Prof. Christopher Mbazira Principal SoL and Coordinator (PILAC)
Christopher Mbazira is an Professor of Law, Ag. Principal and Coordinator of the Public Interest Law Clinic (PILAC) at the Makerere University School of Law in Kampala. He has written and spoken widely on the subject of socio economic rights in the context of the judicial application of these rights. Some of his publications include the book Litigating socio-economic rights in South Africa: A choice between corrective and distributive justice (2009) and several journal articles including ‘Enforcement of Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa: Strengthening the reasonableness approach’ 26 Nordic Journal of Human Rights 131; ‘From ambivalence to certainty: Norms and principles for the structural interdict in socio-economic rights litigation in South Africa’ 24 South African Journal on Human Rights 1. Prof Mbazira holds an LL.B from Makerere University, an LL.M in Human Rights from the University of Pretoria and a PH.D from the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. Christopher teaches public international law and international and regional human rights law E-mail: christopher.mbazira@mak.ac.ug
Prof. Ben K. Twinomugisha Professor
LL.B (Upper Class); LL.M., LL.D (Mak,); Dip. L.P. (LDC) Prof. Twinomugisha is the first graduate of the Doctor of Laws (LL.D) awarded by Makerere University. He has been with the School as an Assistant Lecturer (1986– 1990) and rejoined the school in 1996 as a Lecturer. His research and teaching interests include health and human rights, environmental law and international law. He has also taught contract law, sale of goods, bankruptcy and company law at National College of Business Studies now (Makerere Business School), Uganda Christian University in Mukono and Makerere University. Prof. Twinomugisha has also taught globalization and human rights at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria. He is a member of the Uganda Law Society, East African Law Society and a rotarian. He has also served as a member of the Makerere University Council and Appointments Board. Recently Prof. Twinomugisha led a consultancy on harmonization of legal training and curricula in East Africa. He has delivered lectures on Cross Border Legal Practice on Continuing Legal Education (CCE) seminars hosted by the East African Law Society. Prof. Twinomugisha also worked as a Lands Officer and a Legal practitioner with Sam Kutesa & Company Advocates and Twinomugisha Shokoro & Company Advocates and is a member of the IUCN Academy on Environmental Law E-mail: twinosho@gmail.com
