Chair

He was a member of the Uganda Constitutional Commission (The Odoki Commission) which drafted the Uganda 1995 Constitution. He was the Chairman of the Uganda Constitutional Review Commission which was charged with reviewing the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda and a member of the Committee of Experts which drafted the 2010 Constitution for the Republic of Kenya’.

Co-chair

Ms. Alice Mogwe is the current President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) since her election in October 2019. Ms. Mogwe, a staunch human rights advocate and civil society leader, will lead the Federation for the next three years, ushering in its 100th anniversary in 2022. Ms. Alice is also the founder and director of DITSHWANELO – the Botswana Centre for Human Rights. She has spearheaded efforts to advance...

Co-chair

Dr. Willy Munyoki Mutunga is a Kenyan lawyer, intellectual, reform activist, and the Commonwealth Special Envoy to the Maldives. His appointment to the Commonwealth was to bring the political leadership together, and to aid in the process of constitutional and political transition, with an overriding mandate of supporting a sustainable political dialogue process leading to a stronger climate of pluralism

Panelist

Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu is a Kenyan armed conflict analyst and mediator, educator and author. Ms. Nderitu has won several awards recognizing her commitment to peaceful resolution of conflicts throughout Africa and innovative approach to mediation.
She is a member of the African Union’s Network of African Women in Conflict Prevention and Mediation (Fem-Wise)...

Panelist

Ms. Kaari Betty Murungi is a peace and justice advocate. She was educated at the University of Nairobi and the Kenya School of Law. She is a past visiting fellow at the Human Rights Program Harvard Law School. Ms. Murungi has broad experience in transitional justice processes, women’s human rights, gender, constitutionalism and governance with a particular focus on international human rights

Panelist

Professor Chaloka Beyani is an Associate Professor of International Law in the Law Department at the London School of Economics ( LSE ) since 1996 and a member of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights and former Chair of its Advisory Board. Prof. Chaloka is also a member of the Centre for Climate Change at LSE. He studied law at the University of Oxford (D.Phil) and the University of Zambia (UNZA) (LLB, LLM).

Panelist

I am presently the Managing partner of a law firm known as Victoria Advocates and Legal Consultants. I practice in the Courts of Judicature in Uganda and the East African Court of Justice specializing in Constitutional, administrative electoral and human rights law. I have been in active legal practice since 1982. From April 1994 to October 1995 I served in the Constituent Assembly of Uganda (comprised of delegates elected by universal suffrage) which debated and promulgated the 1995 Constitution... 

Panelist

David Makali has over 27 years’ experience in print and broadcast media as well as civil society as an advocate of press freedom. He was until November 2018 the editorial head of the Radio Africa Group in charge of its online, broadcast and print platforms, including the Star newspaper. Positions held in the past include Managing Editor of the Nairobi Law Monthly, the Sunday Standard as well as director of the Media Institute and editor of the Expression Today media review, which he published for ten years.

Panelist

Prof. Jjuuko is an Advocate and Professor of Law and Jurisprudence. He holds a Master of Laws from the University of Dar es Salaam/Makerere University 1977-1978; a Diploma in Advanced International Conflict from the University of Uppsala, Sweden, 1993; a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre, Kampala, Uganda 1981-1982; a Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University 1973-1976; and a Certificate in Extractives from the Colombia University, New York, 2017.

Panelist

Hon. Lady Justice Lydia Mugambe is a Judge of the High Court in Uganda. Before joining the judiciary, she worked at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (UNICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania in the Chambers and Appeals and Legal Advisory Division. She also worked as a legal researcher at the International Bar Association in London. She is the winner of the 2017 Women’s Link International People’s Choice Gavel Award for her work...

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Hon. Dr. Miria Matembe is a strong proponent for and an advocate of women’s rights in Uganda. She holds an Honours Degree in Law from Makerere University Kampala; a Masters of Law from University of Warwick in the United Kingdom and an Honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D) from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

For over two decades beginning in 1989, she was a member of Uganda’s Parliament. 

Panelist

Abubakar Zein Abubakar, is one of the Founding Directors of the Orature Collective, which combines artistry, activism, and analysis in its facilitation of intellectual work with civic, community and academic institutions. A committed Pan-Africanist, he has served as a member of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) where he chaired the parliamentary committee, The Regional Affairs and Conflict Resolution Committee, responsible for Peace and Security in the Eastern Africa region...