Zahara Nampewo Explained

Zahara Nampewo
Honorific Prefix:Doctor
Birth Place:Uganda
Alma Mater:
Occupation:Lawyer, Academic and Human rights activist
Years Active:2006–present
Nationality:Ugandan
Citizenship:Uganda
Known For:Law and Human rights
Executive Director of the Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC) at Makerere University School of Law

Dr. Zahara Nampewo, is a female Ugandan lawyer, human rights activist, and academic. She is the executive director of the Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC) at Makerere University School of Law, in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[1] [2]

Background and education

Zahara Nampewo has a long list of academic qualifications both in the law and in the human rights arenas. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University, in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. She also holds a Diploma in Legal Practice, obtained from the Law Development Centre, also in Kampala.

Her Advanced Diploma in Human Rights Protection was obtained from Abo Akademi University, in Turku, Finland. She also has a Master of Laws degree, in human rights, awarded by the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Her Doctor of Juridical Science degree was obtained from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Career

Prior to joining the Makerere University faculty in 2006, she worked as a senior legal officer with the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI), a human rights advocacy non-profit organisation, based in Nsambya, a neighborhood within Kampala. She also worked as a specialist in gender-based justice at the United Nations Development Fund for Women, in Liberia. Immediately before joining Makerere, she worked for the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), as a coordinator of their Access to Justice programme.[3]

At Makerere University, Nampewo teaches law and heads Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC), a semi-autonomous department under the School of Law.[4] She specializes in human rights and gender rights and teaches Conflict Resolution, International Humanitarian Law, Gender Law, Health Law, and Family Law. She has published considerably in peer journals on the subject and on related topics.[5]

Other considerations

Dr. Zahara Nampewo is a director at the Governance and Public Policy Research Center,[6] a think tank, based in Kampala, Uganda. She is also a board chairperson at Chapter Four Uganda and Uganda Lawyers for Human Rights (ULHR)[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 14 November 2017 . Makerere University:Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC): HURIPEC Staff: Director, Dr. Zahara Nampewo . 14 November 2017 . HURIPEC, School of Law, Makerere University (HURIPEC) . HURIPEC . Kampala . 13 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181013060949/http://www.huripec.mak.ac.ug/staff.html . dead .
  2. Web site: 14 November 2017 . Tolerate Each Other, Makerere University Don Tells Parties. 15 October 2015 . . Kampala. Nicholas . Kajoba.
  3. Web site: Zahara Nampewo: Director, The Governance and Public Policy Research Center . The Governance and Public Policy Research Center (GPRC) . GPRC . 14 November 2017 . 23 February 2014 . Kampala . 15 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171115020909/http://www.gprcuganda.org/content/zahara-nampewo . dead .
  4. Web site: Home . 2023-05-15 . HURIPEC . en-US.
  5. Web site: Profile of Dr. Zahara Nampewo, School of Law, Makerere University . 2016 . 14 November 2017 . Makerere University, School of Law (MUSLAW) . MUSLAW. Kampala.
  6. Web site: The Governance and Public Policy Research Center Devex . 2023-05-15 . www.devex.com.
  7. Web site: Dr. Zahara Nampewo Chapter Four . 2023-05-15 . chapterfouruganda.org.