Logo
Africa Law Institute :: Governance
 
About Us
Governance
Research Programme
Harnessing African Talent
Funding
Memberships
Fellowships
Publications
Events
Contact Us
Board of Directors Board of Advisors


 

 

 

 

Rama Mani

Dr. Rama Mani is the author of Beyond Retribution: Seeking Justice in the Shadows of War (Cambridge: Polity, 2002). An established international practitioner and scholar, she publishes and lectures widely on issues including justice and human rights, conflict and peacebuilding, rule of law and the security sector, the United Nations and terrorism.

She is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. She was the Senior Strategy Adviser to the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva, from January to December 2002, addressing issues of humanitarian policy and conflict mediation. From 1999 to December 2001, she worked with Oxfam (GB) in Africa. As Oxfam’s Africa Strategy Manager, based in Uganda, she led a continent-wide campaign on humanitarian and development crises, war and illicit economies in the African continent. Previously, as Oxfam’s Regional Policy Coordinator for the Horn of Africa based in Ethiopia, she developed policies and programmes addressing regional conflict, arms trade and peacebuilding.

She worked with the Commission on Global Governance in Geneva as their Senior External Relations Officer from 1992 to 1995, and managed the global launch of their report, Our Global Neighbourhood (Oxford: OUP, 1995). As a Fellow of the Watson Foundation in 1989-90, she investigated immigration and political movements in Algeria and France, in collaboration with non-profit and government agencies, and scholars.

In an honorary capacity, Dr. Mani serves on the Advisory Group of the Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform, UK, and the Editorial Board of the acclaimed journal Global Governance. She has also served on the Board of Directors for the Academic Council on the United Nations System (1999-2001), and as a Steering Committee Member for the World Civil Society Conference (Montreal, December 1999).

An Indian national, Dr. Mani holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Cambridge, U.K., and an M.A. in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A.

Dr. Alex Amankwah,
Associate Professor and former Deputy Dean of the School of Law, James Cook University, Australia.

Dr. Edward Kwakwa,
Deputy Legal Counsel and Head, Legal and Constitutional Affairs, World Intellectual Property Organization.

Dr. Edwini Kessie,
Counselor, Council and Trade Negotiations Committee Division, World Trade Organization.

Dr. Rita Koyame,
Assistant Professor of Economics, Florida Memorial College

Dr. Rama Mani,
Author and Visiting Scholar at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.

Dr. Ikechi Mgbeoji,
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia.

Dr. Vincent Nmehielle,
Bram Fischer Chair of Human Rights Law, The Mandela Institute, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand.