Panelists

Gordon R. Woodman
Emeritus Professor of Comparative Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Email: g.r.woodman@bham.ac.uk 

Abdulmumini Oba
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
Email: obailorin@yahoo.com 

George O. Otieno Ochich
Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, Lecturer in Law, Moi University, Kenya
Email: otisnr2006@yahoo.co.uk 

Lotta Teale
GBV Legal Program Officer, International Rescue Committee, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Email: lcteale@gmail.com 

Daniel Sesay
Lead Paralegal, Timap for Justice, Sierra Leone
Email: danieltimap@yahoo.com 

John Macarthy
Lead Paralegal, Timap for Justice, Sierra Leone
Email: danieltimap@yahoo.com 

Laurence Juma
Senior Lecturer, Nelson Mandela School of Law, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
Email: johnmacarthy@yahoo.com 

Maureen Kondowe
Associate Partner, Wilson and Morgan, Blantyre, Malawi
Email: mwaiwe@yahoo.com 

Digby Sqhelo Koyana
Professor, Nelson Mandela School of Law, University of Fort Harere, East London, South Africa
Email: elsani@telkomsa.net; bopperman@ufh.ac.za 

Janine Ubink
Senior Lecturer in Law and Governance in Africa, Faculty of Law, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Email: j.m.ubink@law.leidenuniv.nl 

Athaliah Molokomme
Attorney General, Republic of Botswana
Email: amolokomme@gov.bw 

Noah Ramatebele
State Counsel, AG’s chambers
Email: nramatebele@gov.bw 

Bojosi Otlhogile
Professor of Law and Vice Chancellor, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
Email: OTLHOGIL@mopipi.ub.bw 

Kholisani Solo
Head, Department of Law, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
Email: SOLOK@mopipi.ub.bw 

Peter Takirambudde
Director of Ceremonies and Professor, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
Email: Takirambudde@mopipi.ub.bw 

Wazha G. Morapedi
History Department, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
Email: morapedi@mopipi.ub.bw 

E.K. Quanash
Department of Law, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
Email: Quansahe@mopipi.ub.bw 

O.B. Tshosa
Department of Law, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
Email: TSHOSAOB@mopipi.ub.bw 

Rekha A. Kumar
Department of Law, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
Email: kumar@mopipi.ub.bw 

Ikanyeng Malila
Ph D Student, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
Email: malila@mopipi.ub.bw 

Keneilwe Thonah Lekoba
Lecturer, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
Email: klekoba@mopipi.ub.bw 

Clement N'gong'ola
Senior Lecturer, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
Email: ngongola@mopipi.ub.bw 

Godfrey Radijeng
UNICEF Child Protection Specialist
Email: goradijeng@unicef.org 

Ernest Kofi Abotsi
Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Law, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
Email: eabotsi200@hotmail.com 

Dayana Ndima
Lecturer, UNISA, South Africa
Email: ndimadd@unisa.ac.za 

Catherine Mienie
Senior Lecturer, UNISA, South Africa
Email: mienice@unisa.ac.za 

Amelia Vukeya
Attorney and Legal Researcher, The AIDS Law Project, Johannesburg, South Africa
Email: amelia.vukeya@gmail.com 

Justice Belinda van Heerden
Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal, South Africa
Email: bjvh@telkomsa.net 

Dr Manfred O Hinz
Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia; UNESCO Chair: Human Rights and Democracy
Email: okavango@mweb.com.na  

Janet Chikaya-Banda
Chief Law Reform Officer, Law Commission, Lilongwe, Malawi
Email: jlbanda@yahoo.com 

Christa Rautenbach 
Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Email: Christa.rautenbach@nwu.ac.za 

Willemien du Plessis
Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Email: willemien.duplessis@nwu.ac.za 

Sandra F. Joireman
Associate Professor, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, USA
Email: Sandra.F.Joireman@wheaton.edu 

Winifred Kamau 
Lecturer, School of Law, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Email: winkamau@hotmail.com 

Thomas Bennett
Professor of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Email: Thomas.Bennett@uct.ac.za 

Elvis Mbembe Binda  
Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Law, National University of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda
Email: embembe@nur.ac.rw; bindael@gmail.com 

Matrine B. Chuulu
Regional Coordinator, Women and Law in Southern Africa, Lusaka, Zambia
Email: wlsazam@zamnet.zm; matrinebbukuc@yahoo.com 

Johanna Bond
Associate Professor of Law, Washington & Lee University School of Law, Lexington, VA, United States
Email: jbond4@uwyo.edu 

Babere Kerata Chacha
Lecturer, Department of History, Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya
Email: chachaox@yahoo.com 

Fatou Kiné Camara
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal
Email: camarafatkine@yahoo.fr 

Dr. Ben Kiromba Twinomugisha
Senior Lecturer and Dean, Faculty of Law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Email: btwinomugisha@law.mak.ac.ug; btwino@gmail.com 

Noluthando Ntlokwana
Attorney, Women’s Legal Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
Email: noluthando@wlce.co.za 

Justice J. B. Akamba
Justice, Supreme Court of Appeal, Ghana
Email: akambajb2004@yahoo.co.uk 

Sibongile Baloyi
Lecturer, UNISA, South Africa
Email: baloysm@unisa.ac.za 

Helen Dancer
DPhil Law Student
Email: h.dancer@sussex.ac.uk 

Justice Unity Dow
Judge, High Court of Appeal, Botswana
Email: u_dow@yahoo.com 

Abisola Fatade
Fordham Law Student '09, New York, United States
Email: fatade@law.fordham.edu 

Libby Mooers
Program Assistant, Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, New York, New York, United States
Email: mooers@law.fordham.edu 

Jeanmarie Fenrich
Executive Director, Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, New York, New York, United States
Email: jfenrich@law.fordham.edu 

Paolo Galizzi
Director, Sustainable Development Legal Initiative, Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, New York, New York, United States
Email: pgalizzi@law.fordham.edu 

Jim Leitner
Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, New York, New York, United States
Email: jleitner@falconmgt.com 
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Nii Osah Mills
Former President, Ghana Bar Association, Accra, Ghana 

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