Africa,” at the conference, “Contemporary challenges on the independence of judges and lawyers from a global perspective,” Green Tree, Long Island, New York, 9-10 February 2019.
    
    
15. “African Bill of Rights from a Comparative Perspective,” at a Workshop on “Bill of Rights; Comparative Perspectives,” Khartoum, Sudan, 18-20 February 2019.
    
    
16. “Bill of Rights in the South African Constitutional Framework,” at a Workshop on “Bill of Rights; Comparative Perspectives,” Khartoum, Sudan,   18-20 February 2019.
    
    
17. “Is devolution a timely idea for Africa?” at a Strategic workshop for partners and collaborators, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung programme, Cape Town, 25-28 February 2019.
    
    
18. ( with Prof. Bonolo Dinokopila ), “The development of international law in Botswana and the exceptionalism narrative,” at the conference on “The impact of international human rights law on constitutional democracy in Africa,” in Windhoek, Namibia, 6-8 March 2019.
    
    
19. “The South African experience in constitution-making,” in workshop on, Constitutional drafting processes, Khartoum, Sudan, 7 April 2019.
    
    
20. Presented paper, “Judicial power and democratic consolidation in Africa: Opportunities, challenges and future prospects,” at a meeting of the African Group of the International Association of Judges conference on “Safeguarding the independence and conditions of service of judicial officers,” Cape Town, 2-6 June 2019.
    
    
21. Presented a paper, “Overview of constitutional measures and devices in Africa shaping the economy,” at the Seventh Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa, 18-20 September 2019.
    
    
22. Presented paper, “Adjudication of presidential election disputes in Africa: Some lessons from recent decisions,” at a conference on “ Presidential election” in Niamey, Niger, from 8-11 October 2019.
    
    
23. Presented paper, “The crisis of statelessness in Africa,” Paper presented the international round table of the International Association of Constitutional Law on “The constitutional challenges of migration processes,” held in Cusco, Peru, 24-26 October 2019.
    
    
24. “The corruption pandemic as a watershed moment for constitutionalism in Africa,” keynote address delivered at the Eight Forum of International Law and the African Union Law on the theme, “ Democracy, rule of law and fight against corruption,” held on 2-3 December in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
    
    
25. “The rule of law and peace-building,” Paper presented at the training workshop for the rule of law stakeholders for the northern African region, Nouakchott, Mauritania, 11-14 December 2019.
    
    
26. “Judicial power and democratic consolidation in Africa: Opportunities, challenges and future prospects,” at a meeting of the African Group of the International Association of Judges conference on “Safeguarding the independence and conditions of service of judicial officers,” Cape Town, 2-6 June 2019.
    
    
27. “Separation of powers (checks and balances) from a comparative African perspective,” Paper presented at a workshop on “Strengthening the constitutional process in Sudan: Basic constitutional principles,” Khartoum, Sudan, 29-31 January 2018.
    
    
28. “Accountability Institutions: The South African experience” Paper presented at a workshop on “Strengthening the constitutional process in Sudan: Basic constitutional principles,” Khartoum, Sudan, 29-31 January 2018.
    
    
29. “Draft report of the horizon scanning mission in Cameroon,” at workshop on the “Validation of Focus group of the draft horizon scanning and vulnerability assessment missions reports,” Cape Town, 4-5 February 2018.
    
    
30. “Conditions for objective and transparent appointment of judges,” Paper presented at Stakeholders’ workshop on the “Independence of the judiciary in Africa,” Arusha, Tanzania, 21-24 February 2018.
    
    
31. “Constitutional education in Africa: Achievements, challenges and prospects,” paper presented at the International Association of Constitutional law Roundtable, Shanghai, China, 13-15 April 2018.
    
    
32. “How to draft a constitution,” paper presented at the workshop on “ Strengthening the constitutional process in Sudan,” Khartoum, Sudan, 30 April to 2 May 2018.
    
    
33. “African bill of rights from a comparative perspective,” paper presented at the workshop on “Strengthening the constitutional process in Sudan,” Khartoum, Sudan, 3-6 May 2018.
    
    
34. “Democracy, elections and constitutionalism in Africa: The continuing challenges,” Paper presented at the Sixth Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on constitutionalism in Africa, Stellenbosch 4-7 September 2018.
    
    
35. “Combating corruption in Cameroon: The role of the Special Criminal Court,” paper presented at a workshop on “The African legal frameworks for preventing, combating, investigating, prosecuting and punishing corruption,”       Entebbe, 17-18 October 2018.
    
    
36. “Judicial appointment practices in Africa: A comparative overview of recent trends,” Paper presented at the International Association of Constitutional Law Roundtable on “Judicial appointments and independence: Indian experience in a comparative perspective,” New Delhi, India, 2-3 November 2018.
    
    
37. “Constitutional law and the economic order: The case of South Africa,” paper presented at Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law workshop on “Strengthening the constitutional process in Sudan,” 29 December 2018.
    
    
38. “The independence of the judiciary in Africa,” Paper presented at the conference on “independence of judiciary under threat? –Global conference in Strasbourg,” 5- 7th December 2018.
    
    
39. “Case law on judicial independence of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Right,” Paper presented at the conference on “independence of judiciary under threat? –Global conference in Strasbourg,” 5- 7th December 2018.
    
    
40. “Financial authority regulation in modern African constitutions: a comparative perspective,” Paper presented at a Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law workshop on “Strengthening the rule of law in Sudan, Jordan, 24-26 July 2017.
    
    
41. “An overview of the rule of law crisis in Africa,” Paper presented at the conference “The rule of law in Sub-Saharan Africa: Promises, progress, pitfalls and prospects,” Pretoria, 29-30 June 2017.
    
    
42. “Ensuring an enabling environment for the effective exercise of the right to participate in public affairs: the normative and institutional frameworks,” Paper presented at the Regional consultation on draft guidelines on the effective implementation of the right to participate in public affairs, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 6-7 September 2017.
    
    
43. “Overcoming the challenges to separation of power in modern African constitutionalism,” Paper presented at Conference on “Separation des pouvoirs et contre-pouvoirs,” Niamey Congress Hall, 10-14 October 2017.
    
    
44. “The crisis of corruption and constitutionalism in Africa,” Paper presented during the Fifth Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa, Stellenbosch 19-22 September 2017.
    
    
45. “Elections and electoral system in South Africa,” Paper presented at the workshop on “Elections and electoral systems,” 30 November – 3 December 2017, Khartoum, Sudan.
    
    
46. “The semi-presidential systems: Constitutional options for genuine power-sharing,” Paper presented at workshop on “Analysis of provisions of the Interim national Constitution of the Republic of Sudan of 2005 and implementing legislation relating to systems of governance,” 4-5 December 2017, Khartoum, Sudan.
    
    
47. “Administrative, financial and legislative responsibilities of central government: A comparative approach,” paper presented at the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law Capacity-building Workshop on the “Levels of government in a decentralised system: Central, provincial and municipal competences,” Khartoum, Sudan 8-9 February 2016.
    
    
48. (with Lukman Abdulrauf), “ The African Union’s Data Protection Convention 2014: A possible cause for celebration of human Rights in Africa,” paper presented at the Seventh International Conference on Information Law and Ethics 2016 on the theme, “ Broadening the Horizons of Information Law and Ethics. A time for inclusion,” Pretoria, 22-23 February, Pretoria, South Africa.
    
    
49. “Strengthening central and regional governmental relations through constitutional and legal reforms: A comparative approach,” paper presented at a Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law capacity-building workshop on the “Design and implementation of a decentralised constitutional system: interrelationship between levels of government,” 4-7 April 2016, Pretoria.
    
    
50. “Towards a judicial democracy to consolidate the rule of law in Africa,” paper presented at an International IDEA conference on “Challenges to the rule of law in Africa,”, Pretoria, 12-13 April 2016.
    
    
51. “The Diffusion of SA-Style Independent Institutions? A Study in Comparative African Constitutionalism,” paper presented at the Comparative constitutional law conference on “Constitutional Triumphs, Constitutional Disappointments: A Critical Assessment of the 1996 South African Constitution’s Local and International Influence, “ at the Faculty of law, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia, 27-28 April 2016.
    
    
52. The launch of the book, “Separation of powers in African constitutionalism,” at the International Association of Constitutional Law roundtable on “The Invisible Constitution: Comparative Perspectives,” Melbourne Law School, Australia, 2-3 May 2016.
    
    
53. “Substantive Jurisdiction of Constitutional Courts: A Global Comparison,” Paper presented at the workshop for Judges of the South Sudan Supreme Court on the “Foundations of Constitutional Adjudication,” Juba, South Sudan, 16-18 February 2015.
    
    
54. “Some Critical Issues in Designing Institutions and Mechanisms for the Implementation and Enforcement of the Constitution,” paper presented at the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law Capacity-building Workshop on the Implementation and Protection of the Constitution, Khartoum, Sudan, 16-18 March 2015.
    
    
55. “Preserving Limits on Government Powers in Africa: Some Reflections on the Past, the Present and the Future,” paper presented at the International Bar Association Conference on “Celebrating Magna Carta and the Rule of Law,” Cape Town, South Africa, 16 May 2015.
    
    
56. “Re-conceptualising the Division of Powers between the Judiciary and the Legislature: Some Perspectives on Developments in Africa,” paper presented the International Association of Constitutional Law Roundtable conference on “The ‘New’ Separation of Powers: Can the Doctrine Evolve to Meet the 21st Century Context,” Johannesburg, South Africa, 28-29 May 2015.
    
    
57. “An overview and evolution of African constitutional courts,” keynote presented at the Third Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa, 16 September 2015.
    
    
58. “Silencing the guns by 2020: Role of constitutionalism and rule of law,” Paper presented at the “Third high level dialogue on democratic governance in Africa,” Dakar, Senegal, 30-31 November 2014.
    
    
59. “Priority issues to consider in drafting a new constitution for the Central African Republic,” presentation made in Bangui on 8 September 2014, at a workshop on the post-conflict intervention framework for the Central African Republic, 5-14 September 2014.
    
    
60. (with Horace Adjolohoun) “Separation of powers and the role of the public prosecutor in Francophone Africa,” paper presented during the Second Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa (SASCA 2014), on 17 September 2014.
    
    
61. “An overview of separation of powers in Africa,” paper presented during the Second Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa (SASCA 2014), on 17 September 2014.
    
    
62. “Pan-African Parliament and law-making: The prospects for legal harmonisation using model laws,” seminar paper presented at STIAS, Stellenbosch on 4 September 2014.
    
    
63. “Law-making by the Pan African Parliament: Model law option,” lecture given to the Pan-African Parliament at Midrand, Johannesburg on 9 August 2014.
    
    
64. “Unconstitutional Changes of Government and Popular Uprisings in Africa: Some Perspectives on a Robust and Principled Response,” Paper presented at the “Constitutionalism and Rule of Law: Brainstorming and Expanding the AU Doctrine on Unconstitutional Changes of Government,” held on 14-16 July 2014 in Pretoria, South Africa.
    
    
65. “Judicial and Jurisprudential Power of African Constitutional Court Judges,” Paper presented at the Conference of African Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa (CCJA) held from 11-14 June 2014, Cotonou, Benin.
    
    
66. “Strengthening constitutional order and upholding the rule of law in Africa: An overview of the situation in central Africa,” Paper presented at the High Level Panel Discussion on “Enhancing Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law in Africa,” Dakar, Senegal, 25-27 November 2013.
    
    
67. “Teaching of Constitutional Law in Africa,” Paper presented at the Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa, 4-6 September 2013, Stellenbosch.
    
    
68. “Constitution-building in Africa: The never-ending story of the making, unmaking and remaking of constitutions,” paper presented at a seminar at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study on 26 September 2013.
    
    
69. “Rethinking Anti-Corruption Strategies in Africa: Constitutional Entrenchment as a Basis for Credible and Effective Anti-Corruption Clean-ups,” paper presented at a Symposium on “Finding Solutions to Africa’s Development,” held at UNISA, Pretoria, 25-26 July 2013.
    
    
70. “Religion and state relations in Cameroon: A complex history of tension, regulatory control and accommodation,” Paper presented at the International conference on law and religion in Africa: comparative practices, experiences and prospects, Accra, Ghana, 14-15 January 2013
    
    
71. “Africanisation of Legal Education Programmes: The Need for Comparative African Legal Studies,” Paper presented at a Comparative Law in Africa Methodology Workshop in Cape Town, 22-24 October 2012.
    
    
72. “The Cameroonian Judiciary in an Era of Expanding Judicial Power,” Paper presented at a workshop on “Constitutional Challenges in South Sudan,” 20-22 August 2012, Juba South Sudan.
    
    
73. “Managing Legal Diversity: Cameroonian Bi-juralism at a Critical Crossroad,” Paper presented at a conference on Mixed Legal Systems, East and West: Newest Trends and Developments, Valletta, Malta, 14-15 May 2012.
    
    
74. “The Expansion of Judicial Power in Africa and Democratic Consolidation: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Prospects,” Paper presented at the IAD Symposium on Elections, Accountability and Democratic Governance in Africa, Cornell University, New York, 19-21 April 2012.
    
    
75. “Some Reflections on the Future of International Commercial Law in Africa,” Paper presented at the First African Conference on International Commercial Law, Douala, Cameroon, 13-14 January 2011.
    
    
76. “The role of constitutional changes and human rights in transforming African regimes,” Paper presented at the HESP’s Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching in Budapest, 11-17 July 2010.
    
    
77. “African bill of rights in a comparative perspective,” under the “African Scholar Lecture Series in the College of Law,” at UNISA on 4 August 2010.
    
    
78. “African constitutional courts,” a report to be presented at the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation and Max Planck Institute conference on constitutional courts, human rights and democracy and development in Heidelberg Germany, 12-13 November 2009.
    
    
79. “Judicial activism in Africa: Possible defence against authoritarian resurgence?” (Paper jointly presented with Prof. E.K. Quansah at annual conference of the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers’ on “Judicialism and Good Governance,” in Cape Town, 25-28 August 2009.
    
    
80. “The constitution as a source of accountability: The role of constitutionalism,” paper presented at an International conference on “Sources of accountability on the African continent,” Cape Town, 20-24 July 2009.
    
    
81. “Mixed systems in Southern Africa: Divergences and convergences,” paper presented at a joint colloquium hosted by the International Academy of Legal Science and the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists at the University of Stellenbosch, 14-15 May 2009.
    
    
82. “The challenges facing constitutionalism in the next decade,” Lecture delivered at UCT on Monday 20 April 2009.
    
    
83. “Enhancing the Judicial Role in Human Rights Protection in Botswana,” paper presented at a conference on “Protection of Human Rights in Botswana: Emerging Issues,” Gaborone, 5 June 2008.
    
    
84. “The Challenges of Human Rights Protection in Botswana in the 21st Century,” paper presented at a conference on “Protection of Human Rights in Botswana: Emerging Issues,” Gaborone, 5 June 2008.
    
    
85. “A Critical Assessment of the Legal Responses to the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Botswana,” Paper presented with Dr. K. Solo at the Conference on “HIV/AIDS, vulnerable groups, human rights and development in Botswana,” Gaborone, 15-16 November 2007.
    
    
86. “Limits on the Powers to Amend Constitutions: Recent Trends in Africa and their Potential Impact on Constitutionalism,” Paper presented in Athens, Greece, during the World Congress of Constitutional Law on the theme, “Rethinking the Boundaries of Constitutional Law,” 11-15 June 2007.
    
    
87. “Presidential Term Limits and their Impact on constitutionalism in Africa,” paper presented in Nairobi, Kenya, during the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers’ Conference on “Fostering Constitutionalism in Africa,” 18-20 April 2007.
    
    
88. “Legal education in Botswana,” paper presented during the “Sino-African Legal Education and Legal Culture Forum,” Renmin University of China Law School, Beijing, China, 8 November 2006.
    
    
89. “The Botswana legal system and its evolution,” paper presented during the “Symposium on Law and Socio-Economic Development: A Comparative Study of Law and African States,” Xiangtan University, China, 20 October – 6 November 2006.
    
    
90. “Challenges to constitutionalism and constitutional rights in Africa and the enabling role of political parties: Lessons and perspectives from Southern Africa,” Paper presented at a seminar at the South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law (SAIFAC), Johannesburg, on 21 July 2005. The research for this paper was carried out during my period as a sabbatical fellow at SAIFAC from 2 June to 30 July 2006.
    
    
91. “The African Union and its institutional framework for promoting democracy and good governance: Pragmatic rhetoric or realizable goal? Paper presented at the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa Conference on “International aid, trade and development in Africa: The search for a development paradigm,” Addis Ababa, 21-23 November 2005.
    
    
92. Keynote address on “ Highest courts departing from precedents: The Botswana Court of Appeal in Kweneng Land Board v Mpofu and Nonong,” presented at the certificate award ceremony of the Certificate Programme in Law, Department of Jurisprudence, University of South Africa, on 12 May 2005.
93. Presentation on the use of UPEACE teaching packages in teaching and research in gender and peace building at the Second UPEACE Faculty and Staff Development Seminar on Gender & Peace building, Kitwe, Zambia, 4-7 April 2005.
    
    
94. “Post 1990 constitutional reforms in Africa: A preliminary assessment of the prospects for constitutional governance and constitutionalism,” paper presented at the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) International Conference on African Conflicts: Management, resolution, post-conflict recovery and development, 29 November – 1 December 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
    
    
95. “The peace studies project in the University of Botswana,” paper presented during the University for Peace and Dag Hammarskjöld Centre Faculty and Staff Development Seminar on Gender and Peace Building, Kitwe, Zambia 26- 30 July 2004.
    
    
96. “The status of children’s rights and enforcement mechanisms in Botswana,” paper presented during the Regional Interdisciplinary course on Children’s rights, in Harare, Zimbabwe, from 1-19 March 2004.
    
    
97. “Research proposal on a diagnostic survey of corruption in Botswana,” paper presented during a training course on Social science research methodology offered by the Research Methodology Training Institute of the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), from 8 to 19 December 2003.
    
    
98. “Kweneng Land Board v Matlho Revisited: The predicament over certainty and flexibility in the ascertainment of customary law in Botswana,” paper presented at the Southern African Society of Legal Historians’ Conference, 15-17 January 2003, University of  Stellenbosch, South Africa.
    
    
99. “The prospects for peace-building through Truth Commissions in Africa,” paper presented at the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) Congress on the theme “ The Quest for Social Peace in Africa: Transformations, Democracy and Public Policy”, held in Khartoum, Sudan, 14 – 20 December 2002.
    
    
100. “Protecting constitutional values in Africa: A comparison of Botswana and Cameroon,” lecture delivered at the Faculty of Law, University of South Africa (UNISA), on 13 September 2002.
     
     
101. "Conflict dynamics and Botswana's exceptionality," paper presented during a specialization course on “Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration,” in Mozambique, 8-15 July 2001.
     
     
102. "Peace-building in Africa: Lessons from Truth Commissions," paper presented during a specialization course on conflict Resolution at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, University of Uppsala, 18 April-30 June 2001.
     
     
103. “Cameroon’s troubled democratic transition and the deconstruction of the federalist problematic,” paper presented at a conference on “Cameroon: Transitions and Transformation”, Rice University, Houston, 6-8 April 2001.
     
     
104. "The risk of exclusion from the digital global economy: The case of Botswana," paper presented at the International Conference on "E-Work Location in a Digital Global Economy" at Budapest, 24-25 October 2000. Http://.emergence.nu/events/octprog.html
     
     
105. "Cameroonian bi-juralism: current challenges and future prospects," paper presented at the Southern African Society of Legal Historians" conference, 23-25 January 1999, at Pretoria, South Africa.
     
     
106. "The legal and institutional framework for combating corruption in Cameroon," paper presented at a seminar on "Good Governance" organized by the African Association for Public for Public Administration and Management (AAPAM) Cameroon Chapter, 8 August 1997.
     
     
107. “Legal and regulatory constraints to the effective functioning of a free market in Cameroon," paper presented at Seminar on "Towards a Dynamic African Association for Public Administration and Management (AAPAM) Cameroon Chapter, 25-27 September 1995.

Technical Reports

1. (With Segnonna Horace Adjolohoun) Study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to justice in West Africa (Benin, Niger and Senegal) August 2021.
   
   
2. Judicial Review in Africa: Options Paper (Prepared for the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers and International IDEA). 2021
   
   
3. “Guidelines for the amendment of national constitutions by African Union member states,” (Prepared for the Department of Political Affairs of the African Union).
   
   
4. “Stemming the tide against corruption through Regional Economic Communities: Stories of success in fighting corruption in Africa,” Study prepared for the AU African Union Advisory Board on Corruption (AU ABC) 2019.
   
   
5. “The ACDEG and AU-CPCC: Exploring the Potential Impact of Treaty Domestication on the Democratic Quality of Elections in Sub-Saharan Africa,” (2017) Paper was commissioned by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Section for Regional Development Cooperation in Addis Ababa, through Sida’s Helpdesk in Democratic Governance and Human Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa, managed by FCG Sweden.
   
   
6. “Unconstitutional Changes of Government and Popular Uprisings in Africa: Some Perspectives on a Robust and Principled Response,” report submitted to International IDEA and AU, 16 June 2014.    
         
7. “The Context of Justice in Africa: Emerging Trends and Prospects,” at UNDP conference on “Empowered Lives, Resilient Nations: The Role of Law and Justice in Africa’s Development,” Pretoria, 21-23 November 2011.
   
   
8. AU Model Law on Anti-Terrorism. Prepared as a consultant to the African Union.
   
   
9. "Rules Governing Contracts in Cameroon" in Crosscutting Constraints and Policy Reform, USAID Cameroon and  Associates in Rural Development Inc, Burlington (1994) 14 pages  
   
   
10. "Terms and Conditions of Work in Cameroon" in Crosscutting Constraints and Policy Reforms. USAID Cameroon and Associates in Rural Development Inc. Burlington (1994) 29 pages.
    
    
11. "The Contribution of Italian Aid to the Development of Cameroon, 1962-1990" (Unpublished) 102 pages.
    
    
12. (With Njoku Ama), “Patenting and its effect on Research Capacity and Utilization,” http://umconference.um.edu.my/upload/43-1/papers/099%20NjokuOlaAma_CharlesMangaFombad.pdf
    
13.  (With Njoku Ama), “Assessing the challenges of patent and research exemptions on research capacity and utilization in  Universities, research institutions and industry in Botswana,” (collaborative study with Dr. Ama sponsored by the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC) 
    http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/handle/10625/46297

Academic Awards & Recognition

1. Associate Member, International Academy of Comparative Law since 2018
   
   
2. Fellow, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS)
   
   
3. Recipient of University of Pretoria Chancellor's Award for Research 2021
   
   
4. Received the Bobbert Association Prize for best article for the article, “Some insights into statutory law-making in Botswana,” awarded by the Editorial Board of the Journal for Juridical Science, in 2003.
   
   
5. Received the Wedderburn Prize 2003 for the article, “The protection of freedom of expression in the public service media in Southern Africa: A Botswana perspective”, which appeared in the Modern Law Review, by the Modern Law Review Editorial Committee.
   
   
6. Appointed as Professor Honorarius of the Department of Jurisprudence, University of South Africa 2003-2007.
   
   
7. Awarded the special commendation for research excellence by the University Research Awards Committee for the year 2004 (runner up to University Researcher of the Year).
   
   
8. Awarded the special commendation for research excellence by the University Research Awards Committee for the year 2005(runner up to University Researcher of the Year).
   
   
9. Awarded the special commendation for research excellence by the University Research Awards Committee for the year 2007(runner up to University Researcher of the Year).
   
   
10. Received a B1 rating from the South African National Research Foundation in 2016.
    
    
11.  Admitted as a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa in November 2016.

Member of Editorial Board of the following Journals:

1. African Journal of International Affairs
2. International Encyclopaedia of Laws, Belgium
3. Fundamina. A Journal of Legal History.
4. City University of Hong Kong Law Review.
5. Journal of Eastern and Central African Studies
6. Revue Doctrinale du Droit Guinéen
7. Founding editor-in-chief, University of Botswana Law Journal (UBLJ), 2005-2009.
8. McGill Journal of International Law & Legal Pluralism
9. Africa Journal of Comparative Constitutional Law
10. De Jure Law Journal
11. Pretoria Students Law Review (PSLR)
12. Pretoria University Law Press (PULP)

Membership of the following Scientific Professional  Associations:

1. Southern African Society of Legal Historians
2. African Network of Constitutional Lawyers (ANCL) and member of its Advisory board
3. International Association of Constitutional Law and member of its executive committee as well as Vice President of the association.
4. Associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law

Other International Positions

1. Consultant to the African Union on the African Governance Architecture (AGA) cluster on constitutionalism and the rule of law.
2. Consultant to the Max Planck Foundation on International Peace and the Rule of Law Programmes in Africa.
3. Consultant to International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) programme for Sub Saharan Africa and East Asia.
4. Founding member of the Transnational Advisory Group to the Association of American Law Schools (AALS),
5. Fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS);
6. Organizer of the Stellenbosch Annual Seminars on Constitutionalism in Africa.
7. Former member of the National Research Foundation (NRF) Specialist Committee for Law and also member Member of its Review Panel for SARChI chairs.

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The rich diversity of the activities of the Centre for Human Rights during the year 2001 is captured in this report. The central focus of the Centre for Human Rights is on human rights law in Africa. The Centre aims to make a contribution in this field through a number of projects, ranging from masters courses and short courses to moot courts and research and publications. - Taken from the introduction to the Centre for Human Rights Annual Report 2001 by Christof Heyns, Director and Professor of Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights. Full report  Download the 2001 Annual Report as one large file (770 Kb)

Individual chapters

 Introduction
 Human Rights Law in Africa
 African Human Rights Law Journal
 Masters Programmes
 Integrated Bar Project
 African Human Rights Moot Court Competition
 Gender Unit
 Human Rights Education Unit
 Southern Africa Student Volunteers (SASVO)
 Phillip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
 Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination
 Research, Publications and Activities
 Visitors, Lecturers and Speakers
 Donors

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2002 saw the consolidation and expansion of several projects at the Centre for Human Rights. Highlights involved the following: The African Human Rights Moot Court Competition was held for the 11th time and took place in Cairo; the continental LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation had its third intake; the Centre hosted the Jessup Competition and the Integrated Bar Project again placed about 150 senior black law students on internships with law firms. - Taken from the introduction to the Centre for Human Rights Annual Report 2002 by Christof Heyns, Director and Professor of Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights. Full report  Download the 2002 Annual Report as one large file (1.35 Mb)

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 Introduction
 Staff Composition
 African Human Rights Moot Court Competition
 LLM Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa
 African Human Rights Law Journal
 Research Project on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights in SADC
 Pretoria Good Governance Academy
 Gender Unit
 Integrated Bar Project
 Southern Africa Student Volunteers (SASVO)
 Phillip C Jessup Moot Court Competition
 Research, Publications and Activities
 Visitors, Lecturers and Speakers
 Income Statement

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Since its formal recognition as an academic department in the Faculty of Law, the Centre for Human Rights has been able to invest its efforts in both formal academic programmes, on the one hand, and research, advocacy and less formal human rights teaching and training, on the other. The Centre continued with the Master’s in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa, again preparing 30 of Africa’s most talented young lawyers to make a difference within the sphere of international human rights law in Africa. - Taken from the introduction to the Centre for Human Rights Annual Report 2008 by Frans Viljoen,  Director, Centre for Human Rights. Full report  Download the 2008 Annual Report as one large file (2.29 Mb)

Individual chapters

 Introduction
 Directors' Message
 Academic Programmes
 Human Rights Education
 Research & Advocacy
 Publications
 Staff & Interns
 Staff Activities
 Funding

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The year 2009 was dominated by the ten-year celebration of one of the flagship programmes of the Centre, the LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). The highlight was the annual partners’ conference and graduation, which this year saw the participation of more than eighty alumni of the programme. As has become customary, the class of 2009 graduated on 10 December. Four doctoral candidates of the Centre also graduated. On that occasion, an honorary doctorate was awarded to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Justice Navi Pillay. - Taken from the introduction to the Centre for Human Rights Annual Report 2009 by Frans Viljoen, Director, Centre for Human Rights. Full report  Download the 2009 Annual Report as one large file (3.72 Mb)

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 Introduction
 Directors' Message
 Academic Programmes
 Human Rights Education
 Research & Advocacy
 Publications
 Staff & Interns
 Staff Activities
 Funding

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The year 2010 started on a very sad note for us at the Centre for Human Rights, when Gill Jacot Guillarmod passed away on 15 January after a brief period of illness. Gill was our respected and inspirational senior liaison officer. Gill was also our dear friend, trusted confidante, the beloved grandmother to our children, and the core of our social being. More than anyone else, she symbolised the kind heart and the sincere humaneness to which we as a Centre aspire. - Taken from the introduction to the Centre for Human Rights Annual Report 2010 by Frans Viljoen, Director, Centre for Human Rights. Full report  Download the 2010 Annual Report as one large file (3.9 Mb)

Individual chapters

 Directors' Message
 Academic Programmes
 Human Rights Education
 Research & Advocacy
 Publications
 Staff & Interns
 Staff Activities
 Funding

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As this Annual Report testifies, the Centre was in 2012 as busy as ever with academic programmes and a variety of projects aimed at promoting and protecting human rights in Africa. Two highlights should be mentioned. The first is the coming of age of the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition. The Moot turned 21 in Maputo, Mozambique, as the Law Faculty of Eduardo Mondlane University became the first of the hosting institutions to organise the Moot for the second time. The second highlight is the award, by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, of its NGO Human Rights Prize to the Centre, on the occasion of the Commission’s 25-year anniversary. Through this award, the Commission not only recognised the Centre’s role in supporting and collaborating with the African Commission (for example, by placing interns, publishing its ‘law reports’, co-hosting the Moot Court Competition, and supporting the mandate of various Special Rapporteurs), but it also acknowledged the contribution of the Centre’s extended family. This family consists of the partner institutions with whom we have over the years collaborated on the LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa) and the Moot, as well as the LLM graduates. These graduates are not only agents for change and activists for human rights all over the continent but are also the face of the Centre to the world. - Taken from the introduction to the Centre for Human Rights Annual Report 2012 by Frans Viljoen, Director, Centre for Human Rights. Full report  Download the 2012 Annual Report as one large file (4.1 Mb)

Individual chapters

 Directors' Message
 Academic Programmes
 Human Rights Education
 Research & Advocacy
 Publications
 Staff
 Staff Activities
 Funders

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The year 2013 provided numerous highlights: As an academic department, the Centre once again presented the Master’s programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa. Twenty-six students from 19 countries graduated on 10 December 2013. This programme, which started as a Master’s in Law (LLM) in 2000, was changed in 2013 to also allow non-lawyers onto the programme, who graduate with the degree MPhil. A total of two students graduated on the Masters in Multidisciplinary Human Rights. Four doctoral students graduated in 2013, including one of the Centre’s long-standing staff members, Martin Nsibirwa. Another intake of students comprising 20 in total, started on the LLM (Trade and Investment Law in Africa). A final group of Master’s students completed the LLM (HIV and International Law in Africa), with 10 graduating in 2013. This programme had been presented in collaboration with the NOG, the Human Rights Development Initiative (HRDI). The Centre is a research-intensive department and, in 2013, contributed significantly to the research outputs of the Faculty of Law. - Taken from the introduction to the Centre for Human Rights Annual Report 2013 by Frans Viljoen, Director, Centre for Human Rights. Full report  Download the 2013 Annual Report as one large file (6.4 Mb)

Individual chapters

 Directors' Message
 Academic Programmes
 Human Rights Education
 Research & Advocacy
 Publications
 Staff
 Staff Activities
 Funders

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Full report

 Download the 2015 Annual Report as one large file (5.1 Mb)

Individual chapters

 Directors' Message
 Academic Programmes
 Research & Post-doctoral fellows
 Centre Projects
 Publications
 International Development Law Unit
 Centre Personnel
 Funding

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General contact details

Centre for Human Rights
Faculty of Law
University of Pretoria
South Africa
0002

  +27 (0) 12 420 3810 / +27 (0) 12 420 3034

  chr@up.ac.za 
  www.chr.up.ac.za

Postal address

Centre for Human Rights
Faculty of Law
University of Pretoria
Private Bag X20
Hatfield 0028
Republic of South Africa 

Individual contact details

Please visit the Centre for Human Rights Staff Members for individual contact details of persons associated with the Centre for Human Rights.

Directions

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Electronic copies of the Centre for Human Rights Annual Reports are now available for download.
The following years are available: 

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Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA)

The Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA) is a research institute located in the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria.

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 Constitution: Centre for Human Rights

(Faculty Board, Faculty of Law, 20 February 2023 Senate, University of Pretoria, 18 May 2023, S1828/23)

1. VISION AND MISSION

1.1       The vision of the Centre for Human Rights (“the Centre”) is a world in which everyone enjoys human rights and democratic governance.

1.2       The mission of the Centre is to work towards the realisation of human rights, particularly of the most vulnerable, with a focus on Africa, through innovative, cutting-edge and impactful teaching, training, research, capacity building, strategic litigation, advocacy and publication.

1.3       The Centre strives for ubuntu (humanity) and excellence in all its undertakings.

2. VALUES

2.1       The Centre is guided by human rights, in particular the principle of non-discrimination, equality, human dignity, and respect for everyone. It adopts a human rights-based approach to all its activities.

2.2       We are bound by and uphold all University policies. In particular, we strongly disapprove of sexual harassment, misuse of authority, racism, homophobia, and other forms of intolerance. The Centre is committed to transformation and diversity in its programmes, projects, staff composition and internal functioning.

2.3       We act with compassion to ensure the inclusion and protection of those most vulnerable to human rights violations.

2.4       We aim to provide a non-judgmental and participatory convening space where intellectual freedom prospers. We fully subscribe to the principle of academic freedom.

2.5       We commit ourselves to act with integrity in all our endeavours, by acting with fairness to all.

2.6       We consider ourselves to be accountable to everyone involved in our work, our partners, our colleagues, the Faculty and the broader University. We uphold the principle of transparency.

2.7       We commit ourselves to act with excellence and professionalism, and be effective and efficient in our use of resources and our reporting to donors, in terms of specific grant agreements.

2.8       We strive to advance the spirit of ubuntu by cultivating acceptance of diversity and difference, and by working in solidarity with each other and our partners.

2.9       We endeavour to foster a critical pan-African identity.

2.10    We commit ourselves to invest in the future of Africa’s youth.

3. STATUS

3.1       The Centre has a dual nature:

1. It is an academic department within the Faculty of Law, and subject to all the academic prescripts and Regulations of the University.
2. It is also a non-profit human rights institution housed by the University, with a specific focus on human rights-based research, education, capacity building, advocacy and publication. In this respect, the Centre carries out public benefit activities, in a non-profit manner and with an altruistic intent.

3.2       These two components are not separate from each other, but are inter-related and function in complementarity with each other in order to further enhance the principles of human rights in the University, domestically, regionally and globally.

3.3       The Centre will not use its resources directly or indirectly to support, advance or

oppose any political party.

3.4    The Centre reports annually to the Board of the Faculty of Law (Faculty Board) on its activities, income and expenditure.

3.5       The Centre reports annually to the Centre’s Advisory Board on the activities undertaken.

4. GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

4.1       Board of the Faculty of Law

The Board of the Faculty of Law and the Senate of the University are the Centre’s highest decision-making bodies.

4.2       Advisory Board

The Centre has an Advisory Board, which provides strategic advice on sustainability and advocacy-related matters.

4.2.1   Composition

i.  The Advisory Board consists of:

1. The Dean of the Faculty of Law (who also serves as Chairperson of the Board).
2.  The Executive Committee of the Centre: the Director, Assistant Directors, Finance Manager, and the Office Manager.
3. Two staff members of the Centre, elected by the other members of staff for a non-renewable period of four years.
4. Five external members of the broader African human rights community, recognised for their experience and knowledge in the field of human rights, especially in Africa. 
   These members serve a four-year term, renewable once for another four years.

ii   The Executive Committee, after consultation with the full-time staff members of the Centre, proposes candidates for the five external positions referred to under point 4(i)(d) above, for approval by the Faculty Board.

iii   In the appointment of these five external members, the need for the Board to reflect the diversity of the African community, especially in respect of race and gender, must be taken into consideration.

iv   If any of the five external members of the Board fail to reasonably exercise their duties, they may be relieved of their duties by a formal resolution of the Faculty Board. of the Faculty of Law.

4.2.2   Quorum

1. Seven members of the Board form a quorum, provided that at least three external members are present at the meeting.
2. Decisions are taken by consensus, and if there is a dispute, by a majority vote.
3. The Advisory Board meets at least once a year.

4.3       Executive Committee

4.3.1   Composition

The Executive Committee consists of the Director, Assistant Directors, Financial Manager, and the Office Manager.

4.3.2   Functions and competencies

1. The Executive Committee ensures staff development, wherever possible.
2. The Executive Committee coordinates the management of the projects of the Centre.
3. The Executive Committee co-ordinates fund raising.
4. The Executive Committee meets at least once a month. It takes its decisions by consensus, and if there is a dispute, by a majority vote.

4.4       Managers’ Meetings

4.4.1   The Managers of Units, projects, and academic programmes meet at least four times a year.  These meetings are convened by the Director. Additional meetings will be convened at the request of at least three Managers. 

4.4.2   The meeting serves as a forum to discuss aspects related to the operations of the Centre. The meeting makes recommendations to the Director or Executive Committee.

5. STAFFING STRUCTURE OF THE CENTRE

5.1       Office-bearers

5.1.1   Director

1. The Director is responsible for the management and financial control of the Centre.
2. The Director is the academic and administrative head of the Centre, overseeing all of the academic aspects of its projects and activities.
3. The Director holds the position of head of department, and represents the Centre in the Faculty and University’s management and academic structures.

5.1.2   Assistant Directors

1. The two Assistant Directors’ portfolios are: ‘Programmes’ and ‘Operations’ and they oversee the administrative and financial aspects of all programmes, projects and activities of the Centre, in collaboration with the Director.
2. The Assistant Directors are responsible for any duty or function delegated to them by the Director, in accordance with the prescripts of the University.
3. The Director designates an Assistant Director to serve as Acting Director in his or her absence. When both the Director and the two Assistant Directors are absent at the same time for a significant period, the Executive Committee will appoint an Acting Director in consultation with the Dean of the Faculty.

5.1.3   Financial Manager

1. The Financial Manager administers the Centre's funds, working with the Department of Finance of the University of Pretoria.
2. The Financial Manager submits monthly financial statements to the Executive Committee, and to the Faculty and the administration of the University as required.

5.1.4   Office Manager

1. The Office Manager coordinates the daily activities of the Centre and bears responsibility, at Executive Committee level, for specific projects identified by the Executive Committee.
2. The Office Manager is responsible for the secretariat services to the Advisory Board and Executive Committee.

5.1.5   Staff members

1. All staff members, including the office-bearers of the Centre, are appointed and remunerated in accordance with the prescripts of the University of Pretoria.
2. Programme/Project Officers report to the relevant Programme/Project Manager, who reports to the assigned Executive Committee member.
   
   

6. FINANCES

6.1       The Centre raises funds from donor agencies and through courses, and is provided for in the budget of the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria.

6.2       The funds raised by the Centre are held by the University of Pretoria, and accounted for in accordance with the financial and audit prescripts of the University.

6.3       The use of the Centre’s funds is audited annually in accordance with the prescripts of the University.

7. AMENDMENT AND REVIEW OF THE CONSTITUTION

7.1       Amendments to the Constitution may be initiated by the Executive Committee or any staff member. Proposed amendments are sent for approval by the Faculty Board and Senate, after consultation with staff.

7.2       The Constitution will be reviewed every five years.

8. DEFINITIONS

In this Constitution, unless the context indicates otherwise:

“Centre” means the Centre for Human Rights;

“Constitution” means the Constitution of the Centre for Human Rights as adopted and approved by the Faculty of Law and Senate of the University;

“Faculty” means the Faculty for Law;

“Faculty Board” means the Faculty Board of the Faculty for Law;

“University” means the University of Pretoria.

Adopted and approved on this 20^th  day of  February 2023.

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The Centre's Advisory Board consists of:

Dean of the Faculty of Law (who also serves as Chairperson of the Board)

Professor Elsabe Schoeman

the Executive Committee of the Centre: the Director, Assistant Directors, Finance Manager, and the Office Manager.

Two staff members of the Centre, elected by the other members of staff for a non-renewable period of four years.

Prof Elvis Fokala

Ms Bonolo Makgale

Five external members of the broader African human rights community, recognised for their experience and knowledge in the field of human rights, especially in Africa. These members serve a four-year term, renewable once for another four years.

Prof Sylvia Tamale

Orquídea Massarongo-Jona

Justice Johann van der Westhuizen

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Extraordinary Professors

Prof Michael Stein

Executive Director Harvard Law School Project on Disability

Prof Dan Kuwali

KD Freeman & Associates Malawi

Extraordinary Lecturers 

Dr Adem Abebe

Associate Programme Officer (IDEA)

Dr Sègnonna H. Adjolohoun

Head of the Legal Division of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

Dr Japheth Biegon

Amnesty International Nairobi, Kenya

Dr Pierre Brouard

Centre for Sexualitiues, AIDS and Gender, University of Pretoria

Dr Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz

Deputy Director, Africa Division, Human Rights Watch

Prof Solomon Ebobrah

Professor of Law, Niger Delta University

Dr Tresor Makunya

Associate Professor of Public Law, University of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

Dr Magalie Masamba

Post-doctoral Fellow

Saro Persaud

Law and sustainable development

Graeme Reid

UN Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity

Prof Sâ Benjamin Traoré

Faculty of Governance, Economics and Social Sciences, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

Jan Mutton

Former Extraordinary Professors

Dr Jean Allain

Queens University of Belfast

Prof Cecile Aptel

Legal Advisor UN International

Dr Stuart Casey-Maslen

International lawyer specialising in use of force and the protection of civilians

Prof Fernand De Varennes

Université de Moncton Canada

Prof Bonny Ibhawoh

Director, McMaster Centre for Human Rights and Restorative Justice

Prof Dr Jann K. Kleffner

Head of the International Law Centre & Associate Professor of International Law, Swedish National Defence College

Justice Johann Kriegler

Retired Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa

Prof Edward Kwakwa

Legal Counsel, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Geneva, Switzerland

Prof Cephas Lumina

Advocate (Barrister & Solicitor) of the High Court for Zambia
Member: United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (2017-2021)
UN Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights (2008-2014)

Prof Thandabantu Nhlapo

Retired Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cape Town

Prof Attiya Waris

University of Nairobi, School of Law

Former Honorary Professors

Prof John Dugard

Judge ad hoc at the International Court of Justice

Prof David Padilla

Former Executive Secretary: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Former Extraordinary Lecturers 

Prof Jay Aronson

Carnegie Mellon University

Patrick Eba

Human Rights and Law Adviser UNAIDS

Elizabeth Griffin

Fellow, University of Essex Human Rights Centre, UK

Dr Enga Kameni

Legal Adviser African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)

Dr Zonke Majodina

Research Associate, Africa Institute of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

Dr Rita Ozoemena

Post- Doctoral, Research Fellow (SAIFAC), University of Johannesburg

Dr Thomas Probert

Head of Research International collaboration “Freedom from Violence”

Asha Ramgobin

Executive Director, HRDI

Karen Stefiszyn

Gender Equality Specialist

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The Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA) is a research institute located in the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria. The ICLA was established at the beginning of 2011 and is located in a renovated double-story house next to the Law Building on the Hatfield Campus. The Institute houses an extensive collection of antique furniture and art and also serves as the Christo Coetzee museum.

Drawing on the extensive networks that the Faculty has established over many years in Africa and beyond, the objective of the ICLA is to become a port of call for those who wish to engage in legal research and legal reform in Africa involving comparative or international law at the advanced level. 

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The mission of International Development Law Unit (IDLU) is to conduct and promote policy-oriented legal research on international development law topics. Its focus is on how international legal principles can be incorporated into the procedures, operating principles, laws and regulations, and structures required to promote sustainable and equitable development at the global, regional, national, and community level, with a particular emphasis on the needs of Africa in general and Southern Africa in particular. Its current activities include the reform of international financial governance and promoting socially and environmentally responsible infrastructure and extractive industry projects. 

In addition to its research activities, IDLU also seeks to stimulate discussion and debate on topics related to international development law by arranging lectures and the publication of short articles in the media on topics of current interest relating to international development. It also sponsors doctoral students and participates in the Centre's LLM in International Trade and Investment Law for African Lawyers.

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  BA(Lesotho) LLB(NWU) LLM(UP)

Project Manager: Advanced Human Rights Courses (AHRC)

Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 4197
  dennis.antwi@up.ac.za

Expertise: 
Aviation and air law

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LLB(UNIZIK) BA(Hons) LLM(UP) LLD Candidate(UP)

Research, Monitoring and Evaluation

Tel: +27 (0) 812654057
Fax: +27 (0) 86 269 6141
linda.ajemba@up.ac.za

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 BA(Wits) JD(Northeastern) MLIC(Georgetown) LLD(UP)

Emeritus Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law

+ 27 (12) 420 6202
 danny.bradlow@up.ac.za 

Expertise: 

Global economic governance, International financial institutions, extractive industries and human rights, financial institutions and human rights, international development law, international economy and human rights, international trade and human rights, foreign investment law and human rights.

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• Academia.edu:http://independent.academia.edu/danielbradlow

Other Positions

• Head, International Economic Relations and Policy Department, South African Reserve Bank (SARB) (February 2013—November 2014)

• SARCHI Professor of International Development Law and African Economic Relations at the University of Pretoria, South Africa (2009—January 2013) (Extraordinary Professor January 2013—January 2015)

• Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law (August 1995-January 2015)

• Director, International Legal Studies Program, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC (July 1996-December 2009);

• Coordinator, S.J.D. Program (August 2000- December 2006) ,

• Coordinator Hubert H. Humphrey Program and International Visiting Scholars Program at WCL, (August 2002-December 2009)

• Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law

• Member, Roster of Experts, Independent Review Mechanism, African Development Bank

• Member, Board of Directors, International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty (ILEAP)

• Member, Advisory Board, Law, Social Justice and Global Development Journal

Current Projects

• Legal Issues in Global Financial Governance

• Legal Issues Arising from the Social and Environmental Impacts of ExtractiveIndustry and Large Scale Infrastructure Projects

Videos

• Roundtable Discussion: What Role Should Central Banks Play in Dealing with Environmental and Social Challenges like climate change and inequality?
  
  
  
  
• Prof. Daniel Bradlow made inroads in finding alternative funding models for higher education in SA
• Foreign Policy during a Global Crisis
• In this edition of Editing Allowed, Hillary Joffe and the panel discuss the pros, cons and potential pitfalls of the IMF's loan to South Africa
• The South African government has asked the International Monetary Fund for $4.2 billion (eNCA 29 July 2002)
• SA Lockdown Day 15 | SA's position in IMF, World Bank virtual Spring Meetings (SABC) (09-04-2020)
• Die IMF se lenings - KN Verslag In Gesprek - 7 Augustus 2019 (KYKNet) (07-08-2019)
• IFI02 - Immunities of International Organizations - Are They Still Viable? (08-11-2017)
• United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law: International Financial Institutions - International Law and International Financial Institutions
• Strengthening IFIs to Promote Effective International Cooperation (11-11-2012)
• Beyond Markets: Global Economic Governance Africa Project with Danny Bradlow (05-06-2012)
• US Debt - Impact on Emerging Markets with Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria (18-07-2011)

Podcasts

• The Political Desk with Bongani Bingiwa
  
  

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LLB(UP)  MA LLM(Yale) PhD(Wits)

Professor of Human Rights Law
Director: Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA)
Member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee
pumeza.matwa@up.ac.za

Expertise: 
United Nations, human rights in Africa, the right to life

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LLB (UP) LLM Candidate (UP)

Special Projects Coordinator
Programme Manager: LLM/MPhil, LLD/DPhil Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Africa (SRRA)
Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 3587
Fax: +27 (0) 86 580 5743
thuto.maqutu@up.ac.za 

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LLB(Nigeria) BL(Nigeria) LLM(UP) LLD Candidate

Communications and Advocacy Officer

Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 5408
david.ikpo@up.ac.za

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LLB(Catholic University of Eastern Africa) Advocate Dip(Kenya School of Law) LLM(UP) LLD Candidate (UP)

Project Officer: Women’s Rights Unit
Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 5408
Fax: +27 (0) 12 362 5125
mariam.kamunyu@gmail.com

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Academic Coordinator: LLM/MPhil Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA)
Professor of Human Rights Law

jur kand (Lund) EMA (Padua) LLD (UP)

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8728-5368
 +27 (0)12 420 4507  
 magnus.killander@up.ac.za

Expertise: 

International organisations (UN, AU, SADC etc.), relationship between international and domestic law, international human rights law, foreign policy and human rights, comparative constitutional law in Africa 

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Assistant Financial Manager
+27 (0) 12 420 4628
emily.laubscher@up.ac.za

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BA Ed(University of Oradea, Romania), MPhil (MDHR) (UP)

Project Coordinator: Children’s Rights Unit
Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 6398
Fax: +27 (0) 86 580 5743
alina.miamingi@up.ac.za

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LLD, LLM (University of Pretoria), LLB (University of The Gambia)

Post-Doctoral Fellow: LLM/MPhil (SRRA) 

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 5485
satang.nabaneh@up.ac.za

Expertise:

Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Comparative Constitutional Law, Human Rights Law, Health and Human Rights, Women’s Human Rights, Gender Equality, Gambian Constitutional Law, Policy Analysis and Socio-Legal Empirical Research.

Links

• Research Gate:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Satang_Nabaneh 
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrSatangNabaneh 
• Website: www.satangnabaneh.com 

Current Projects

1. Transforming thesis titled “Power dynamics in the provision of legal abortion: A feminist perspective on nurses and conscientious objection in South Africa" (2020) into book.
2. Co-editing book “The Gambia in transition: Towards a new constitutional order’ for Pretoria University Law Press (PULP)

Teaching

• International human rights law
• Women’s Rights
• Sexual & Reproductive Rights
• Research Methodology 
• Qualitative Research Methods
• African law and society scholarship

Supervision: LLM/MPhil Dissertations

Co-Supervisor (with M Killander): Husselmann, C ‘Abortion law in Namibia and South Africa’ (2019) LLM Dissertation, University of Pretoria

Academic Fellowships and Grants 

• Junior Scholar Workshop Awardee, Law and Society Association (2019)
• African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Kenya (2018-2020)
• Fellow, Comparative Law & Societies Study (CLASS), Law, Societies & Justice Department, University of Washington, USA (2017-2021)
• Doctoral Fellowship, Chr. Michelsen Institution (CMI) and Centre on Law and Social Transformation, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway (2016-2019) as part of the project on political determinants of sexual and reproductive health in Africa (Research Council of Norway #248159).
• Winner of the Victor Dankwa Prize for the best performance in the Module: Human Rights in Africa in the 2012 LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa) program (2012)
• DAAD Scholar: German Academic Exchange Service Scholarship to pursue a Master of Laws (LLM) in Human Rights and Democratization in Africa at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria. (2012)
• Gambian government Scholarship to study law at the University of The Gambia (2007-2011)

Publications:

2021

• Nabaneh, Satang: The Use of Emergency Powers in Response to COVID-19 in The Gambia, VerfBlog, 2021/5/06, https://verfassungsblog.de/the-use-of-emergency-powers-in-response-to-covid-19-in-the-gambia/, DOI: 10.17176/20210506-111540-0.
  
  
• S Nabaneh ‘Abortion and ‘conscientious objection’ in South Africa: The need for regulation’ in E Durojaye, G Mirugi-Mukundi & C Ngwena (eds) Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Africa Constraints and Opportunities (Routledge, Forthcoming 2021)

• S Nabaneh (with E Durojaye) ‘Addressing Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation (FGC/M) in The Gambia: Beyond Criminalisation’ in E Durojaye, G Mirugi-Mukundi & C Ngwena (eds) Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Africa Constraints and Opportunities (Routledge, Forthcoming 2021)

2020

• S Nabaneh, G Sowe & M Saine, ‘Gambia’ in R Albert et al (eds). The I·CONnect-Clough Center 2019 Global Review of Constitutional Law (November 26, 2020), pp. 129-133. Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3736382. 

• S Nabaneh ‘Maintaining the Independence of the African Commission On Human And Peoples’ Rights: A Commentary On The Rules Of Procedure, 2020’ (August 24, 2020) Coalition for the Independence of the African Commission. Available at: (English) https://achprindependence.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CIAC_RoP_Nabaneh_Rules-of-Procedure.pdf; (French): https://achprindependence.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CIAC_FRRoP_Nabaneh_Rules-of-Procedure.pdf. 

• S Nabaneh ‘Becoming an African Feminist Parent’ in RS Dieng & A O’Reilly (eds.) Feminist Parenting: Perspectives from Africa and Beyond (Demeter Press, 2020), pp. 99-106. 

2019

• S Nabaneh (with E Durojaye) ‘Human Rights and access to health care for Persons with Albinism in Africa’ 7 (2019) African Disability Rights Yearbook 35-58. Available at: https://www.adry.up.ac.za/index.php/articles-2019/ebenezer-durojaye-satang-nabaneh.html. 

• S Nabaneh ‘The Gambia’s Political Transition to Democracy: Is Abortion Reform Possible?’ (December 2019) 21(2) Health and Human Rights Journal 167-179. Available at: https://www.hhrjournal.org/2019/12/the-gambias-political-transition-to-democracy-is-abortion-reform-possible/. 

• S Nabaneh & G Sowe ‘The Gambia: The state of liberal democracy’ in R Albert et al (eds) The I·CONnect-Clough Center 2018 Global Review of Constitutional Law (October 21, 2019), pp. 107- 111. Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3471638. 

• S Nabaneh & A Muula ‘Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A complex legal and ethical landscape’ (2019) 145 (2) International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 253-257. Available at: https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijgo.12792. 

2018 - 2014

• S Nabaneh ‘Country report: The Gambia’ (2018) 6 African Disability Rights Yearbook 232-248. Available at: https://www.pulp.up.ac.za/images/pulp/books/journals/ADRY_2018/Gamia%20country%20report_2018.pdf. 

• S Nabaneh ‘The Gambia: Commentary’ in R Wolfrum, R Grote & C Fombad (eds.) Constitutions of the World (Oxford University Press, 2017).

• S Nabaneh ‘The impact of the African Charter and the Maputo Protocol in The Gambia’ in V Ayeni (ed) The impact of the African Charter and Maputo Protocol in selected African States (Pretoria University Law Press, 2016). Available at: http://www.pulp.up.ac.za/edited-collections/the-impact-of-the-african-charter-and-the-maputo-protocol-in-selected-african-states. 

• S Nabaneh ‘Litigating the Right to Health in Mozambique: A Critical Analysis in E Durojaye (ed) Litigating the Right to Health in Africa: Challenges and Prospects (Ashgate: 2015). 

• S Nabaneh (et al.)  ‘The African Women’s Rights Protocol and HIV: Delineating the African Commission’s General Comment on articles 14(1)(d) and (e) of the Protocol’ (2014) 14(2) African Human Rights Law Journal 681-704.  Available at: http://www.ahrlj.up.ac.za/images/ahrlj/2014/ahrlj_vol14_no2_2014_chapter17.pdf. 

Media/ Blog Articles:

• ‘Why The Gambia’s quest for a new constitution came unstuck – and what next’ The Conversation (October 6, 2020). 
• ‘Attempts at Constitutional Reform in The Gambia: Whither the Draft Constitution?’ IACL-AIDC Blog (September 29, 2020). 
• S Nabaneh 'Promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights for women with albinism in Africa' AfricLaw (September 11, 2020) 
• S Nabaneh “#IAmToufah Makes the Message Clear: We Will Not Wish the Rape Crisis Away,” Impakter, (July 24, 2019)
• S Nabaneh ‘The role of sexual and reproductive health in gender equality’ Observer Research Foundation (July 17, 2019). 
• S Nabaneh ‘Ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by 2030: Harnessing National and Regional Laws to Protect Women and Girls’ Human Rights Brief, American University, Washington College of Law (May 3, 2019). 
• S Nabaneh ‘Op-Ed #BalanceforBetter: Investing in African women and girls’ rights will lead to their empowerment’ Centre for Human Rights, (March 8, 2019)
• S Nabaneh “The need for an independent Gambian judiciary,” Law Hub Gambia Blog, (December 14, 2018)
• S Nabaneh “The changing politics of Gambian citizenship debate,” Law Hub Gambia Blog, (November 29, 2018)
• S Nabaneh (with Marion Stevens & Lucía Berro Pizzarossa “Let’s call ‘conscientious objection’ by its name: Obstruction of access to care and abortion in South Africa,” Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog, (October 24, 2018)
• S Nabaneh “New Gambia and the Remaking of the Constitution” ConstitutionNet, (March 16, 2017)
• S Nabaneh “The unspoken: Unsafe abortion in The Gambia and the necessity for legal reform,” AfricLaw, (March 13, 2018)
• S Nabaneh “Suppressing dissent: The Gambian reality,” AfricLaw, (April 19, 2016)
• S Nabaneh “Banning female circumcision in The Gambia through legislative change: The next steps,” AfricLaw,  (January 19, 2016)

Videos  

• Centre for Human Rights ‘Validation of the shadow reporting guidelines to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ (October 1, 2020). Available at: https://youtu.be/7sK63HS-CCw. 
• ‘Researching intersectionality of gender, ability, class and caste’ (August 19, 2020) during the 2020 Bergen Exchanges of the UiB-CMI Centre for Law and Social Transformation. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D5dZSXRKAM
• Video: ‘Academic Freedom Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa’ March 28, 2020 at the Scholars at Risk's Global Congress. Available at:  https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/academic-freedom-issues-in-sub-saharan-africa-panel/. 
• Video: National Discussion on The Final Draft Constitution of The Gambia, May 16, 2020. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bkgyH4iago.
• Video: ‘Constitutional reform process in Gambia,’ Centre on Law & Social Transformation, Christian Michelsen Institute (CMI), University of Bergen, Norway, November 27, 2019. Available at https://www.lawtransform.no/news/video-constitutional-reform-process-in-gambia/.
• Video: ‘Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on Constitutional and Electoral Reform in The Gambia’ Kerr Fatou, November 13, 2019. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqOEOm5oqHw. 
• African Peer Review Mechanism ‘Ms Satang Nabane - African Governance Seminar Series (AGOSS): Interviews’ (December 2, 2018). Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ITO_4Qo4qA. 

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LLB(Wales) LLM(Wales) LLD(UFS)

Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights; Disability Rights; Race and Cultural Studies
Professor of Human Rights Law

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 3801
charles.ngwena@up.ac.za

Expertise: 

Constitutional Law, Human Rights Law, Health and Human Rights, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Disability and Human Rights and Race and common citizenships

Links
• Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Charles_Ngwena
• SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1664600

Other Positions
Professor, Department of Constitutional Law, University of the Free State (2002-2012)
Senior Researcher, Centre for Health Systems Research & Development, University of the Free State (1997)
Associate Professor, Department of Procedural Law, Vista University (1997)
Lecturer, Department of Procedural Law, Vista University (1996-1997)
Lecturer, Department of Law, University of Swaziland (1995-1996)
Lecturer, Cardiff Law School, University of Wales (1988-1995)
Tutor-in-Law, Cardiff Law School, University of Wales (1986-1988)

Current Projects

1. Wring book on women’s inclusion, the reproductive economy and the promise of second-wave African constitutions for Routledge.
2. Co-editing proceedings of a colloquium on ‘Reading the LBGTI category at the locale: overcoming status subordination of African sexualities and genders.’

Teaching
• Medical Law, Health and Human Rights
• Sexual & Reproductive Rights
• African Disability Rights Studies
• Race and common citizenships

Supervision: LLD students

Diana Msipa (LLD)
Access to justice and consent: Responding appropriately to sexual violence against persons with disabilities in Zimbabwe

Chigudu R (DPhil)
State regulation of sexualities and the construction of lesbian identity: A study of contemporary Zimbabwe

Sibande C (LLD)
Enforcement of the human rights of sex workers in Malawi

Holness W (LLD)
Support for the parental rights and responsibilities of mothers with intellectual disabilities 2017.

Oluchina WA (LLD)
Using supported decision-making to realise the right to vote for persons with intellectual disabilities in Kenya

Satang Nabaneh S (LLD)
Power dynamics in the provision of legal abortion in South Africa: A feminist perspective on nurses and conscientious objection

Moses Mulumba M (LLD)
Developing a human rights-based approach to community participation in the healthcare systems with special reference to Uganda

Ofuani A (LLD)
Intersection between contraceptive decision-making and intellectual disability. Expected to complete in 2018

Ngozi Umeh N (LLD)
Realising access to inclusive education for hearing-impaired learners in Nigerian primary schools. Completed in 2017

Larissa Heuer (DPhil)
Sex work and human rights South Africa: Towards a human rights-based reform of the Sexual Offences Act

Maurice Odour (LLD)
Informal justice structures and the protection of matrimonial property rights of widows in rural Kenya

Editorships and membership of editorial boards

Member of Editorial Advisory Board, African Journal of Disability (current)
Associate Editor, International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (current)
Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of African Law (current)
Convening Editor, African Yearbook on Disability Rights (current)
Section Editor (Law & Bioethics), Developing World Bioethics (current)
Member of Editorial Board, Stellenbosch Law Review (current)
Member of the Editorial Board, Medical Law International (current)
Member of the Editorial Board, Journal for Juridical Science (2013-2014)
Member of Editorial Board, Constitutional Court Review (2008-2012)
Chief Editor, Journal for Juridical Science (2003-2012)
Advisory Editor, Butterworths Medico-Legal Reports, Butterworths (1997-2008)
Co-editor, Butterworths Medico-Legal Reports, Butterworths (1992-1996)

Editorship of Special Issues in peer-reviewed journals

• CG Ngwena & C Albertyn (eds) Special issue on ‘Disability, equality and transformation in post-apartheid South Africa’ South African Journal on Human Rights Vol. 30 (2014)
• CG Ngwena & RJ Cook (eds) Special Issue on HIV/AIDS, ‘Pregnancy and Reproductive Autonomy: Rights and Duties’, Developing World Bioethics Vol. 8(1) (2008).

Visiting Fellowships

2014: O’Brien Fellow, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, McGill University.
2009: Distinguished Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto.
1997: Senior Visiting Fellow, Centre for Professional Ethics, University of Central  Lancashire
2009: 10: Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow, Harvard Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School.
2009: Frances Lewis Law Centre’s Scholar-in-Residence, School of Law, Washington and Lee University
2007: Visiting Senior Research Fellow, International Health and Human Rights Program, Harvard School of Public Health
2007: Visiting Scholar, Center for Reproductive Rights, New York
2006: Visiting Fellow, Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway 2004: Visiting Fellow, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University College London
2005: Distinguished Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
2005: Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Law & Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds
2004: Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Law & Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds

Committee Membership

2008-2011: Member of Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) Advisory Committee
2008 : Member of the Ethics Research Committee of the World Health Organisation
2007 : Member of Technical Task Team on Law and Human Rights to the South African National AIDS Council
2007 : Temporary Adviser to the WHO’s Gender and Rights Advisory Panel
2006 : Member of Steering Committee: Review of South African National Research Evaluation and Rating System
2005-2006: Member of the National Research Foundation (NRF) Rating Panel for Law
2005: Member of the University of the Free State HIV/AIDS Forum.
2004 : Member of Board of Trustees, Association of University Legal Aid Clinics (AULAI)
2004-2005: Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative
2003-2004: Member of Wellcome Trust Biomedical Ethics Panel
2003-: Member of the Advisory Board of the International Programme on Reproductive and Sexual Health Law, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
2002-: Member of the Scientific and Ethical Review Group of the Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction of WHO
2001-2003: Member of the Advisory Board of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
2000-2004: Member of the Board of Trustees of the Progressive Primary Health Network (Free State Province)
2000-2001: Member of the Advisory Task Team to the South African National AIDS Council
1998-2001: Member of the Advisory Panel on History, Law, Political Science and
Philosophy of the Division for Social Science and Humanities (DSS&H) (formerly CSD) of the National Research Foundation (NRF)
1997-2001: Member of Free State Provincial Government Legislative Task Team on Health
1996-1999: Member of Free State Provincial Team on HIV/AIDS

Grants Awarded

Recipient of research grants from the following institutions and foundations: Health Systems Trust; National Research Foundation; Ipas; Ford Foundation; Wellspring Foundation; and Open Society Foundation.

Academic Publications

2018

• Ngwena CG (2018) What is Africanness? Constesting nativism in race, culture and sexualities Pretoria University Law Press.
• Ngwena CG. 2018. Reproductive autonomy of women and girls under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 140(1): 128-133.

2016

• Ngwena CG. 2016. Taking women’s rights seriously: using human rights to require state implementation of domestic abortion laws in African countries with special reference to Uganda Journal of African Law 60(1): 110-140.

2015

• Ngwena CG, Brookman-Amissah E & Skuster P 2015. Human rights advances in women’s reproductive health in Africa. International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 129: 184-87.

2014

• Ngwena, CG & Durojaye ET (eds) (2014) Strengthening the protection of sexual and reproductive health through human rights in the African region. Pretoria: Pretoria University Law Press.
• Mavundla S & Ngwena CG 2014. ‘Access to abortion for rape as a reproductive health right: a commentary on the abortion regimes of Case study of Swaziland and Ethiopia’ in Ngwena CG & Durojaye ET (eds) Strengthening protection of sexual and reproductive health through human rights in the Sub-Saharan region. Pretoria: Pretoria University Law Press: 61-78
• Ngwena CG. 2014. Reforming African Abortion Laws: The Place of Transparency’. RJ Cook, J Erdman & BM Dickens Abortion law in transnational perspective: Cases and controversies University of Pennsylvania Press: 166-186.
• Ngwena CG & Durojaye ET 2014. ‘Introducing protection of sexual and reproductive health through human rights in the African region’ in Ngwena CG & Durojaye ET (eds) Strengthening protection of sexual and reproductive health through human rights in the Sub-Saharan region. Pretoria: Pretoria University Law Press: 1-30.
• Ngwena CG 2014. Case T-388/09: A Commentary on a Decision of the Constitutional Court of Colombia from an African Regional Perspective. in Women’s Link Worldwide and O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law (eds) T-388/2009 Conscientious Objection and Abortion: A Global Perspective on the Colombian Experience Women’s Link Worldwide and O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law (2014): 157-176.
• Ngwena CG. 2014. Conscientious objection to abortion and accommodating women’s reproductive health rights: reflections on a decision of the Constitutional Court of Colombia from an African regional human rights perspective. Journal of African Law 58: 183-209.
• Ngwena CG. 2014. Developing juridical method for overcoming status subordination in disablism: the place of transformative epistemologies. South African Journal on Human Rights 30: 275-312.

2013

• Ngwena CG, Cook RJ & Durojaye ET 2013. ‘Right to Health in Post-apartheid era South Africa’ in Zuniga JM, Marks SJ Gostin LO (eds) Advancing the human right to health Oxford University Press: 129-142.
• Ngwena CG 2013. Human right to inclusive education: exploring a double discourse of inclusive education. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 31(4): 473-504.
• Ngwena CG. 2013. Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability v Government of the Republic of South Africa: A Case Study of Contradictions in Inclusive Education. African Disability Rights Yearbook 2013 1:129-164
• Ngwena CG 2013. Scope and limits of judicialisation of the constitutional right to health in South Africa: an appraisal of key cases with particular reference to justiciability. Journal of Health Law (Revista De Direito Sanitário) 14(2): 43-64.
• Ngwena CG 2013. Promoting access to safe abortion as human right in the African region: Drawing lessons from emerging jurisprudence of United Nations treaty monitoring bodies’. South African Journal on Human Rights 29: 399-428.
• Ngwena CG. 2013. Reforming African abortion laws to achieve transparency: arguments from equality. African Journal of International and Comparative Law 21(3): 398-426.
• Ngwena CG. 2013. A Commentary on L.C. v Peru: The CEDAW Committee’s First Decision on Abortion. Journal of African Law 57(2): 310-324.
• Ngwena CG. 2013. Developing regional abortion jurisprudence: comparative lessons for African Charter organs. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 31(1): 9-40.

2012

• Ngwena CG 2012. State obligations to implement African abortion laws: Employing human rights in a changing legal landscape. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 119: 189-202.
• Ngwena CG & Pretorius JL 2012. Substantive Equality for Disabled Learners in State Provision of Basic Education: A Commentary on Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability v Government of the Republic of South Africa and Another. South African Journal on Human Rights 28: 81-115.

2010

• Ngwena CG 2010. The New Disability Convention: Implications for Disability Equality Norms in the South African Workplace in OC Dupper & C Garbers (eds) Equality in the Workplace Cape Town: Juta & Co Ltd: 181-203
• Ngwena CG 2010. Inscribing Abortion as a Human Right: Significance of the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa. Human Rights Quarterly 32: 783-864.
• Ngwena CG 2010. Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women: Implications for Access to Abortion at the Regional Level. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 110(2): 163-166.

2009

• Ngwena CG 2009. ‘Introduction to the Symposium Issue: Reproductive and Sexual Health and the African Women’s Protocol Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice 16: 1-10.

2007

• Cook RJ & Ngwena CG (eds) (2007) Health and Human Rights Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.

• Ngwena CG & JL Pretorius 2007. Conceiving Disability and Applying the Constitutional test for Fairness and Justifiability: A Commentary on IMATU v City of Cape Town Industrial Law Journal 28: 747-768.
• Ngwena CG 2007. Deconstructing the Definition of ‘Disability’ under the Employment Equity Act: Legal Deconstruction. South African Journal on Human Rights 23: 116-156.

2006

• Ngwena CG 2006. Deconstructing the Definition of ‘Disability’ under the Employment Equity Act: Part 1 Social Deconstruction. South African Journal on Human Rights 22: 613-646.
• Cook RJ and Ngwena CG 2006. Women’s access to health care: The Legal Framework International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 94(3): 216-225.

2005

• Ngwena CG. 2005. Synchronising Traditional Legal responses to Non-consensual Sexual Experiences with Contemporary Human Rights Jurisprudence. In Jeejeeboy S, Shah I and Thapa S (eds) Sex Without Consent: Young People in Developing Countries. Zed Books: 227-235.
• Ngwena CG 2005. Interpreting Aspects of the Intersection between Disability, Discrimination and Equality: Lessons for the Employment Equity Act from Comparative Law: Part II (Reasonable accommodation). Stellenbosch Law Review 16(3): 534-561.
• Ngwena CG 2005. Interpreting Aspects of the Intersection between Disability, Discrimination and Equality: Lessons for the Employment Equity Act from Comparative law: Part I (Defining Disability). Stellenbosch Law Review 16(2): 210-243.
• Ngwena CG 2005. The Development of the South African Health System: from Privilege to Egalitarianism. In Van der Walt AJ (ed) Theories of Social and Economic Justice Stellenbosch: Sun Press 179-189. Revised and Edited from Ngwena CG 2004. The development of the South African health system: from privilege to egalitarianism. De Jure 290-311.
• Ngwena CG & Cook RJ 2005. Rights Concerning Health. In Brand D and Heyns CH (eds.) Socio-economic rights in South Africa (2005) Pretoria: Pretoria University Law Press: 107-151.
• Ngwena CG 2005. Internally displaced persons. In Yamin AE (ed) Learning to Dance: Advancing Women’s Reproductive and Sexual Well-being from the Perspectives of Public Health and Human Rights. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Centre for Public Health and Human Rights: 70-82.

2004

• Ngwena CG 2004. Access to health care services as a human right: an appraisal of Treatment Action Campaign & Others v Minister of Health and Others. In Okpaluba MC (ed) Law and Contemporary South African Society, Johannesburg: New Africa Education: 17-37.
• Pelser AJ, Ngwena CG & Summerton J 2004. The HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa: trends, impacts and policy responses. In Van Rensburg HCJ (ed) Health and Health Care in South Africa. Pretoria: Van Schaik: 275-314.
• Ngwena CG. 2004. An Appraisal of Abortion Laws in Southern Africa from a Reproductive Health Rights Perspective.  Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 32(4): 708-717.

• Ngwena CG 2004. Access to Abortion: Legal Developments in Africa from a Reproductive and Sexuality rights Perspective. SA Public Law 19(2): 328-350

• Ngwena CG 2004. Domestication of International Strategies in Tobacco Control: The Case of South Africa.  Obiter 25(2): 425-442.
• Ngwena CG 2004. The Development of the South African Health System: From Privilege to Egalitarianism.  De Jure 290-311.
• Ngwena CG 2004. Equality for People with Disabilities in the Workplace: An Overview of the Emergence of Disability as a Human Rights Issue Journal for Juridical Science 29(2): 167-197.

2003

• Ngwena CG 2003. Socio-economic Rights – Transforming South Africa: A Response to Linda Janse van Rensburg’ Potchesfstroom Electronic Law Journal 6(2): 71/167-79/167.
• Ngwena CG & Pretorius JL 2003 Code of Good Practice on the Employment of People with Disabilities: An Appraisal. Industrial Law Journal 24: 1816-1839.
• Ngwena CG 2003. Equity and the Development of the South African Health Care System: From the Public Health Act of 1919 to the Present day. Fundamina 9: 124-133.
• Ngwena CG & Matela S 2003. Hoffmann v South African Airways and HIV/AIDS in the Workplace: Subjecting Corporate Ideology to the Majesty of the Constitution. SA Public Law 18(2): 306-330.
• Ngwena CG 2003. Responses to AIDS and Constitutionalism in South Africa. Obiter 24(2): 299-313.
• Ngwena CG 2003. AIDS in Schools: Mapping the Parameters of Sexuality Education from a Human Rights Perspective. Acta Academica 35(2): 184-204.
• Ngwena CG 2003. Right of Access to Antiretroviral Therapy to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV: An Application of Section 27 of the Constitution. SA Public Law 18(1): 83-102.
• Ngwena CG 2003. Conscientious Objection to Abortion in South Africa: Delineating the Parameters. Journal for Juridical Science 28(1): 1-18
• Ngwena CG 2003. Access to Health Care Services as a Justiciable Socio-economic Right under the South African Constitution. Minister of Health and Others v Treatment Action Campaign and Others. Medical Law International 6: 13-23

2002

• Ngwena CG 2002. Access to Health Care and the Courts: A Note on Minister of Health and Others v Treatment Action Campaign and Others. SA Public Law 17(2): 449-458.
• Ngwena CG 2002. Sexuality Rights in Southern Africa with a Particular Reference to South Africa. SA Public Law 17(2): 1-21.

2001

• Singh J & Ngwena CG. 2001. Bioethics. In McQuoid-Mason, D & Dada MA (eds) Introduction to Medico-legal Practice. Durban: Butterworths: 33-52.
• Van Rensburg HCJ & Ngwena CG 2001. Health and Health Care in South Africa against an African Background. In Cockerham WC (ed.) The Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology, Oxford: Blackwell: 365-391.
• Ngwena CG 2001. Reasonable Accommodation. In Pretorius, JL, Klink E & Ngwena C (eds) 2001 Employment Equity Law. Durban: Butterworths: 7-1 – 7-34.
• Ngwena CG. 2001. Discrimination in Employment Policies and Practices. In Pretorius, JL, Klink E & Ngwena (eds) 2001. Employment Equity Law. Durban: Butterworths: 8-34 – 8-57.
• Ngwena, CG 2001. Equality for people with disabilities; the limits of the Employment Equity Act of 1998. Acta Juridica: 186-193.

• Pretorius JL, Klink E & Ngwena CG (eds) 2001. Employment Equity Law. Durban: Butterworths (2018 Annual Revision Service).
• Cook RJ, Dickens BM, Ngwena, C & Plata MI. 2001. The Legal Status of Emergency Contraception. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 75: 185-191.
• Ngwena CG 2001. Constitutional values and HIV/AIDS in the Workplace. Developing World Bioethics 1: 42-56.

2000

• Ngwena, CG. 2000. Accessing Abortion under the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act: Realising Substantive Equality. Journal for Juridical Science 25(3): 19-44.
• Heunis JC, van Rensburg HCJ & Ngwena, CG. 2000. A ‘Youth Multi-Function Centre’ in the Free State: An Envisaged Alternative to Clinic-Based HIV Prevention and Care. Curationis 23(4): 54-62.
• Ngwena CG 2000. Recognition of Access to Health Care as a Human Right in South Africa: Is it enough? Health and Human Rights 5(1): 27-44.
• Engelbrecht MC, Pelser AJ, Ngwena CG & Van Rensburg HCJ. 2000. The Operation of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act: Some Empirical Findings. Curationis 23(2): 4-14.
• Ngwena CG 2000. AIDS in Africa: Access to Health Care as a Human Right. SA Public Law 15(1): 1-25.
• Ngwena CG 2000. Substantive Equality in South African Health Care: The Limits of Law. Medical Law International 4: 1-21.
• Ngwena CG 2000. Access to Health Care as a Fundamental Right: The Scope and
• Limits of Section 27 of the Constitution. Journal for Juridical Science 25(1): 1-32.
• Ngwena CG 2017. Book review of E Barnes E. Minority body: A theory of disability. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2016) (5) African Disability Rights Yearbook 218-224.
• Ngwena CG 2017. Respecting your patient: The constitutional imperatives. Sensitive Midwifery Magazine 8.
• Ngwena CG, Grobbelaar-du Plessis I, Combrinck H & Kamga SD ‘Editorial’ 2015. African Disability Rights Yearbook 2: v-vii.Ngwena CG, Grobbelaar-du Plessis I, Combrinck H & Kamga SD ‘Editorial’ 2014. African Disability Rights Yearbook 3: v-vi.
• Ngwena CG & Albertyn C. 2014. ‘Introduction’ to Special Issue on disability’ South African Journal on Human Rights 30: 210-220.
• Ngwena CG, Grobbelaar-du Plessis I, Combrinck H & Kamga SD. 2014. ‘Editorial’ African Disability Rights Yearbook 1: vii-viii.
• Ngwena CG. 2013. ‘Constitutionalising the right to health: South Africa’ World Association for Medical Law Newsletter 17: 2-4.
• Ngwena CG. 2012. Using human rights to combat unsafe abortion: what needs to be done? Available at <www.chr.up.za/africlaw>.

• Ngwena CG Preface to Legal Grounds. Reproductive and Sexual Rights in African Commonwealth Countries Volume II (2010) 10-11.
• Ngwena CG & RJ Cook ‘Editorial: ‘HIV/AIDS, Pregnancy and Reproductive Autonomy: Rights and Duties’ (2008) 8(1) Developing World Bioethics iii-vi.
• Ngwena CG 2007. Book Review of Hassim A, Heywood M & Berger J (eds) Health & Democracy Cape Town: Syberlink (2007). South African Law Journal 4: 889-896.
• Ngwena CG 2006. Book Review of Chavkin W & Chesler E (eds), Where Human Rights Begin: Health Sexuality and Women in the New Millennium New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Press (2005). Studies in Family Planning 2006, 3: 3-6.
• Ngwena CG 2006. Book review of Bastos, C. Global Responses to AIDS: Science in Emergency. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1999. Developing World Bioethics 6: 54-56.
• Ngwena CG. 1997. South Africa’s New Abortion Law: A Break with the Past. International Association of Bioethics News, Issue No. 6, pp. 3-5.
• Ngwena CG. Headnote and report on Korf v Health Professions Council of South Africa (1999) 55 Butterworths Medico-Legal Reports 245-253.
• Ngwena CG. Headnote and report on Mistry v Interim National Medical and Dental Council of South Africa and Others in (1998) 53 Butterworths Medico-Legal Reports 190-214
• Ngwena C. Headnote and report on Mukheiber v Raath and Another in (1999) 52 Butterworths Medico-Legal Reports 49-64.
• Ngwena CG. Headnote and report on Christian Lawyers Association of SA and Others v Minister of Health and Others in (1998) 50 Butterworths Medico-Legal Reports 241.
• Ngwena CG. Headnote and report on B and Others v Minister of Correctional Services and Others in (1997) 50 Butterworths Medico-Legal Reports 206.
• Ngwena CG. Headnote and report on Soobramoney v Minister of Health, KwaZulu-Natal in (1997) 50 Butterworths Medico-Legal Reports 224.
• Ngwena CG 1995.  Book review of Children, Ethics and the Law, GP Koocher & PC Keith-Spiegel. Lincoln and London: Nebraska University Press, 1993, xii + 229pp. Medical Law Review 3: 111-113.
• Ngwena CG. (1994) The Human Genome Project, Predictive Testing and Insurance Contracts: An Overview of the Legal Implications. Euroscreen, Issue No. 2: 1-2.
• Ngwena CG. Headnote and report on Dennis v UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting in (1993) 13 Butterworths Medico-Legal Reports 146-155.
• Ngwena CG. Headnote and report on O (minors) (medical examination), Re (1992) 15 Butterworths Medico-Legal Reports 54-59.
• Ngwena CG. Headnote and report on A-G v X in (1992) 15 Butterworths Medico Legal Reports 104-154.
• Ngwena CG. Headnote and report on R v HM Coroner for Greater London, ex p Thomas (1992) 11 Butterworths Medico-Legal Reports 37-45.
• Ngwena CG. Headnote and report on Airedale NHS Trust v Bland in (1993) 12 Butterworths Medico-Legal Reports 64-143.
• Ngwena CG. Headnote and report on B v Islington Health Authority in (1990) 6 Butterworths Medico- Legal Reports 13-24.
• Ngwena CG. Headnote and report on R v Gwynedd CC, ex parte B in (1991) 7 Butterworths Medico Legal Reports 120-124.
• Ngwena CG. Headnote and report on J (a minor) (wardship: medical treatment), Re (1990) 6 Butterworths Medico-Legal Reports 25-43. 

Selected Other Publications

• Ngwena CG 1999. HIV in the Workplace: Protecting Constitutional Rights to Equality and Privacy. South African Journal on Human Rights 15(4): 513-540.
• Ngwena CG. 1999. South Africa’s Employment Equity Act and HIV in the Workplace: Balancing Business Imperatives with Workers’ Dignity. International Association of Bioethics News, Issue No. 10: 4-9.
• Ngwena CG 1998. History and Transformation of Abortion Law in South Africa. Acta Academica 30(3): 32-68.

• Ngwena CG 1998. Legal Responses to AIDS: South Africa. In Frankowski SJ (ed.) 1998. Legal Responses to AIDS in Comparative Perspective. The Hague: Kluwer Law International: 117-167.
• Ngwena CG 1997. HIV Testing in Swaziland: A Human Rights Framework. In Okpaluba C et al (eds.) 1997. Human Rights in Swaziland: The Legal Response. Kwaluseni: Department of Law, University of Swaziland: 210-268.

• Ngwena, CG 1996. Health Care Decision-Making and the Competent Minor in Keightley R (ed.) 1996. Children’s rights. Kenwyn: Juta & Co, Ltd: 132-147. Reprinted from Ngwena, CG 1996. Health Care Decision-Making and the Competent Minor. Acta Juridica, pp. 132-147.
• Ngwena CG 1996. Health Care Decision-Making and the Competent Minor. Acta Juridica, pp. 132-147.
• Chadwick R & Ngwena CG 1995. The Human Genome Project, Predictive Testing and Insurance Contracts: The Legal Response. Res Publica 1(2): 115-129.
• Ngwena CG & Chadwick R 1994. Confidentiality and Nursing Practice: Ethics and Law Nursing Ethics 1(3):136-150.
• With R Chadwick et al. 1993. Human Genome Analysis, Genetic Counselling and Ethics. Global Ethics: 37-45.
• Ngwena CG & Chadwick R 1993. Genetic Diagnostic Information and the duty of confidentiality: Ethics and Law. Medical Law International 1(1): 73-95.
• Chadwick R & Ngwena CG 1992. The Development of a Normative Standard in Counselling for Genetic Disease: Ethics and Law. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 4: 276-295.

• Fennell P, Harpwood V & Ngwena C 1992. Medical Law. The All England Reports, Annual Review, London: Butterworths: 285-311.
• Fennell P, Harpwood V & Ngwena, CG 1991. Medical Law. The All England Law Reports, Annual Review, London: Butterworths: 231-254.

Media/ Blog Articles 

• “Where is democracy?: Reflections on the ascendancy of Manangawa as president of Zimbabwe,” AfricLaw, 27 November 2017
• “The fall of Mugabe: Could this be the dawn of a new era for Zimbabwe?” University of Pretoria, 27 November 2017
• “What is colonialism to us?” Pretoria News24, 6 April 2017
• Op-Ed “What is colonialism (to us)? Western Cape Premier reveals a Truth,” University of Pretoria, 31 March 2017.
• “Brotherly advice for Zille: don’t become SA’s Trump,” Sunday Times, 23 April 2017.
• “A time to reclaim female identities and equality,” Cape Argus, 7 August 2017
• “What is women’s day to me?: Re-membering Saarjtie Baartman and the place of memory,” University of Pretoria, 8 August 2017
• “Taking the right to equality seriously,” University of Pretoria, 8 March 2016
• Op-Ed “The message of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities: Call to Action!” University of Pretoria, 13 December 2016

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LLB(Ambrose Alli) BL(NLS) LLM(UP) LLD Candidate (UP)

Tutor on the LLM/MPhil Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA)
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  chairman.okoloise@up.ac.za

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LLB(UP) LLM(UP) 

Project Coordinator: Disability Rights Unit
Tel: +27 12 420 5408
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jehoshaphat.njau@up.ac.za

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LLB BL(GH) LLM(UP) LLD Candidate (UP)

Manager: Litigation and Implementation Unit 
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+27 (0) 86 580 5743
  michael.nyarko@up.ac.za

Publications 

• MG Nyarko ‘The impact of the African Charter and Maputo Protocol in Ghana’ in VO Ayeni (ed) The impact of the African Charter and Maputo Protocol in selected African states (2016) 95 available at http://www.pulp.up.ac.za/edited-collections/the-impact-of-the-african-charter-and-the-maputo-protocol-in-selected-african-states 
  
  
• MG Nyarko & H Ekefre ‘Recent advances in children’s rights in the African human rights system: A review of the decision of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in the Talibés Case’ (2016) 15 Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 385, available at https://brill.com/view/journals/lape/15/2/article-p385_10.xml?rskey=nwT07x&result=6 

• N Hachez, VG Hegde, B Lein & MG Nyarko ‘The impact of international global governance and regulatory frameworks in trade’, (2016) FRAME Deliverable 9.3, available at https://doi.org/20.500.11825/115

• MG Nyarko & AO Jegede ‘Human rights developments in the African Union during 2016’ (2017) 17 African Human Rights Law Journal 294, available at http://www.ahrlj.up.ac.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=545&Itemid=672 

• MG Nyarko ‘Selected developments in human rights and democratisation during 2016: Sub-Saharan Africa’ (2017) 1 Global Campus Journal of Human Rights 423, available at https://repository.gchumanrights.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11825/415/16_art._GC_%20Journal%202017_2.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y 

• M Adaney & MG Nyarko ‘Governance and human rights in twenty-first Century Africa: An introductory appraisal’ in M Adaney & MG Nyarko (eds) Ghana @60: Governance and human rights in twenty-first Century Africa (2017) 1, available at http://www.pulp.up.ac.za/edited-collections/ghana-60-governance-and-human-rights-in-twenty-first-century-africa 

• M Adaney & MG Nyarko (eds) Ghana @60: Governance and human rights in twenty-first Century Africa (Pretoria University Law Press, 2017), available at http://www.pulp.up.ac.za/edited-collections/ghana-60-governance-and-human-rights-in-twenty-first-century-africa 

• M Addaney, E Boshoff & MG Nyarko ‘Protection of environmental assets in urban Africa: Regional and Sub-Regional Human Rights and Practical Environmental Protection Mechanisms’ (2018) 24 Australian Journal of Human Rights 282-200, available at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1323238X.2018.1480235 

• MG Nyarko & T Makunya ‘Selected developments in human rights and democratisation during 2017: Sub-Saharan Africa’ (2018) 2 Global Campus Journal of Human Rights 147, available at https://repository.gchumanrights.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11825/683/Global%20article%20Nyarko%202018.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y 

• M Killander & MG Nyarko ‘Human rights developments in the African Union (January 2017 – September 2018’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 732, available at http://www.ahrlj.up.ac.za/index.php/killander-m-nyarko-m-g 

• MG Nyarko ‘The right to property and compulsory land acquisition in Ghana: A human rights perspective’ (2019) 27 African Journal of International and Comparative Law 100, available at https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/ajicl.2019.0261 

• M Addaney, MG Nyarko & E Bossof ‘Enhancing the Legal Protection of the Environment and Natural Resources during Armed Conflict in Africa’ (2019) 3 Chinese Journal of Environmental Law 85, available at https://brill.com/view/journals/cjel/3/1/article-p85_4.xml 

• MG Nyarko ‘Towards effective implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in Egypt’ (2018) 11 African Journal of Legal Studies 141, available at https://brill.com/view/journals/ajls/11/2-3/article-p141_2.xml 

• MG Nyarko, A Addaney & E Bossof ‘Historical context of governance and human rights in Africa’ in A Addaney, MG Nyarko & E Bossof (eds) Governance, human rights and political transformation in Africa (2019) 1

• MG Nyarko ‘The role of the judiciary in protecting the right to protest in Africa: Lessons from Ghana’ in M Addaney, MG Nyarko & E Bossof (eds) Governance, human rights and political transformation in Africa (2019) 247

• M Addaney, MG Nyarko & E Bossof (eds) Governance, human rights and political transformation in Africa (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) 

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BSocSci(UKZN) BA(Hons)(UKZN) MA(UP)

Project Coordinator: African Coalition for Corporate Accountability (ACCA)
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damain.oakes@up.ac.za

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LLB(Unilorin) BL LLM(HRDA)(UP) LLD Candidate (UP)

Alumni and Advocacy Coordinator
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adebayo.okeowo@up.ac.za

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Webmaster
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lourika.pienaar@up.ac.za or lourikapienaar@gmail.com

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LLB (Nairobi)

Project Coordinator: African Human Rights Moot Court Competition
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  yusuf.sayaad@up.ac.za

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BA(PolSci)(UP)

Assistant Financial Manager
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  sarita.pienaar-erasmus@up.ac.za

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Administrative Assistant: International Development Law Unit (IDLU)
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Office Manager
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  carole.viljoen@up.ac.za

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Professor of International Human Rights Law

 BLC LLB(UP) LLM(Cantab) MA LLD(UP)

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  frans.viljoen@up.ac.za

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Human rights in Africa, international human rights law, rule of law, constitutionalism, South African constitution, democratisation, democracy in Africa, democratic transition, elections, human rights violations, African Union, African Charter, LGBTI law, discrimination based on sexual orientation, African regional integration law, international human rights monitoring mechanisms, sexual minority rights in Africa; comparative constitutional law

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BCom Law(UP) LLB Candidate (UP)

Research Assistant
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thomas.white@up.ac.za

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LLB(UP) LLM Candidate (UP)

Research Assistant
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linda.yotamu@up.ac.za

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LLB (University of Venda), LLM HRDA (UP), PhD Candidate (UP)

Acting Manager: Children's Rights Unit

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Rotondwa Mashige@up.ac.za

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Project Officer and PhD Candidate
LLM/MPhil Sexual Reproductive Rights in Africa 

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  danielle.visser@up.ac.za

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Recognised internationally for excellence in human rights law in Africa, the Centre for Human Rights is uniquely positioned as both an academic department and a non-governmental organisation. A leader in human rights education in Africa, the Centre works towards a greater awareness of human rights, the wide dissemination of publications on human rights in Africa, and the improvement of the rights of women, migrants, indigenous peoples, sexual minorities and other disadvantaged or marginalised persons or groups across the continent.

The Centre for Human Rights at a glance in 2025

History

The Centre was established in the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, in 1986, as part of domestic efforts against the apartheid system of the time. Members of the Centre participated in meetings with the liberation movements outside the borders of South Africa, organised conferences and participated in efforts to promote human rights in South Africa, and, when the transition came, served as technical advisors in the constitution-writing processes.

Over the years, the Centre’s focus broadened to encompass diverse issues of human rights law in Africa, and international development law in general. Today, the Centre is at the hub of an unmatched network of practising and academic lawyers, national and international civil servants and human rights practitioners across the entire continent. An ever-growing cadre of Centre graduates now contributes in numerous ways to the advancement of human rights and democracy and the strengthening of institutions all over the African continent, and beyond.

In 2006, the Centre for Human Rights was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education, with particular recognition for the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition and the LLM/MPhil in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa. On the occasion of marking 25 years of its existence in 2012, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ rights awarded its Human Rights Prize for civil society oranisations to the Centre. 

Centre for Human Rights Values

1. The Centre is guided by human rights, in particular the equal dignity of and respect for everyone. It adopts a human rights-based approach to all its activities.
2. We are bound by and uphold all UP policies. In particular, we strongly disapprove of sexual harassment, misuse of authority, racism, homophobia, sexism, xenophobia, religious and other forms of intolerance.
3. We act with compassion to ensure the inclusion and protection of those most vulnerable to human rights violations.
4. We aim to provide a non-judgmental and participatory convening space where intellectual freedom prospers.
5. We commit ourselves to act with integrity in all our endeavours, by acting with fairness to all.
6. We consider ourselves to be accountable to everyone involved in our work, our partners, our colleagues, the Faculty and broader University, and our donors. We uphold the principle of transparency.
7. We commit ourselves to act with professionalism, and be effective and efficient in our use of human and material resources.
8. We strive to advance the spirit of Ubuntu by cultivating acceptance of diversity and difference, and by working in solidarity with each other and our partners.
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Prof Charles Fombad 

Licence en Droit(University of Yaounde) LL.M(University of London) PhD(University of London)

Director: Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA)
Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law

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  charles.fombad@up.ac.za

Prof Magnus Killander

jur kand(Lund) EMA(Padua) LLD(UP)

Academic Coordinator: LLM Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA)
Professor of Human Rights Law

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  magnus.killander@up.ac.za

Prof Elvis Fokala

LLB(University of Buea), LLM(UP), PhD(Åbo Akademi University) 

Academic Coordinator: Multidisciplinary Human Rights and Research expertise (Child and Family Law)

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  elvis.fokala@up.ac.za

Dr Stuart Maslen

LLB (Bristol) LLM (Essex) MSc (Cranfield) PhD (Tilburg)

  stuart.maslen@up.ac.za 

Prof Nkatha Murungi

LLB (Moi)  LLM (UP) LLD (UWC)

Assistant Director: Centre for Human Rights
Member: Executive Committee

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  Nkatha.Murungi@up.ac.za

Dr Thomas Probert

MA M.Phil. Ph.D. (Cantab)

Extra-ordinary Lecturer

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Prof Frans Viljoen

BLC LLB(UP) LLM(Cantab) MA LLD(UP)
Professor of International Human Rights Law

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  frans.viljoen@up.ac.za

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Mr Clement Agyemang

Doctoral Candidate; HRDA Tutor

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  clement.agyemang@up.ac.za

Ms Razan Ali

Doctoral candidate; HRDA Alumni Coordinator

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Ms Mansah Amoah

Project Officer: Advanced Human Rights Courses

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  mansah.amoah@up.ac.za

Mr Dennis Antwi

Project Manager: Advanced Human Rights Courses (AHRC)

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 dennis.antwi@up.ac.za

Mr Amon Aruho

Doctoral Researcher / Tutor in the SRRA Unit

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Dr Dorcas Basimanyane

Project Manager: Business and Human Rights Unit

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Mr Samuel Chamboko

Financial Manager

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Dr Lydia Chibwe

Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Women's Rights Unit

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Ms Rutendo Chinomona

Doctoral Candidate;
Project Manager: LLM/MPhil (SRRA)

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Ms Busi Crafford

Intern: Communication and Advocacy

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Ms Isabeau de Meyer

Publication Manager: African Human Rights Law Journal

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Mr Merga Dibaba

Doctoral Candidate: Disability Rights Unit

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Prof Ebenezer Durojaye

Acting Director

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Manager: Children's Rights Unit

Tel  +27 (0) 12 420 3587
 elvis.fokala@up.ac.za 
  ORCID

Prof Charles Fombad

Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law

Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 4397
 charles.fombad@up.ac.za
 ORCID

Ms Ivy Gikonyo

Doctoral Candidate;
Project Officer: Expression, Information and Digital Rights Unit

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 3810
 ivy.gikonyo@up.ac.za

Ms Lizette Hermann

Manager:
Pretoria University Law Press (PULP)

Tel: +27 (0)72 346 3818
 lizette.hermann@up.ac.za

Dr David Ikpo

Postdoctoral Research Fellow;
Communications and Advocacy Officer

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 5408
 david.ikpo@up.ac.za

Mr Simphiwe Khumalo

Acting Manager:
Communications and Advocacy

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 5408
 simphiwe.khumalo@up.ac.za

Mr Brian Kibirango

Doctoral Candidate;
Manager: Litigation and Implementation Unit

Tel: +27 (0)68 031 8715
 brian.kibirango@up.ac.za

Prof Magnus Killander

Academic Coordinator:
LLM/MPhil (HRDA)

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 5407
 magnus.killander@up.ac.za
 ORCID

Mr Henok Kremte

Doctoral Candidate; HRDA Tutor;
Project Officer: Expression, Information and Digital Rights Unit

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 3180
 henok.kremte@up.ac.za
 ORCID

Ms Sheryl Kunaka

Clooney Foundation Fellow

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 5485
 sheryl.kunaka@up.ac.za

Ms Barbara Lamara

Doctoral candidate; HRDA Tutor

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 4397
 Barbara.lamara@up.ac.za

Ms Matilda Lasseko-Phooko

Manager: Women's Rights Unit

Tel  +27 (0)12 420 4306
 matilda.lasseko-phooko@up.ac.za 
 ORCID

Ms Emily Laubscher

Assistant Financial Manager

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 4628
 emily.laubscher@up.ac.za

Mr Sydney Madhlophe

Assistant: Pretoria University Law Press (PULP)

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 4948
 pulp@up.ac.za

Ms Christabel Mahofa

Intern: Women's Rights Unit

Tel: +27 (0)74 210 2300
 christabel.mahofa@up.ac.za

Ms Sabeeha Majid

Project Officer: Disability Rights Unit

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 6345
 sabeeha.majid@up.ac.za

Ms Bonolo Makgale

Project Manager: Democracy and Civic Engagement Unit

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 4199
 bonolo.makgale@up.ac.za

Ms Rotondwa Mashige

Doctoral Candidate;
Project Officer: Childrens' Rights Unit

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 5214
 Rotondwa.mashige@up.ac.za

Ms Mmanoko Masipa

Jounior Project Officer:
Children's Rights Unit

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 6703
 mmanoko.masipa@up.ac.za

Ms Belinda Matore

Project Officer- EIDR Unit; LLD Candidate

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 1234
 br.matore@up.ac.za

Dr Michelle Maziwisa

Programme Manager: LLM (HRDA)

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 6703
 michelle.maziwisa@up.ac.za

Ms Yolokazi Mfuto

Project Officer: Litigation and Implementation Unit

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 3151
 yolokazi.mfuto@up.ac.za

Ms Angelene Michielsen

Intern: Women's Rights Unit

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 1234
 angelene.michielsen@up.ac.za

Mx Nathan Milanzi

Project Associate: SOGIESC Unit

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 3151
 nathan.milanzi@up.ac.za

Ms Palesa Mogosetso

Junior Project Officer/ LLM Candidate

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 1234
 palesa.mogosetso@up.ac.za

Ms Tholoana Mosia

Intern: SOGIESC Unit

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 5409
  Tholoana.mosia@up.ac.za

Mr Ntandoenkosi Moyo

Doctoral candidate; Programme Coordinator: LLM HRDA

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 5214
 Moyo.ntandoyenkosi@up.ac.za

Dr Dianah Msipa (she/her)

Manager: Disability Rights

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 6398
 dianah.msipa@up.ac.za
 ORCID

Ms Tatenda Mushaikwa

Academic Assistant: LLM (MDHR)

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 3810
 tatenda.mushaikwa@up.ac.za

Prof Nkatha Murungi

Assistant Director

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 4684
 Nkatha.Murungi@up.ac.za  ORCID

Dr Satang Nabaneh

Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  satang.nabaneh@up.ac.za
 ORCID

Dr Tinyiko Ngobeni

Programme Manager: LLM (TILA)

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 6202
 tinyiko.ngobeni@up.ac.za 
 ORCID

Dr Sindiso Nkomo

Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Sexual and Reproductive Rights

sindiso.nkomo@up.ac.za
 ORCID

Mr Nqobani Nyathi (he/him)

Doctoral Candidate and Project Officer Children's Rights Unit

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 6209
 nqobani.nyathi@up.ac.za

Ms Maryanne Obiagbaoso

Doctoral Candidate: SRRA

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 6209
 maryanne.obiagbaoso@up.ac.za

Mr Lassané Ouedraogo

Doctoral Candidate

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 5296
 Lassane.ouedraogo@up.ac.za

Ms Lourika Pienaar

Webmaster

Tel: +27 (0)82 383 9744
 lourika.pienaar@up.ac.za

Ms Sarita Pienaar-Erasmus

Assistant Financial Manager

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 4200
 sarita.pienaar-erasmus@up.ac.za

Ms Zelda Ramatsetse

JNR Project Administrator/Finance

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 4531
 zelda.ramatsetse@up.ac.za

Mr Ahmed Sayaad

Project Coordinator: African Human Rights Moot Court

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 4841
 yusuf.sayaad@up.ac.za

Dr Johannes Socher

Postdoctoral Research Fellow: ICLA

  johannes.socher@up.ac.za 
 ORCID

Ms Seyitan Solademi-Ibrahim

Doctoral Candidate;
Project Officer: Women's Rights Unit

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 4306
 oluwaseyitan.solademi@up.ac.za

Adv Tamika Thumbiran

Project Coordinator

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 3810
 Tamika.Thumbiran@up.ac.za

Ms Ruth Versfeld

Project Officer and Litigation Assistant

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 3151
 Ruth.Versfeld@up.ac.za

Ms Carole Viljoen

Office Manager

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 3810
 carole.viljoen@up.ac.za

Prof Frans Viljoen

Professor of International Human Rights Law

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 3228
 frans.viljoen@up.ac.za
 ORCID

Ms Danielle Visser

Doctoral Candidate;
Project Officer: LLM (SRRA)

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 3810
 danielle.visser@up.ac.za

Ms Molya Vundamina

Project officer: Migrants’ Rights Unit

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 3810
 molya.vundamina@up.ac.za