Ms. Bassasso Ali Tiloh

Programme Officer, Counter Trafficking and Child Protection, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

H.E. Mr. Tsegaye Asmamaw

Vice President, Federal Supreme Court, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Dr. Assefa Bequele

Executive Director, ACPF

H.E. Honorable William Byaruhanga

Attorney General, Republic of Uganda

Maître Malick Coulibaly

President of the National Commission on Human Rights, former Minister of Justice, Republic of Mali

Professor Jaap Doek

Professor of Law, Vrije University, Amsterdam

Ms. Rumbidzai Dube

Senior Programme Officer, Children and Law Programme, ACPF

Mr. Edmund Foley

Head of Department for Public Law, Ghana Institute of Public Management

Ms. Beatrice Gacengo

Programme Specialist, Online Child Sexual Exploitation, ECPAT International

Mr. Ayalew Getachew Assefa

Senior Legal Researcher, ACERWC Secretariat

Dr. Michael Gibbons

Programme Director, Children’s Rights/Education, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

Ms Zita Hansungule

Senior Project Coordinator, Center for Child Law (CCL), University of Pretoria

Ms. Kristen Hope-Burchill

Justice Advisor, Terre Des Hommes

Mr. Alex Kamarotos

Executive Director, Defence for Children International

Mr. Abdul Manaff Kemokai

Executive Director, DCI Sierra Leone

Mr. Henry Kabwe

Executive Director, Media Network on Child Rights and Development (MNCRD), Zambia

Ms. Lynn Kay

Country Director, Retrak

Mr. Benoit Van Keirsbilck

Director, DCI-Belgium

Ms. Tina Lorizzo, Researcher

Dullah Omar Institute/Article 5 Initiative (DOI/CSPRI)

Honourable Justice Teresia Matheka

Judiciary, Kenya

Dr. Nkatha Murungi

Head, Children and the Law Programme, ACPF

Dr. Nkatha Murungi is the head of the Child and the Law Programme at the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF). In this position, she oversees the implementation of research and advocacy work aimed at ensuring effective legal protection of children in Africa. Dr. Murungi is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, and a researcher in human rights with a keen focus on children, women and disability rights. She holds a Master of Laws in human rights from the University of Pretoria, and a Doctorate in Law focusing on the education of children with disabilities in Africa from the University of the Western Cape. Her research covers a range of human rights issues including child rights, education, sexual and reproductive health rights of women and girls in Africa, disability rights, and access to justice. Before joining ACPF, Dr. Murungi was a researcher in human and children’s rights in South Africa.

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