Concurrent Workshop Session 1

Adjudicating and Enforcing Regional Human Rights Law

Moderator: Professor Obiora Okafor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Location: Albany Law School, 1928 Building, DAMC (4th Floor)

Time: Friday, April 13, 2012, 11:15am - 1:15pm

Presenters

Julia Harrington

Senior Legal Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative

Laura Bingham

Legal Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative

Never-ending Story: The African Commission Evolving through Practice in Malawi Africa Association, et al. v. Mauritania | abstract

Laurence Juma

Professor of Law, Rhodes University, South Africa

Africa and International Adjudicatory Organs: Some Thoughts on Structural Impartiality Paradigm | abstract

Laurence R. Helfer | bio

Harry R. Chadwick, Sr. Professor of Law and Co-director of the Center for International and Comparative Law, Duke University School of Law

Karen Alter | bio

Professor of Political Science and Law, Northwestern University

Jacqueline McCallister | bio

Ph.D. Candidate and Instructor in Political Science, Northwestern University

A New International Human Rights Court for West Africa: The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice | abstract

E.S. Nwauche

Associate Professor of Law, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, and Director, Centre for African Legal Studies Port Harcourt Rivers State

African Regional Economic Community Courts of Justice and the Horizontal Application of Human Rights | abstract

John Hursh | bio

Research Assistant, Africa Program, Landesa

Moving from Impunity to Accountability: The Role of ECOWAS Community Court of Justice and the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights | abstract