Directory of Experts in African Human Rights, Democracy and International Law

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Prof Frans Viljoen

Director, Centre for Human Rights
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Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 3228

Expertise:
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

Prof Michelo Hansungule

Professor of Human Rights Law
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Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 4532

Expertise:
refugee rights, socio-economic rights, SADC Tribunal, International Criminal Court, Zambia, Zimbabwe, rule of law, African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), democracy in Africa, democratic transition, elections, children's rights, constitutional development, African Union – Political Division, United Nations human rights protection system in Africa; African Commission and Courts of human rights; African refugees under the African system; International humanitarian law in Africa; Women's rights under the African system; Committee on the Rights of the Child; Traditional Leadership and human rights; National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)

Prof Danny Bradlow

SARCHI Chair in International Development and African Economic Relations
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Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 6202

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

Dr Magnus Killander

Head of Research
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Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 5407

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

Ms Karen Stefiszyn

Programme Manager:Gender Unit
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Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 4525

Expertise: women's human rights, gender, reproductive health and rights, adolescent rights in Africa, HIV, Women's Rights Protocol to the African Charter, UN and women's rights, CEDAW

Prof Charles Fombad

Head, Unit on Comparative African Constitutional Law at the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa
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Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 3377

Expertise:
African comparative constitutional law, constitutionalism, constitutional reforms, mixed legal systems

Prof Erika de Wet

Co-Director of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa
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Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 5243

Expertise:
human rights and international law, United Nations Security Council, comparative constitutional law, international law in domestic courts

Dr Dan Kuwali

Post Doctoral Fellow
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Tel: + 27 (0) 12 420 4531

Expertise:
the responsibility to protect', protection of civilians in armed conflicts, international humanitarian law, international human rights monitoring and enforcement mechanisms, international criminal law, maritime crimes,
human security and the African Peace and Security Architecture

Prof Christof Heyns

Co-Director, Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa; UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings
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Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 2412

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