From the bottom-up: how transitional justice is being reappropriated and used as a mobilising tool in Eastern DRC

This blog piece is part of our ongoing “Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa” symposium. To access the introduction explaining the framework, click here (ALS / LDC), to access…

Leveraging Customs and Traditions in Addressing Child Marriages in Tanzania: An Interdisplinary Approach and Cultural Legitimacy

Introduction According to international and African regional human rights instruments, some customs and traditions underpinning child marriage are considered harmful practices and should therefore be abolished, regardless of the cultural,…

Upholding Human Dignity in the Feed: The Case of Meta in Kenya

This blog piece is part of our ongoing “Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa” symposium. To access the introduction explaining the framework, click here (ALS / LDC), to access…

Bottom-Up Approach to Just Transition in the Mining Industry

Amid escalating impacts of climate change, energy transition is strikingly necessary to tackle climate change. There is an equally important question as the necessity of transition: how this energy transition…

A legitimacy critique of the usage of IFC Performance Standards (2012) in relation to human rights by development financiers and agencies

This blog piece is part of our ongoing “Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa” symposium. To access the introduction explaining the framework, click here (ALS / LDC), to access…

Global tug of war in international negotiations: Global South and North standpoints on victimhood in the draft legally binding instrument

This blog piece is part of our ongoing “Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa” symposium. To access the introduction explaining the framework, click here (ALS / LDC), to access…

Revisiting ICC Convictions as a Manifestation of Power Asymmetries in Public International Law in 2026?

This blog piece is part of our ongoing “Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa” symposium. To access the introduction explaining the framework, click here (ALS / LDC), to access…

A case for African perspectives in Law and Anthropology: beyond data and disciplinary boundaries  

This blog piece is part of our ongoing “Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa” symposium. To access the introduction explaining the framework, click here (ALS / LDC), to access…

Moving Beyond Positivism and Western-Centric Thinking in Francophone Legal Academia

This blog piece is part of our ongoing “Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa” symposium. To access the introduction explaining the framework, click here (ALS / LDC), to access…

Symposium Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa: Setting the stage     

Introduction Welcome to the Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa blog symposium where the africanlegalstudies.blog and the Law and Development Conversations Blog join forces! This symposium emerged from the…