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LECTURER
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Division / Faculty
Faculty of Law
Directorate / Dept
FACULTY OF LAW
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

2018: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public Law - University of Cape Town

2011: Master of Laws (LLM) (International Law) - University of Cape Town

2009: Bachelor of Laws (LLB) - Moi University

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
  • International Humanitarian Law
  • International Criminal Law
  • International Refugee Law
  • International Human Rights Law
  • Law and Religion
WORK EXPERIENCE

June 2018 – Present: Lecturer, Faculty of Law - EGERTON UNIVERSITY

Mar 2017 – Mar 2018: Research Fellow - Centre for Alternative Research on Law and Policy, (CARLP)

May 2016 – Nov 2016: Doctoral Fellow/Lecturer, Strathmore Law School, STRATHMORE UNIVERSITY

Feb 2015 – Sep 2015: Legal Researcher, to Lady Justice Margaret W. Muigai, The Judiciary - MILIMANI LAW COURTS

May 2010 – Feb 2011: Research Associate, United Nations Women’s Rights Research Project,

Under the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences,
Prof. Rashida Manjoo,
Law, Race and Gender Unit,
WILFRED & JULES KRAMER LAW SCHOOL,
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

2010 – 2011: Research Advisor, Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Team, FACULTY OF LAW, WILFRED & JULES KRAMER LAW SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN 2009 – 2010: Legal and Research Assistant, JAMES FINLAY (K) LTD, KENYA

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
  1.  Constitutional Law, LGBTI Rights and Criminalization of Homosexuality in Kenya: A Legal Critique of the EG Decision (2021) 13 African Journal of Legal Studies (forthcoming).
  2. Delimiting Jurisdiction in the Context of Cybercrime: A Challenge for Constitutional Protection, in Tom Kabau et al (eds), Law, Science and Technology: Concepts and Context in Kenya (LawAfrica 2021) (forthcoming).
  3. Constitutional Law and Islamic Hijabs in Kenyan Schools: The Supreme Court’s Specious Constraint in Methodist Church in Kenya (2021) 10 Oxford Journal of Law and Religion (https://doi.org/10.1093/ojlr/rwaa034).
  4. Constitutional Law and Atheists in Kenya: Affirming Associational Rights, Avoiding Non-Religious Freedoms (2019) 8(3) Oxford Journal of Law and Religion 668–679 (https://doi.org/10.1093/ojlr/rwz020).
  5. Unlocking the Legal Deadlock over Dreadlocks in Kenyan Schools: Constitutional Law, Rastafarians, and Religious Freedom (2020) 9(2) Oxford Journal of Law and Religion 388–403 (https://doi.org/10.1093/ojlr/rwaa026).
  6. Prelates, Property, and Prejudice: Vindicating the Legal Tenancy Rights of a Muslim-run Restaurant in Kenya’s Catholic Headquarters (2020) 9(1) Oxford Journal of Law and Religion 179–192 (https://doi.org/10.1093/ojlr/rwaa001).
  7. The Strategic Utility of Lawfare: Orde F Kittrie’s Study of How International Law Can be Weaponised (2020) 4(1) Strathmore Law Journal 203–209 (https://press.strathmore.edu/uploads/journals/strathmore-law-journal/slj2020/Book%20Review.pdf).
  8. International Humanitarian Law in the Jurisprudence of African Human Rights Treaty Bodies, in Jure Vidmar & Ruth Kok (eds), Hague Yearbook of International Law Vol. 29 (Brill 2018) 1–53 (https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004393622_002).
  9. Horizontal Application of Constitutional Rights in Kenya: A Comparative Critique of the Emerging Jurisprudence (2018) 26(1) African Journal of Comparative and International Law 1–27 (https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/ajicl.2018.0217).
  10. The Mediation Committee of Parliament in Kenya: Institutionalizing Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Legislative Process (2019) 7(2) Alternative Dispute Resolution 82–114 (http://www.ngotho.co.ke/ADR.pdf).
  11. The Approach of African Human Rights Treaty Bodies to International Humanitarian Law: Normative Basis and Institutional Basis (2017) African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law 1–36 (https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/EJC-fad72df7e).
  12. The Reach of the Bill of Rights into Private Legal Relations in Kenyan Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence (2016) 16(2) Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 235–261 (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14729342.2017.1281631).
  13. International Humanitarian Law in the Work of Regional Human Rights Courts: African and Comparative Trends (2017) 4(2) Journal of Comparative Law in Africa 1–33 (https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/EJC-c22ae2987).
  14. The Limits of Targeted Killing in Counter-terrorist Operations: An International Law Perspective (2017) 2(2) Strathmore Law Journal 1–39 (Click here..).
  15. Extraterritorial Scope of Constitutional Rights: Instructive Insights from Comparative and International Law (2017) 2 Africa Journal of Comparative Constitutional Law 71–114 (https://journals.co.za/doi/10.10520/EJC-1487a7f846).
  16. Contemporary Conflicts and Protection Gaps in International Law: The Necessity and Practical Utility of Fundamental Standards of Humanity (2015) African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law 24–58 (https://journals.co.za/doi/10.10520/EJC-60630cd9e).
  17. Clearing Some Fog of War over Combating Terrorists on the Frontiers of International Law: Targeted Killing and International Humanitarian Law (2011) African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law 1–46 (https://www.peacepalacelibrary.nl/ebooks/files/394083318.pdf).
  18. Tending towards Greater Eco-Protection in Kenya: Public Interest Environmental Litigation and Its Prospects within the New Constitutional Order (2013) 57(1) Journal African Law 29–56 (https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855312000150).
  19. Legal Regulation of Belligerent Reprisals in International Humanitarian Law: Historical Development and Present Status (2012) African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law 134–184 (http://ilreports.blogspot.com/2013/10/new-volume-african-yearbook-on.html).
  20. Improving the Protection of Human and Peoples’ Rights in Africa: Reflections from the Yogogombaye Case (2012) 20(3) African Journal of International and Comparative Law 341–364 (https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/ajicl.2012.0040).
  21. The Right to Life in International Law: Emanation of a Unitary Concept in Comparative Adjudicatory Practice (2015) 3(1) Africa Nazarene University Law Journal 1–41 (https://journals.co.za/doi/10.10520/EJC-606fa6ed0).
  22. Application of the Kenyan Bill of Rights: Legal Insights from Comparative Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence (2013) 1(2) Africa Nazarene University Law Journal 1–40. (https://www.africabib.org/rec.php?RID=41126043X).
  23. Friends, Persons, Citizens: Comparative Perspectives on Locus Standi and the Access of Private Applicants to Sub-Regional Trade Judiciaries in Africa (2011) 13 Oregon Review of International Law 355–394 (https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/36687197.pdf).
  24. Conserving the African Rhino: A Critical Analysis of the Debate on the Legalization of Trade in Rhino Horn (2015) 1(1) Jomo Kenyatta University Law Journal 57–83 (http://www.jkuat.ac.ke/schools/law/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/JKUAT-Journal-Volume-2015.pdf)
  25. Book review for: The American Convention on Human Rights: Essential Rights (2018) 18(2) Human Rights Law Review 401–407 (https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngy012).
  26. Book review for: Haidi Willmot et al (eds), Protection of Civilians (2017) 17(2) Human Rights Law Review 801–807 (https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngx035).
  27. Book review for: Sally E Merry et al (eds), The Quiet Power of Indicators: Measuring Governance, Corruption, and Rule of Law (2017) 17(1) Human Rights Law Review 196–202 (https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngw044).
  28. Book review for: Jens David Ohlin (ed), Theoretical Boundaries of Armed Conflict and Human Rights (2018) 18(2) Human Rights Law Review 801–807 (https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngx035).
  29. Book review for: Jean Thomas, Public Rights, Private Relations, 2015 (2017) 2 Africa Journal of Comparative Constitutional Law 185–189 (https://journals.co.za/doi/10.10520/EJC-f51da66ab).
  30. Book review for: Danwood M Chirwa, Human Rights under the Malawian Constitution, 2011 (2014) 2(1) Africa Nazarene University Law Journal 173–179 (http://www.jutajournals.co.za/book-review-danwood-m-chirwa-human-rights-under-the-malawian-constitution-2011/). 
CONFERENCES & INVITED PRESENTATIONS
  1. Gender Discrimination in Access to Justice in Kenya: Enhancing the Agency of Women in Securing Effective Legal Aid (co-presented with Dr Ruth Aura), a paper presented at the 1st National Conference on Legal Aid, 8–12 December 2020.
  2. From Substantive Injustice to Equitable Injustice: Reforming the Legal Aid Act to Promote Inclusivity and Overcome Systemic Barriers to Justice , a paper presented at the 1st National Conference on Legal Aid, 8–12 December 2020.
HONORS, PRIZE AND AWARDS
  1. Manuel and Luby Washkansky Scholarship 2012 for Outstanding Academic Achievement.
  2. Law Faculty Masters & Doctoral Scholarships 2012.
  3. Wilfred Kramer Law Scholarship & Grants 2010.
  4. First Prize Winner, 7th Annual Humanitarian Law Essay Competition for East African Students.  
TEACHING AREAS
  • International Humanitarian and Refugee Law
  • Public International Law
  • Human Rights Law
  • Labour Law
  • Child Law
  • Trial and Appellate Advocacy
OTHER SOCIETIES
  1. Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), United Kingdom.
  2. Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), Kenya.
REFEREES

HON. LADY JUSTICE MARGARET W. MUIGAI,
Judge of the High Court of Kenya,
The Judiciary,
Milimani Law Courts,
Ngong Road, Upper Hill Close, Nairobi,
P. O. Box 30041 – 00100,
Nairobi.
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PROF. JOHN OSOGO AMBANI
Dean of Faculty,
Kabarak Law School,
Private Bag 20157,
Kabarak.
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DR. TOM KABAU,
Senior Lecturer & Chair of the Law, Science and Technology Department,
Faculty of Law,
Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology,
P. O. Box 62000 – 00100,
Nairobi.
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