Huripec Staff

 

 

 

Joe Oloka-Onyango – Professor of Law, Director and Senior Lecturer-HURIPEC

A. Current & Previous Professional Undertakings

• Director of the Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC) and former Dean of Law at Makerere University in Uganda. 

• Visiting Professor at a number of universities around the world, particularly in Africa and the United States, and is involved with several international human rights organizations.

• Former member and Special Rapporteur on Globalization and Human Rights of the United Nations (UN) Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, and is a Trustee of the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture.

• Teaching interests include International Human Rights Law, Refugee Law, Gender and the Law and Constitutional Law and History among others.

 

 

 

Zahara Nampewo - Assistant Lecturer, HURIPEC

A. Education Background

• LLM from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom specializing in International Human Rights Law.

• LLB-Makerere University-Kampala

B. Current & Previous Professional Undertakings

• Assistant Lecturer–HURIPEC.

• Work experience spans multiple roles and geographies in the private, public and non–profit sectors. This includes involvement with civil society as well as working with donor agencies.

• Former Programme Coordinator of the Access to Justice Programme for the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)

• Formerly, a Gender Justice Specialist with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).

• Areas of interest and expertise include gender and rights.

• Teaches Gender and the Law, Health and the Law, Family Law as well as International Humanitarian Law and Conflict Resolution at both graduate and post graduate levels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ndagire Josephine - Assistant Lecturer-HURIPEC

A. Education Background

• Bachelor of Laws degree (Hons) from Makerere University

• Master of Laws degree in International Human Rights Law (magna cum laude) from the University of Notre Dame Law School (US)

B. Current & Previous Professional Undertakings

• Assistant Lecturer –HURIPEC

• Project Manager, Reparations/ East Africa International Criminal Justice Initiative at the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative

• Coordinator-the Pro-Poor Integrity Initiative, at the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative

• Previously worked as a Staff Attorney at the International Law Institute-African Centre for Legal Excellence

• Formerly a Program Officer for Africa Fellow at the International Association of Women Judges. 

• Teaches International and Regional Human Rights Law, Equity and Trusts and Fundamentals of Criminal Law.

• Research interests include International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law and International Humanitarian Law.

 

 

 

 

 

Rose Nakayi-Assistant lecturer on study leave (2008-11).

A. Education Background

• LL.B with honors from Makerere University (1999).

• LL.M from Clare Hall, University of Cambridge (2001)

• Admitted to practice in all courts of law in Uganda having obtained a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Center (2001)

B. Current & Previous Professional Undertakings

• Pursuing doctoral research at Notre Dame Law School Indiana- USA, courtesy of a Fulbright Grant and a World fellowship from the Delta Gappa Gamma Society International researching the specific dynamics of land rights in the customary space in northern Uganda in the milieu of the ensuing transition from armed conflict to peace.

• Teaches and researches Land Law and Human Rights on undergraduate level and the Conceptual and Practical Dimension of Internal Displacement, offered on the Post Graduate Diploma in Refugee Law and Forced Migrations.

• Formerly the Editor of East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights Volumes 14 No. 1 and No. 2 of 2008.

• Other areas of academic interest include transitional Justice and International Criminal Law

• Formerly, Project Coordinator of the Uganda Coalition for the International Criminal Court (UCICC) at Human Rights Network- Uganda.

• Formerly Co-ordinator of the LL.M Program in Human Rights and Democratization in Africa run by the University of Pretoria in partnership with over four others in Africa including Makerere.

• Some of her past research has been done while consulting for Organizations like The Center for Constitutionalism (Kituo Cha Katiba), Amnesty International and the Forest Peoples’ Land Rights in – London.

C. Selected Academic Publications and Papers

• ‘Historical and Contemporary Land Laws and their Impact on Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights in Uganda: The Case of the Batwa, in Land Rights and the Forest Peoples of Africa: Historical, Legal and Anthropological Perspectives,’ (The Forest Peoples Programme, January 2009).

• ‘Reaching out for Justice and Reconciliation in Northern Uganda: The Proposed War Crimes Court and Traditional Justice. Center for Civil and Human Rights,’ (Notre Dame Law School) Working Paper No. 5, Winter 2008.

• ‘Decentralization and the Situation of Selected Ethnic and Racial Minorities in Uganda: A Human Rights Audit.’ HURIPEC Working Paper No. 15 of July 2007.

• ‘The Women’s Movement in Africa: Creative Initiatives and Lessons Learnt.’ East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights Vol. 11, No.2 2005 (Co- authored with Monica Twesiime–Kirya and Dorothy Kwagala)

• ‘Citizenship and Identity Struggles in Uganda: Towards More Inclusive Policies and Practices’ (co-authored with Monica Twesiime – Kirya and Dorothy Kwagala), Citizenship and Identity Struggles Series, Kituo cha Katiba (East African Center for Constitutionalism, 2005).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tindifa Samuel - Senior lecturer, Faculty of Law Makerere University.

A. Education Background

• LL.B (Hons), University of Dar es Salaam

• Dip. Legal Practice, law Development Center

• LLM. (Lund).

B. Current & Previous Professional Undertakings

• Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law Makerere University. 

• Teaches Administrative Law, Torts, Labour Law and Human rights.

• Special interests include Peace studies, Conflict Management, Refugees and Humanitarian Law.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denis Asiimwe-Lecturer, Social Research Methods
Tel: 256-752-465185:  E-mail: dasiimwe@law.mak.ac.ug

A. Education Background

• B.A (Hons) Social Sciences,

• Post Graduate Diploma-Library & Information Science

• M. Sc. Information Science, Makerere University

• Graduate Diploma in Human Rights, Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands

• Advanced Certificate in Peace and Conflict Studies, European Peace University, Austria.

• Doctoral research student, University of KwaZulu-Natal.

B. Current & Previous Professional Undertakings

• Lecturer -Social Research Methods -Makerere University, Faculty of Law.

• Editor, East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights, published by HURIPEC.

• Formerly Lecturer in Information Systems and Systems Analysis and Design at Uganda Martyrs University; and Lecturer in Research Methods, National College of Business Studies (now Makerere Business School).

• Research interests include information policy and ethics, access to information, digital governance, and gender integration in governance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jackie Tumusiime - Research Assistant
Tel: +256-752-869270 E-mail: jtusiime@law.mak.ac.ug

A. Education Background

• LLB-Makerere University-Kampala

B. Current & Previous Professional Undertakings

• Research Assistant with the Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC), Faculty of Law, Makerere University, in Kampala, Uganda.

• Areas of interest and expertise include International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, and International Criminal Law, gender, family and criminal law.  

• Conducted  research  on a number of contemporary issues  including the death penalty,  transitional justice in Northern Uganda , the right of access to information as well as several reviews on human rights related projects including the Beijing +15 Review Process. 

• Overall winner of the 6th Annual East African Essay Competition on International Humanitarian Law and recipient of special merit as the first Student from Makerere University to score such an award. 

• Works as a Rapportuer on a number of national, regional and international fora and has co-ordinated various trainings and conferences- where she has actively been involved with government and civil society actors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mayambala K. Esther - Senior Lecturer
P. O. Box 30272, Kampala, Uganda,
Tel: 256 – (0)752 – 691867 (M)
Email: kisaakyeem@yahoo.com, kisaakyeem@law.mak.ac.ug

A. Academic Background

• Masters of Laws, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.(May 1994).

• Fellow, Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa Fellowship Program, (LAWA), Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., (July 1993 – November, 1994).

• Diploma in Legal Practice, Law Development Center, Kampala, (Aug. 1982).

• LL.B (Hons) Upper Second Division, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda (March 1981).

• Certificate, Preventing Fraud and Corruption, RIPA (U.K.), (April – May 1998).

• SJD Candidate, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC, USA [2004 - To-date].

• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B Hons. – Upper Second) Degree from Makerere University, Kampala

B. Current & Previous Professional Undertakings

• Lecturer of Law at the Human Rights Peace Center, Faculty of Law, Makerere University.  

• Currently pursuing SJD (Doctorate of Laws) at American University– Washington College of Law.  Her Thesis is focusing on Gender, Employment and the Law, with a special focus on the Legal Profession in Uganda.

• Her work, in the last 23 years, has focused on human rights, women’s rights, family law, health law and HIV/AIDS and the law. 

• Formerly Legal Advisor to H.E., the Vice President of Uganda

• Board Member of the Uganda AIDS Commission, FIDA-Uganda, the Uganda Law Society and the Uganda Network on Law, Ethics & HIV/AIDS.

• Has also served as a consultant to several UN Agencies and human rights NGOs in Uganda and internationally.

• National Coordinator, Human Rights Network of Uganda (HURINET), Kampala, (April – July 1995).

• Legal Intern, National Women’s Law Center, Washington, D.C, (June – November, 1994).

• Senior Legal Officer, National Insurance Corp., Kampala, (Mar.’89 – Dec. 92).

• Legal Officer, Uganda Commercial Bank, Kampala, Uganda, (May ‘83 – Feb.’89

• Academic Course Coordinator & Member of Faculty, Post- Graduate Course on Human Rights of Women, [An annual International Post-Graduate  Course organized by Human Rights Peace Center, Makerere University, and World University Service (Austria & Ugandan Committees, Aug.16 - Sept. 10, 1999].

• Board Member, Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC), Jan. 2002 – Jan 2005.

• Visiting Scholar, Georgetown University Law Centre, Nov. 2001 – Dec. 2002.

• Member, Advisory Board, Women’s Law & Public Policy Fellowship Program (WLPPFP), Georgetown University Law Center, July 2000 – To –date.

• Chairperson, Uganda Network on Law, Ethics and HIV/AIDS [1999 – March 2005]

• Vice-Chairperson, (FIDA-U) 1992 – 1993 & July 1995 – Aug 1996, & Chairperson, FIDA Committee on the Constitution (July 1995 & FIDA Research & Law Reform Sub-Committee, (July 1995 – July 1996).

• Member, Law & Advocacy for Women in Uganda (LAW-U), (1997 – To-date), Uganda Association of Women Lawyers, (FIDA-U) Kampala, Uganda, & Uganda Law Society, Kampala, Uganda.

C. Selected Academic Publications & Papers

• Co-Editor, ‘Human Rights of Women and African Experiences,’ (Nowak M, Kisaakye E, Oberlietner G. Eds. (A Publication of Lectures Delivered to the Post Graduate Course on Human Rights of Women, ZED, 2002

• ‘Women, Culture & Human Rights: With Special Reference to the Practices of Female Genital Mutilation, Polygamy & Bride Price in Human Rights of Women and African Experiences,’ (Nowak M, Kisaakye E, Oberlietner G. Eds.(2002)

• ‘Changing the Terms of the Debate to Resolve the Polygamy Question in Africa,’ Vol. 3:2 East Afr. Jnl. of Peace & Human Rights 200 (1997).

• ‘Women and HIV Transmission in Uganda: An Evaluation of the Safer Sex Strategies’ (Paper submitted for the HIV/AIDS Policy & Dispute Resolution Seminar, Georgetown University Law Centre (1994).

• ‘Reflections on the Contribution of Georgetowns’ International Women’s Rights Clinic to Advancing the Protection of Women’s Human Rights in Uganda and Tanzania’ (Forthcoming)

• ‘Global Rights, Local Harms:  The Case Of The Human Rights Of Women In Developing Countries, In The Era Of Globalization’, (Forthcoming)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ojambo Henry – Lecturer
Tel: (416) 946 7507; E-mail: henry.ojambo@utoronto.ca

A. Education Background

• S.J.D. at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto in 2005

• Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship-Graham Fellow of the University of Toronto for the year 2006/7.

B. Current & Previous Professional Undertakings

• Lecturer-Faculty of Law-Makerere University

• Teaching and research interests include international human rights law, the law of use of force and armed conflict, international criminal law, private international law, and corporate governance in the context of globalization.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kabumba Busingye : Assistant Lecturer-HURIPEC
Cell Phone: +256 (0) 77-7-792399
E-mail: bkabumba@law.mak.ac.ug

A. Education Background

• Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from Makerere University (Uganda)

• Bachelor of Civil Law from Oxford University (where he was Editor of the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal) and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School (where he edited the Harvard International Law Digest).

• Advocate of the Supreme Court of Uganda

• Member of the Uganda Law Society (ULS)

• Member of the East African Law Society (EALS)

• Member of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL)

• Member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and the International Law Association (ILA).

B. Current & Previous Undertakings

• Assistant Lecturer of Law at HURIPEC

• Academic Coordinator of the LLM (Human Rights and Democratization) Programme which is run jointly with the Universities of Pretoria, Western Cape, Ghana, American University in Cairo and the Catholic University in Cameroon.

• Teaches International Law, Constitutional Law, International and Regional Human Rights Law, Human Rights in the Domestic Perspective, Law of International Institutions and Organizations, International Economic Law and the Law of Treaties both on undergraduate and post-graduate levels in the Faculty of law, Makerere University. 

• Also teaches International Law on the MA (Diplomacy and International Relations) and MA (Peace and Conflict Studies) programmes at the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Makerere University.

• Serves Makerere University as Chief Registrar of the Staff Appeals Tribunal, an autonomous body established under the Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act to deal with disputes between members of staff and the University.

• Ugandan Resident Partner with M/S Development Law Associates, a collaborative initiative bringing together development law practitioners from over 23 African countries.

• Consultancies Undertaken for various organizations including United Nations Population Fund, the New Partnership for African Development (South Africa), ActionAid (UK and Uganda), Kituo Cha Katiba (Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania), the Uganda Network of AIDS Service Organizations (Uganda), the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (Uganda) and several other local and international organizations.

• In the past worked as a Legal Associate with M/S MMAKS Advocates (the Uganda branch of the African Legal Network of Law firms) as well as a Visiting Associate at the London office of Clifford Chance LLP under the International Lawyers for Africa (ILFA) programme.

C. Select Academic Publications

• “A Missed Opportunity: The Legacy Of The Armed Activities Case On The Right To Self-defence Under International Law”, in Griffin’s View on International and Comparative Law, January 2007, Vol. 8, No.1, at pp.109-116, available at http://www.rechten.vu.nl/en/Images/8-1%20-%20Missed%20Opportunity_tcm23-46038.pdf

• “Private Placements under Ugandan Capital Markets Law”, in the African Legal Network Newsletter, August 2009, pp.4-5, available at http://www.africalegalnetwork.com/images/NEWSLETTER.pdf

• ‘The Human Rights Content of the African Youth Charter: A preliminary assessment, paper on the African Youth Charter, commissioned by the Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP), available at http://www.afrimap.org/english/images/paper/AfriMAP-AYC-Kabumba-EN.pdf (English) and at http://www.afrimap.org/english/images/paper/AfriMAP-AYC-Kabumba-FR.pdf (French) 

• ‘The Mukasa Judgment and Gay Rights in Uganda’, in East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights, July 2009, Vol. 15, No.1(Case Comment)

• ‘Litigating Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa: A choice Between Corrective and Distributive Justice’, in East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights, July 2009, Vol. 15, No. 2(Book Review)

• ‘Public Interest Litigation in Uganda: Pitfalls and Landmarks,’ (with Mr. Phillip Karugaba, partner, MMAKS Advocates) book forthcoming with LawAfrica Publishing (2010)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naluwayiro Ronald - Assistant Lecturer
Contacts: Tel: +256 414 532954:  Fax: +256 414 543110
Email: rnaluwairo@law.mak.ac.ug: naluwairo@yahoo.co.uk; 244814@soas.ac.uk

A. Education Background

• Currently pursuing his MPhil/PhD studies at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) as one of the two first beneficiaries of the Mo Ibrahim Governance for Development in Africa PhD Scholarships.

• Master of Laws degree (Second Class, Division 1) from the University of Cambridge.

• Bachelor of Laws degree (Second Class, Upper Division) from Makerere University

• Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre

B. Current & Previous Undertakings

• Assistant Lecturer with the Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC)-Makerere University

• Research Fellow and Head of the Intellectual Property Rights and Biotechnology Policy Programme Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE).

• Previously Lecturer in Law, at the Faculty of Law, Uganda Christian University.

• Chairperson of the National Taskforce for Domestication of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in Uganda,

• Coordinator of the Lawyers’ Expert Group on Biotechnology and Bio-safety (LEGBIOTECH) and

• Coordinator of HURIPEC’s Rights and Democratic Governance project.

• Won the DFID-Cambridge Shared Scholarship to pursue his Master of Laws studies at the University of Cambridge in September 2002.

• Ronald’s work and research interests focus mainly on: Human Rights Law and Governance, Biotechnology and Bio-safety Policy, Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Genetic Resources.

C. Select Academic Publications

• ‘Buganda’s Quest for Federo and the Right to Self-Determination: A Reassessment,’ HURIPEC Working Paper No. 17, 2007.

• ‘The Trials and Tribulations of Rtd. Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye and 22 Others: A Critical Evaluation of the Role of the General Court Martial in the Administration of Justice in Uganda,’ HURIPEC Working Paper No.1, 2006.

• ‘Promoting Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture Through Facilitated Access to Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Understanding the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit Sharing,’ ACODE Policy Research Series No.18, 2006.

• ‘From Concept to Action: The Protection and Promotion of Farmers’ Rights in East Africa,’ ACODE Policy Research Series No.15, 2006.

• ‘Harnessing the Power of Intellectual Property Rights in Building Science and Technological Capacity: Key Issues for Policy Makers in East Africa.’ ACODE Policy Briefing Paper No.9, 2005.

• ‘Sustainably Utilizing our Natural Heritage: Legal Implications of the Proposed Degazzetment of Butamira Forest Reserve.’ ACODE Policy Research Series, No. 4, 2001.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grace Nakasi - Acting Administrator-HURIPEC
Contact:
Tel: 256-782- 727712
Email:  gnakasi@law.mak.ac.ug

Current and Past Undertakings

Peace and Human Rights.  In addition Ms. Nakasi co-ordinates the postgraduate programmes (LLM, DFMS, and LLM in Democratization) at the Faculty of Law. Among other duties she; carries out the registration, organizes meetings and keeps all records relating to postgraduate programmes at the Faculty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secretary-HURIPEC
Contacts:
Tel: 256-772-313775: E-mail:  rkulabako@law.mak
Diploma in Secretarial Studies
Nkumba College

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Billy Kalema-Webmaster of HURIPEC
Contacts:
Tel: +256-41-532954; +256-774-350990 / 712-840471
E-mail: bkalema@law.mak.ac.ug ; bkalema@gmail.com; webmaster@huripec.mak.ac.ug

A. Education Background

• PhD candidate at the University of Pretoria South Africa

• Masters of Science Computer Science(MSC Cs),

• Post-graduate Diploma in Computer Science

• Bachelor of Science with Education (BSc / Ed) (Hons).

• Certified Cisco Networking Instructor (CCNI)

B. Current & Previous Undertakings

• Instructor of the International Computers Drivers’ Licence (ICDL) and a lecturer of Computer Science at Gulu University

• Former Trainer / Webmaster of the Interdisciplinary Teaching of Human Rights, Peace and Ethics Project (ITHPEP) a Makerere University-wide project which was working to integrate all cross cutting courses in the curriculum of all disciplines at the University.

• Member Task Committee and Acting Secretary of Action Coalition for Religious Coexistence and Development (ACRECORD). An effort for promotion of religious tolerance, peace and development.

• Former teacher of Mengo Senior School Kampala, St. Mark’s High School Mbabane Swaziland and Kabojja Secondary School Kampala.

 

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