Godfrey Odongo

A big welcome to our new fellow, Godfrey Odongo! @dr_odongo is a lawyer with more than two decades of advocacy, research, policy, and teaching experience on international law, human rights, and governance. Read Godfrey’s full expert page below⚖️ buff.ly/8SNU31C

2day(29.11.24),marks 25 years since the African Children's Charter entered into force. To commemorate this milestone,we will be launching the 1st Commentary on the Charter.38 Chapters,650pages,over 30African scholars.3 co-editors.Join us to launch this ground shattering publicatn

Commemorating Christof Heyns: Live stream The event commemorating #ChristofHeyns will be held on Saturday 10 April 2021 at 11:00 SAST (South African Standard Time). The event will be live streamed. Please visit tinyurl.com/cheyns-livestr… to receive the link to the live stream.

So thrilled and humbled for this opportunity for some thinking and reflection. Godfrey Odongo Joins HRP As Visiting Fellow | Human Rights @ Harvard LawHuman Rights @ Harvard Law hrp.law.harvard.edu/fellowships/go…

#COVID19: We must deal with the economic & social impact, alongside the public health response. See report by @antonioguterres on how #humanrights can & must guide #COVID19 response & recovery: bit.ly/2VSTrCa #StandUp4HumanRights @UN

I’ve learnt with deep shock of the passing of Prof Jackson Maogoto, the Kenyan leading legal scholar of the University of Manchester. Kenya has lost an iconic son who gave it one of the proudest names in the global academy. A very SAD day @godfreymusila @oyomose @OfficialUoM

Could the Covid-19 pandemic be a catalyst for decolonisation in Africa? aljazeera.com/indepth/opinio…

These locusts really have bad manners. We are dealing with #Covid19 in East Africa, and now they want back in on the action again? What's this?😳😟😟 nation.co.ke/news/Locusts-i… via @dailynation

Even in cases of violent crime that test the limits and arguments about rehabilitation and forgiveness, New York and the US, should vastly rethink trying children in adult courts, via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2020/02/22/opi…

Woow! Malawi Constitutional Court nullifies the 21st May 2019 presidential elections, orders re-run. Someone poured the "Kenya 2017 portion" in the Malawi judges' drink.

52 Places to Go in 2020 - , including Mount #Kenya; #Lesotho; #Addisababa & #Uganda nytimes.com/interactive/20…

South Sudan leaders say they've reached an agreement. Again. We find out if after many a similar announcement this is now the real deal: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Glad to be amongst the speakers & hope to speak about the African and Kenyan perspectives @tonliefaard @LeidenLaw

On Marathon Sunday, New York City becomes a Kenyan County.

I don’t know where the limits are, but I would like to go there.

Judgment: The vulnerability of children, their rights to dignity and to have the paramountcy of their best interests upheld, as well as the availability of less restrictive means to achieve discipline, render moderate and reasonable chastisement unconstitutional.

This impressive volume is finally out. My chapter beats the drum of African specific norms complementing the research of other eminent researchers and scholars on dimensions regarding children and war. Research Handbook on Child Soldiers e-elgar.com/shop/research-…

Bashir is behind bars, a new PM is set to take office and a teacher that drives a taxi at night is the face of the opposition. Exciting times in Sudan @CrisisGroup's latest statement outlines the dangers ahead and examines ways to keep the generals at bay crisisgroup.org/africa/horn-af…

Out next month - Research Handbook on Child Soldiers. Edited by Mark Drumbl & Jastine Barrett, with contributions from leading experts working across six continents, incl. @SharanjeetP @MiaMBloom @AniceeVanEngela @ChildSoldiers @CRINwire More info ➡️ e-elgar.com/shop/research-…