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

Mr. Kitso Phiri

Legal Advisor, Southern Africa Federation of the Disabled (SAFOD)

Mr. Kitso Phiri is a social justice activist with a legal background. He has been working as a human rights lawyer at DITSHWANELO: Botswana Centre for Human Rights, under its legal aid program. It is during his human rights work with Ditshwanelo that he coordinated the TB/Silicosis Regional Class Suit, a case instituted against mining companies in South Africa seeking damages for occupational lung diseases contracted during employment.  Out of this case, he established BoLAMA – Botswana Labour Migrants Association, an organization advocating for the rights of ex-mineworkers which he currently coordinates.  

Through his work with BoLAMA where he has been facilitating access to social security benefits and advocating for the highest levels of social protection among workers, his awareness and interest for disability issues was sparked. His work has since extended to decent work for persons with disabilities and accessing compensation for workers rendered disabled as a result of occupational accidents or injuries. Mr. Phiri currently serves on the board of SAFOD – Southern Africa Federation of the Disabled as its Legal Advisor (ex officio board members).

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