.: Beyond Juba Project (RLP, HURIPEC, Faculty of Law Makerere University.) :.


About The Project
Project Map
Project Staff

Dr Chris Dolan

Project Advisor - With a background in issues of forced migration and conflict, he is currently the Director of the Refugee Law Project (RLp) and doubles as an advisor to the Beyond Juba Project.


Prof Joe Oloka Onyango

Project Advisor - J.Oloka-Onyango is the Director of the Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC) and former Dean of Law at Makerere University, in Kampala, Uganda (1998-2002). He has been a Visiting Professor at several universities around the world, including New York University (NYU), Harvard, Oxford, the United Nations University (UNU), Keio, Cape Town and pretoria, and is involved with a number of local, regional and international human rights organizations as well as with professional and academic journals in various capacities. Oloka-Onyango served as a member and Special Rapporteur on Globalization & Human Rights of the United Nations Sub-Commission on the promotion and protection of Human Rights from 1998 to 2002.


Dr Sylvia Tamale

Project Advisor - Associate Professor Faculty of Law, Makerere University and Advocate of the Courts of Judicature in Uganda.  Currently teaching "Gender & the Law" and "Social Research Methods".  Other subjects taught in the past include Law of Contracts, Bankruptcy, Insurance and Banking.   Dr. Tamale's research interests include Third World women and the law; Feminist legal theory and method; Gender and Sexuality; Law and the ideology of race and class; and social movements.   She has been a visiting Professor at the University of Cape Town and a visiting scholar at the University of Wisconsin.


Moses Chrispus Okello

Project Coordinator - Moses first joined the RLP as a volunteer in 2000-2001. After completing his Master's in International Human Rights Law and post Graduate Diploma in Forced Migration Refugee Studies at the American University in Cairo (AUC), he returned to the RLP as a Research & Advocacy Officer in January 2005 and is currently the Head of Research and Advocacy Department. He has led numerous field trips in districts throughout north, east and western Uganda and has contributed to a number of RLP publications. In addition Moses has contributed book chapters as well as published in internationally acclaimed peer reviewed journals. Moses has also recently been asked to join the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Transitional Justice. Moses’ research interests include conflict analysis, forced migration, transitional justice and international human rights law more broadly.


Stephen Oola

Project Lawyer -  Stephen's main area of research is transitional Justice. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Makerere University and a Diploma in Legal practice from the Law Development Centre (LDC). He has worked with HURIpEC as a research assistant for northern Uganda on economic, social and cultural rights, as well as, decentralisation and human rights.


Angella

Communications Officer -  Angella's background is Journalism, public Relations and Communications practice. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Mass Communication from Makerere University and a Masters Degree in Global Journalism from Orebro University in Sweden.


Jackee

Communications Officer -  A fiction and non-fiction writer, Jackee has worked as a peace Writer at the Joan B Kroc Institute for peace and Justice, University of San Diego. She holds an MA in Forced Migration Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.


Lyandro Komakech

Researcher -  Lyandro is the lead researcher on Codification of traditional Justice Mechanisms. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Social Sciences with a major in International Relations. Lyandro is a final year student of masters in International Relations and Diplomatic Studies at Makerere University.


Bernard

Researcher -  Bernard is the lead researcher on psycho-social issues. He has worked as a social worker and monitoring & evaluation officer with various humanitarian organisations in northern Uganda.


Post currently vacant.

Post currently vacant.

Morris Nsamba

Researcher -  Morris the lead researcher on Decentralisation. He has worked as a researcher on various projects, including Ethnic identity, Citizenship and politics in Uganda. He holds an MA in public Administration from Makerere University. His research interests include citizenship and minority rights, conflict and conflict management.


Tenywa

Logistician  -  Livingstone is a driver assigned to the Beyond Juba Project.