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February 2005 Cape Town FellowsEno-Obong AkpanNigeria Eno Akpan (Nigeria) has over a decade of experience as a lawyer and a committed human rights activist. Ms. Akpan is also the executive director of the Women and Girl Child Department at the Humanitarian League in Nigeria. Before that, she worked with the Danish Center for Human Rights and as the legal advisor to the Gambia Committee on Traditional practices. She has participated in numerous international seminars on human rights, impunity and gender justice, and acted as a consultant to a number of organizations. Her publications include "Human Rights Protection for Overworked Women and the Girl Child Living Under Traditional Rural Gambian Society." Tendai ChabvutaZimbabwe Tendai Chabvuta (Zimbabwe) is a program officer with the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, where he monitors the human rights violations database. His prior work included teaching human rights and good governance to undergraduate students at the University of Zimbabwe's Political Science Department. Mr. Chabvuta is one of the founding members of Students Solidarity, an organization formed to look after the interests of students in institutions of higher learning victimized because of their work for justice and freedom. Xavier EjoyiUganda Xavier Ejoyi (Uganda) holds a Bachelor's degree in social sciences from Makerere University, Kampala and a Master's degree in peace and reconciliation studies from Coventry University, England. While in school, he was a prominent student leader, advocating for student rights and welfare during a difficult period of liberal reforms in education. He also organized workshops for student leaders promoting peace, unity and coexistence in Uganda. From 2001 to 2002, he was a deputy school teacher in a war-torn, remote and impoverished part of Western Uganda. He is currently a senior researcher with the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative's East Africa Project. He has published many articles in Ugandan newspapers on human rights and policing in Uganda. He has also written a monograph on parliamentary oversight of policing in Uganda and is co-authoring a report on police reforms. Noha IbrahimSudan Noha Ibrahim (Sudan) holds an LLB from the University of El Nileen in Khartoum. In 1999 she joined the British Council's Sudan Office as human rights projects officer, where she was responsible implementing projects for the Government of the Sudan in cooperation with the British Embassy. She also worked directly with the Head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Sudan, implementing human rights workshops. Ms. Ibrahim obtained a Master's degree in international law from the University of Westminster, UK. Joseph KamaraSierra Leone Joseph Kamara (Sierra Leone) worked as a consultant for the ICTJ, and was seconded to Sierra Leone's Truth and Reconciliation Commission to work in the Legal and Reconciliation Unit. In this capacity, Mr. Kamara worked closely with experts to interview stakeholders and devise the reparations program included in the commission's final report. Mr. Kamara has also worked with the Campaign for Good Governance, as well as with Fourah Bay Human Rights Clinic. He holds a BA from Fourah Bay College. Theodore KamwimbiDemocratic Republic of the Congo Theodore Kamwimbi (Democratic Republic of the Congo) is a lawyer at the Court of Appeal in Kinshasa, DRC, and has also served as a legal advisor to political parties. In his work as a pro bono lawyer, he has provided services to both the International Human Rights Law Group (now Global Rights) and the Human Rights Institute in Kinshasa, especially in their work with prisoners. He recently worked as a migrancy researcher with the Centre for Popular Memory at the Department of Historical Studies of the University of Cape Town. Mr. Kamwimbi has carried out graduate studies at the University of Cape Town. Joseph Yav KatshungDemocratic Republic of the Congo Joseph Yav Katshung (Democratic Republic of the Congo) is a PhD candidate at the Université de Lubumbashi, DRC, and a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at that university since 1999. He is also a human rights activist and executive director of the CERDH (Centre for Human Rights and Democracy Studies). He has published many articles in the fields of human rights, international criminal law, transitional justice, peace building and conflict resolution, and family law. Mr. Katshung holds two Master's degrees, one in human rights and democratization in Africa from the Centre for Human Rights of the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria and another in private and judiciary law from Université de Lubumbashi's Faculty of Law. Philip PasirayiZimbabwe Philip Pasirayi (Zimbabwe) holds a Master's degree in international relations from the University of Zimbabwe, where he also trained as a sociologist. Currently working as an information and advocacy officer with the NGO Crisis in Zimbabwe, Mr. Pasirayi's past experiences include work as a reporter for the Daily News of Zimbabwe, a columnist in the Sunday Standard, and a media researcher at the Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe. He is also a Member of the National Constitutional Assembly. Lawrence SesaySierra Leone Lawrence Sesay (Sierra Leone) is the project coordinator of the Post-conflict Reintegration Initiative for Development and Empowerment (PRIDE). Mr. Sesay has extensive experience working with ex-combatants, especially with managing programs for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) of combatants. In this capacity, he worked closely with the ICTJ to survey the attitudes of ex-combatants toward the truth commission and the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Mr. Sesay's prior experience includes conducting training programs in human rights at the Civic Education and Development Center. He has written many articles on working with ex-combatants. Marijana TomaSerbia and Montenegro Marijana Toma (Serbia and Montenegro) is a researcher and project manager at the Humanitarian Law Center in Belgrade. Ms. Toma has extensive experience in issues of victim protection, as well as research into disappearances in Kosovo. She monitors war crimes trials in Serbia. Her prior work includes experience as a high school teacher. Her publications have include "Oral History as a Mechanism for Dealing with the Past" and "Bodies Without Names: People Without Graves." André YimgaCameroon André Yimga (Cameroon) is a human rights activist and journalist who has worked for over a decade with national and international media in addition to being a teacher of human rights and communication. Currently, Mr. Yimga is a program officer with the Human Rights League (Ligue des Droits et Libertés) based in Bafoussam, West Cameroon and editor of News Libertés Magazine. He is also involved in the fight against torture in Cameroon. |
