Introduction In Africa, governments are rapidly expanding their digital surveillance capabilities, investing in advanced technologies such as spyware, biometric databases, and real-time tracking systems. These tools, mostly imported from foreign…
Category: Human Rights
Introduction Some time ago, I took a close look at the concept of Energy Justice. In my article , I was critical, arguing that Energy Justice is too operational –…
Prelude to the AUCEVAWG UN Women reports that in 2023, approximately 51,100 women and girls worldwide were murdered by an intimate partner or family member.[1] The highest in any region,…
GBV is on the rise in South Africa On April 11 2025, the Non-Profit Organisation Women for Change[1], which is dedicated to ending Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the country,…
Introduction It is not every day that a conference opens with a work of art, but the African Legal Studies conference in Bayreuth chose to do precisely that. Marking the…
Introduction This interview was conducted by Merlin Mitschker during the “Law and Belonging” conference in Bayreuth. The conversation features Dr Godswill Agbaitoro, lecturer in International Energy and Environmental Law at…
Introduction Kenyan legal scholar and social justice advocate Milka Wahu caught up with Aristid Banyurwahe while visiting Bayreuth. She was in town for Law and Belonging as a Relational Practice,…
Introduction What happens when the laws meant to help people do not quite work in practice? Dr. Cyprian Kambili from Malawi explores this in a conversation with Merlin Mitschker and…
Who makes major decisions about energy? And for whom is energy produced? Who makes major decisions about natural resources? And for whom are they extracted? Introduction These questions are pretty…
Introduction The institutions of the African human rights system (AHRS) are confronted with massive and systematic human rights violations all over the continent. These include, but are not limited to,…