Laurence Juma

Biography

"Professor Juma teaches Public International Law, Property Law and International human rights/humanitarian law. He is the co-ordinator of post graduate studies and external moot programmes of the faculty, and Hall Warden for the Jan Smuts Hall. He is a member of Network of University Teachers of International Humanitarian Law in Southern Africa and Indian Ocean Region and serves in the editorial board of the African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law. He has also served as an expert panellist for the United Nations Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries as a Means of Violating and Impeding the Exercise of Rights of Peoples to Self-Determination. Prof Juma is currently working on a joint project of Rhodes and Utrecht Universities on international criminal justice, especially the role of ICC in Africa. He has published widely in the fields of human rights, conflict studies, as well as general public international law. Prof Juma received his bachelor of law (LLB) degree from the University of Nairobi, masters of law (LLM) from the University of Pennsylvania (USA), masters of arts (MA) in peace studies from the University of Notre Dame (USA) and doctor of laws (LLD) from the University of Fort Hare (RSA). "

Research Interest

Human rights, conflict studies, as well as general public international law.