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2006 Cape Town FellowsSareer AhmadAfghanistan Mr Ahmad is currently working as Afghanistan Program Manager for Global Rights-Partners for Justice. He is an Afghan human rights activist and legal journalist He holds a degree in Journalism, graduated from Kabul University in 2003, and certificated to numerous training courses in human rights, civil society and media. He oversees women's rights, young lawyers in training and legal fellowship programs for Global Rights in Afghanistan. Before joining Global Rights, Mr. Ahmad served as Sr. Assistant to the Legal Advisor at the Afghanistan Ministry of Commerce. He has been working with national and international institutions since 1999. He wrote an Honours thesis on "Misconception of Transitional Justice in Afghanistan". Haris AzharIndonesia Mr Azhar graduated (First degree) from Law Faculty in Trisakti University, Jakarta. He is a Human Rights Lawyer and has been working with the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) since 1999. Currently, he is Head of Impunity Watch and Institution Reform Division in KontraS. His responsibility is advocating victims of past abuses to reach justice and accountability of perpetrators. He is also doing advocacy on Security Sector Reform and National Human Rights Institution Reform. Pondai BamuZimbabwe Pondai Bamu is a senior human rights researcher with the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum since 2004. He holds an Honours degree in Politics and Administration and a Master of Science degree in International Relations from the University of Zimbabwe. He taught 2nd and 3rd year students in Politics and Administration at the University of Zimbabwe as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and also worked as a Policy Formulation Officer in the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises Development of the Government of Zimbabwe. He has also worked as a Provincial Training Coordinator for ITDG in Mashonaland Central Province in Zimbabwe. He has represented the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum at many national and international meetings, including the ACP-EU JPA. Dalya ChreaCambodia Ms Chrea currently holds a position as Senior Program Officer/Attorney-at-Law in Workplace Relations Group (WRG)/Labour Program at the Community Legal Education Center (CLEC). She attained her Bachelor of Law degree in 2002, and in 2003 she received her Certificate of Lawyer (Forth promotion at Center for Lawyer Training and Legal Profession Improvement “LTC”). Sanjeevani Dilka Lakmali KarunanayakeSri Lanka Ms Karunanayake is a State Counsel attached to the Attorney General’s Department of Sri Lanka. She passed the Attorneys-at Law (Final) examination with first class honors. In December 1997, she was admitted to the bar of Sri Lanka, as an Attorney-at Law of the Supreme Court. Since then, she has been working for the State, functioning primarily as a Public Prosecutor. She has successfully conducted criminal prosecutions in many complex and sensitive cases. She has undergone training in Commercial Law at the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) of Rome, Italy. She was a fellow of the International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and holds a Diploma in Transitional Justice. She has also followed a Postgraduate Diploma course in Forensic Medicine and Sciences. In addition to her routine professional responsibilities as a State Counsel, she is presently functioning as a member of the Panel of Counsel appointed by the Attorney General to advise and assist the recently appointed Presidential Commission of Inquiry established to investigate and inquire into serious violations of Human Rights. This Commission is unique in view of the functioning of an International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP), which has been mandated to observe the functions of the Commission. Aminata Doris KoromaSierra Leone Ms Koroma holds a Higher Teachers Certificate (T.U.) which she obtained from Makeni Teachers College in Sierra Leone. She taught at St Joseph Primary School in Makeni from 1984-1985. Since November 2005 she has been working at the IRC Kono as a LRRD Human Rights Supervisor. Bernadette Abioseh MacauleySierra Leone Ms Macauley is a Sierra Leonean born in the capital city of Freetown. She majored in English Language and Education at the Milton Margai College of Education in Freetown. On completion she taught for a year in her almer mater and continued her studies at the Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Linguistics. She has had a diverse experience working as a broadcaster. At present she is involved in civil society activism. She is currently attached to the Campaign for Good Governance, a nationally and internationally recognized Civil Society organization in Sierra Leone, as a Programme Officer in the area of Human Rights. She has been involved in a number of campaigns and in the implementation of a series of programmes around issues of access to justice for the poor and the marginalized, and the realization of rights. Betty MutesiRwanda Ms Mutesi is currently the Millenium Challenge Corporation Threshold Program Consultant with the Rwanda Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. From July 2005 to April 2006 she held the position of Associate Legal Officer at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. She holds a Bachelors of Law degree, M.A Program on Peace, Conflicts and Development Studies degree and is a PhD Candidate on Peace, Conflicts and Democracy. Samuel Gbehgbah ToeLiberia Mr.Toe is Hearings Officer of the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), the body tasked with responsibility for uncovering the truth of the Liberian civil war. Mr. Toe has been engaged with justice issues in his country since his entry into student politics in late 1990s and since his country’s transition. Mr. Toe was an active player in the efforts that organized and established the Liberian civil society Security Sector Reform (SSR) Working Group in late 2006. He has represented Liberian civil society at SSR consultative meetings in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in March of 2006, which involved representatives of Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), the British Council, civil society organization and security representatives in Sierra Leone. Mr. Toe is Independent Consultant to Civil Initiate (CI), a Liberian pro-democracy and Human Rights group. Mr. Toe holds a Bachelor’s degree, with several intermediary degrees. He is co-author of an unpublished manuscript “Impunity Under Attack”, a critical review of the Liberian conflict, the struggle for accounting, and the evolution of the Liberian TRC. He has contributed to numerous national and international news magazines, journals, and conferences. Abdul Musah WahabGhana Mr Wahab is currently coordinating a West Africa Network of Transitional Justice Project, exploring the nexus between Transitional Justice and Peace building in the sub region. This is an initiative supported by Coexistence International at Brandeis University, Boston. He visited Boston to deliver a paper on "finding justice and reconciliation" in March, 2007 and met with ICTJ New York as part of his schedule in the States. Dieu-Donne Wedi-DjambaDemocratic Republic of the Congo Mr Wedi-Djamba is currently the president of the Congolese Law Clinic for Justice and Reconciliation(CLCJR)(NGO) in Lubumbashi, DRC, a position he has held since 2006; Senior officer in charge of Refugees and Internally Displaced People(IDPs) in the Centre for Human Rights, Democracy and Transitional Justice Studies(NGO) in Lubumbashi, DRC since 2005; Independent Consultant in Transitional Justice ,since November 2006; Member of the African Transitional Justice Research Network since October 2006. He has published numerous articles on Transitional Justice and democracy in several forums such as Pambazuka News or Congo Independant. |
