Management of the African Human Rights Law Journal
Editors
Frans Viljoen
Editor-in-chief; Professor, Department of Public Law, Affiliate, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Magnus Killander
Professor, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
Solomon Ebobrah
Vice Chancellor, University of Africa, Toru-Orua; Extraordinary lecturer, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
Usang Maria Assim
Associate professor, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Evelyne Asaala
Senior lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Elsabe Boshoff
Doctoral candidate, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo, Norway
Martin Nsibirwa
Head of Research, South African Human Rights Commission
Junior Editor
Ruddy Fualefeh Morfaw
Student Editors (LLM-HRDA 2026)
Harry Mwesigwa
Giscard Bilingi
Edward Ssemambo
Publication Manager
Isabeau de Meyer
Programme Manager, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
International editorial advisory board
The Journal has an editorial board consisting of recognized experts in the field. As at 1 January 2020, the followings were members of the Board:
Jean Allain
Professor of Public International Law, Monash University, Australia
Fareda Banda
Professor in the Laws of Africa, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Gina Bekker
Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University, Australia
Victor Dankwa
Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Ghana, former Member, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
John Dugard
Extraordinary professor, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
Edward Kwakwa
Assistant Director-General, World Intellectual Property Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland
Sandy Liebenberg HF Oppenheimer
Chair in Human Rights Law, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Tiyanjana Maluwa
H Laddie Montague Chair in Law, Professor of Law and International Affairs, Penn State Law, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Obiora Chinedu Okafor
Edward B Burling Chair in International Law and Institutions, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Joe Oloka-Onyango
Retired Professor of Law, School of Law, Makerere University, Uganda
Kate O’Regan
Former Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa; Director, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Fatsah Ouguergouz
Former Judge, African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Sylvia Tamale
Retired Professor of Law, School of Law, Makerere University, Uganda
Nsongurua Ubombana
Professor of International Law; Legal Consultant, Lagos, Nigeria
