At the outset of my doctoral journey, I knew with certainty that I wanted to investigate and address social injustices embedded in mineral resource governance in the context of Burundi.…
Author: Ange-Dorine Irakoze
Dr. Ange-Dorine Irakoze is Senior Counsel and Chief Operating Officer at RUBEYA & Co Advocates, a firm that is part of the global DLA Piper network. Her practice focuses on East African Community (EAC) regional integration, with particular expertise in finance, energy, and infrastructure law, as well as legal frameworks governing the free movement of persons, goods, services, and capital.
She holds a PhD from the University of Bayreuth and was working at the Chair of African Legal Studies. Her doctoral research examined mineral resource governance in Burundi, critically engaging Western liberal legal frameworks and advancing the Ubuntu philosophy as a normative and relational approach to sustainable and socially just extractive governance, with an emphasis on mining communities.
Introduction Humanity is at a crossroads, confronted with the effects of climate change that no nation can solve on its own without working with others. It requires all countries to…
1. Introduction Natural resources, including minerals, belong to our common heritage, entrusted to present and future generations to support their respective needs.[1] In this respect, mineral resources have the potential…
Introduction Critical minerals are in particular demand for the transition to low-carbon and renewable energies to attain the goals of the Paris COP21 agreement. The energy transition is expected to…
ANAYLSIS Ange Dorine Irakoze 28 February 2022 The month of February is devoted to celebration of Black men and women who brawled for civil rights to establish social justice and…
ANALYSIS Ange-Dorine Irakoze The regime of mining ownership in the South African Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 2002 (MPRDA)[1] is founded on State’s custodianship rights. Under this custodianship, the…
ANALYSIS Ange-Dorine Irakoze 23 December 2021 Illicit financial flows (IFFs) are an international concern since they are inimical to the right to development provided in the UDHR, ICCPR and ICSECR.…