About:
Dr. Japhet Biegon is Amnesty International’s Africa Regional Advocacy Coordinator. He leads and coordinates the organization’s advocacy initiatives targeting the African Union. He sits on the advisory board of the ESCR Human Rights Law Implementation Project, a collaborative project between four academic human rights centres (Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, and Pretoria) and the Open Society Justice Initiative. He holds a Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Pretoria, South of Africa. He has published extensively on a wide range of issues relating to the African human rights system.
Fields of expertise:
Access to Information
Human rights commissions
Rights
Social and Economic Rights
Transitional Justice
Truth Commissions \\ Les commissions de vérité \\ Comissões da Verdade
Womens Rights
Postal Address:
Amnesty International
Park Field Place, 3rd Floor
Kanjata Road, Off Waiyaki Way
P.O. Box 1527-00600
Nairobi, Kenya
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