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February 2004 Cape Town FellowsJennifer ChirigaZimbabwe
Ron DudaiIsrael
Chief Yaw Anokye FrimpongGhana
Kwabene KasangaDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Toe Zaw LettBurma
Alphonsine MirembeRwanda
Kennedy Monchere NyaundiKenya
Mohammed Aziz RahjoAfghanistan
Holly TeCambodia
Lucien Fidèle ToulouCameroon
Isha Yema WrightSierra Leone
Fausto Belo XimenesTimor-Leste
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Cape Town, February 2004 Participants in the February 2004 Cape Town Transitional Justice Fellowship Program are joined by staff from the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation and the ICTJ. |
Jennifer Chiriga (Zimbabwe) has 10 years' experience in NGO management and policy design. She is a founding member of the regional Women Partners for Peace in Africa (WOPPA) network, which brings together African women who share a common vision of peace. Currently, she is setting up a Zimbabwe chapter of WOPPA to carry out training of women in conflict transformation and peace-building. Her publications include "Perspectives on the Post-Beijing Policy Process in the SADC Region" and "Building Bridges through Communication." Ms. Chiriga is a trained mediator.
Ron Dudai (Israel) is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has worked as a researcher with B'Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Mr. Dudai has researched and published reports on human rights violations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He is also active in various peace and reconciliation groups. In 2002, as a Chevening Scholar, he completed a Master's degree in human rights at the London School of Economics.
Chief Yaw Anokye Frimpong (Ghana) is executive secretary of the Victim Support Initiative, an NGO dedicated to providing physical and emotional assistance to victims of human rights violations in Ghana. He was also the senior statement taker and senior interviewer for Ghana's National Reconciliation Commission. Mr. Frimpong holds an LLB and works on human rights-related assignments for the Ghana Center for Democratic Development.
Kwabene Kasanga (Democratic Republic of the Congo) holds a Bachelor's degree in management (marketing, finances, and commercial dynamics) from the Institut Superieur de Gestion des Affaires (DRC). In 2002, Mr. Kwabene took part in a joint training course conducted by the Centre for Conflict Resolution and the Quaker Peace Centre on mediation techniques, negotiation, and facilitation. He is one of the founding members and the current Vice-Chairperson of the Congolese Organisation for Peace and Reconciliation in Cape Town. Before that, he worked as a teacher at various institutions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Toe Zaw Lett (Burma) is a Burmese independent researcher, human rights advocate, and commentator who is active in the Free Burma movement. As a student, he participated in the 1988 uprising in Burma and was forced to flee to Thailand, where he continued his activism in exile for more than 10 years. During this time, he worked within the human rights and pro-democracy movement as an advocate, program officer, and field research guide for both international organizations and regional human rights NGOs. He holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Bradford and a Master of Asian Studies from Monash University. He is writing a book on Burmese reconciliation politics that will be published by NIAS Press.
Alphonsine Mirembe (Rwanda) is currently working as a magistrate in Kigali. Before that, she was a research assistant with the Law Reform Commission. Ms. Mirembe obtained her law degree from the National University of Rwanda, and her LLM in international comparative law at Uppsala University in Sweden. She also obtained a certificate in international conflict studies from the same university. Ms. Mirembe is interested in children's rights, women's rights, and international human rights law.
Kennedy Monchere Nyaundi (Kenya) is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a partner in the law firm of Nyaundi Tuiyott & Co. Advocates. In 2001, Mr. Nyaundi founded the Child Legal Aid Centre, a public interest charitable institution that offers free legal aid to children. In recognition, he has been appointed a trustee of Kenya's Street Children Rehabilitation Trust Fund. He is also a member of the Law Society of Kenya's Constitutional Reform, Human Rights, Public Interest and Legal Aid Committee. Mr. Nyaundi is an alumnus of the United Nations University's International Leadership Academy, where he qualified with a distinction in leadership in conflict resolution and peacekeeping. Mr. Nyaundi holds an LLB from Nairobi University.
Mohammed Aziz Rahjo (Afghanistan) is a UNHCR National Protection Officer in Kabul, Afghanistan. Previously, Mr. Rahjo worked with the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation of Afghanistan in carrying out various responsibilities in the planning and external relations department. He obtained his degree in economics and law from the People's Friendship University, Moscow, in 1988, and later conducted a legal analysis of the Geneva Accords on Afghanistan at the same university. Since December 2002, he has served as the legal adviser to the Minister of Refugees and Repatriation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Interior on issues relating to Afghan refugees, internally displaced people, and returnees.
Holly Te (Cambodia) is currently a legal consultant with a human rights organization in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where she is drafting a legal guide on international and Cambodian laws affecting 12 common cases of human rights violations. The guide is geared toward human rights monitors, investigators and the legal community, as well as those interested in training and lobbying for the protection of human rights in Cambodia. Ms. Te obtained legal training in the United States and practiced there for five years.
Lucien Fidèle Toulou (Cameroon) is an assistant lecturer in conflict analysis at the Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaoundé. He also works with APDHAC, a regional network of scholars advocating for human rights through training and research. He is currently preparing a PhD thesis in political science, dealing with multiparty politics and political elites in Cameroon and Kenya. Mr. Toulou has authored many articles about political transition in Cameroon. He holds a Bachelor's degree in law from the Yaoundé II University, a Master's degree in social sciences from the Catholic University of Central Africa, and a Master's degree in political science from the Centre d'Etude d'Afrique Noire, Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Bordeaux, France.
Isha Yema Wright (Sierra Leone) has most recently consulted for the International Human Rights Law Group on outreach and gender issues, with a focus on women's inheritance rights. Before that, Ms. Wright was a member of both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Special Court for Sierra Leone working groups, and was appointed as a national reconciliation officer. She has also worked extensively with human rights NGOs in Sierra Leone. Ms. Wright holds a degree in English and Sociology from Fourah Bay College.
Fausto Belo Ximenes (Timor-Leste) works with the Judicial System Monitoring Programme as a legal researcher, where he undertakes monitoring of both the Special Panels and the district courts of East Timor, as well as monitoring legislative developments. Before that, Mr. Ximenes worked at the UNTAET Office of Public Information and Communication. He was later appointed as a District Human Rights Officer with the UNTAET Human Rights Unit in Dili, where he was directly involved in court and prison monitoring and delivering human rights education to the civil society.
