In December 2007, Kenya held what by all accounts were historic presidential, parliamentary and local elections which pitted the then President Mwai Kibaki and his Party of National Unity (PNU) against Mr. Raila Odinga, ...

This commentary examines and highlights some crucial aspects of the reparation ruling by the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights v Kenya (Ogiek case), focusing ...

In 2006 and 2009, the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (African Commission) and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (African Children’s Committee) respectively, received ...

In 2010, Senegal adopted the 50/50 gender quota law in their gender parity law. In a similar way, Kenya adopted the 2010 constitution that provided that not more than 2/3 of any government body shall be of the same gender. ...

Although human rights NGOs (HURINGOs) have contributed to the institutionalisation of a human rights culture, the human rights discourse mainly focuses externally on the obligations of states and, more recently, of business. ...

In Kenya, persons with mental disabilities have a different experience from able-bodied people in the criminal justice system. Regrettably, the rules are applied differently when persons with mental disabilities are the ...

This thesis appraises the adequacy of the social model of disability in responding to violations of declarations of unfitness during plea and proceedings (unfitness declarations) against persons with psychosocial disabilities ...

This thesis examines the extent to which Kenya’s domestic legal framework vindicates indigenous peoples’ land rights. The question of who is an indigenous person in Kenya is, of course, controversial. In order to avoid ...