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Dr Robert Doya Nanima

Robert Doya

Senior Lecturer, University of the West Cape, South Africa

Email: rnanima@uwc.ac.za

Profile

Dr Robert Nanima is a Senior lecturer in the Department of Criminal Justice and Procedure in the Faculty of Law. He lectures Child Justice, and the Law of Evidence among other modules. He is also a member of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and Special Rapporteur for Children affected by Armed Conflict. He has published a number of articles in accredited national and international journals and presented papers at both national and international conferences.

Research

Publications

  1. RD Nanima ‘Evaluating the role of the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in the Covid-19 era: Visualising the African Child in 2050, (2021)1 African Human Rights Law Journal 46-67.
  2. RD Nanima ‘An evaluation of the adequacy of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child concerning economic crimes in armed conflict’ (2020) 4 Journal of Anti-corruption Law 58-79.
  3. RD Nanima ‘The right to education of the refugee girl affected by armed conflict in Kenya: Insights from the jurisprudence of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child’ (2021)25 Law, Democracy and Development 119-145.
  4. RD Nanima ‘A right to a fair trial in Uganda’s Judicature (Visual-Audio Link) Rules: embracing the challenges in the era of Covid-19’ (2020)46(3) Commonwealth Law Bulletin 351-414.
  5. RD Nanima ‘From Regulations to Courts: An Evaluation of the Inclusive and Exclusive Criteria on Children with Co-Caregivers in the Era of Covid-19‘ (2020) 21(3) Economic and Social Rights Review 10-14.
  6. RD Nanima ‘Adjudication of Corporal Punishment and the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 16.2: An evaluation of the Kenyan Experience’ in Maurice Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi Diversity and Sustainable Development in Africa (ed) 138-148 (CEDRED: 2020).
  7. RD Nanima and E Durojaye ‘Access to Justice in Kenya in the Context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 16.3 on the Rule of Law: Lessons for the upcoming 2020 Voluntary National Review Report’ in Maurice Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi Politics and Sustainable Development in Africa (ed) 148-159 (CEDRED: 2020).

Expertise

International Children's Rights, Child Justice, Sustainable Development Goals, International Human Rights, Socio-economic rights of vulnerable groups
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