The African Network of Constitutional Lawyers (ANCL) in collaboration with the University of Nairobi, Faculty of Law cordially invites you to register and attend the forthcoming ANCL 2021 Virtual Conference. The conference will be held via Zoom. This conference follows and builds on the discussions initiated at the 2018 conference in Gaborone, Botswana on the theme “Courts, Power and Constitutional Law in Africa” and during a webinar in 2020 which was a commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Constitution of Kenya. This year’s hybrid conference will offer a reflection on the status of constitutionalism in Africa through the lens of the aspirations, performance, and challenges of Checking the tide of democratic regression in Africa.
THERE WILL BE SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION DURING THE CONFERENCE – FRENCH TO ENGLISH TO FRENCH
HOW TO PAY
Upon registration, a payment link will be sent
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
| 28 October 2021 | |
| House rules – Dr Elvis Fokala – Secretary, ANCL, Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria | |
| Day 1 – Opening session | |
| Time | |
| 10:00 | Prof Enyinna Nwauche – Chair, ANCL, Professor of Law, University of Fare hare, South Africa Introduction to the Conference |
| 10:10 – 10:20 | Prof. Stephen Gitahi Kiama – University of Nairobi Institutional statement on the ANCL-UoN Conference
Welcome address and Opening Remarks The welcome panel – Karibu! |
| 10:20 – 10:25 | Moderator: Prof Githu Muigai – Professor of Law, University of Nairobi |
| 10:25 – 10:35 | Dr. Stefanie Rothenberger – Director, KAS |
| 10:35 – 10:50 | Prof Winfred Kamau, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Nairobi |
| 10:50 – 11:20 | Opening of the conference – Justice Martha Koome, Chief Justice, Republic of Kenya |
| Introducing the Opening Panel – Dr Adem Abebe, International IDEA, The Hague, The Netherlands
Moderator – Professor Adebayo Olukoshi, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa |
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| 11:30 – 11:45 | Professor Eddy Maloka, Executive Director of the APRM Democratic Progress, Resilience, and Regression in Africa and APRM’s role |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | M. Antoine Michon, Director, Directorate of Political affairs and Democratic Governance Democratic Progress, Resilience, and Regression in Francophone Africa |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Professeure Hajer Gueldich, Professeure agrégée à la Faculté des sciences juridiques politiques et sociales de Tunis, Université de Carthag Democratic Progress, Resilience, and Regression in North Africa |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Idayat Hassan, Director, Centre for Democracy and Development. Democratic Progress, Resilience, and Regression in West Africa |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Question and Answer |
The full, tentative conference program