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Lecturer: Public Law
Name: Charissa Fawole
Location: A-Ring 630A Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
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Tel: +27 (0)11 559 3727
Email:听charissaf@uj.ac.za
About Dr CE Fawole
Dr Charissa Fawole is a Lecturer at the 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg in the Department of Public Law. She was appointed to the faculty in 2021.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in International Relations and Development Studies and a JD (Juris Doctor) from the 欧美福利100000 of Windsor in Canada and an LLM and LLD from Stellenbosch 欧美福利100000.
Charissa was called to the bar in 2010 and practised in the area of civil litigation at a boutique insurance firm. She remains a member in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario (formerly the Law Society of Upper Canada). Prior to entering private practice, she was a Visiting Lawyer at the Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ-Kenya) as a participant in the Canada Bar Association鈥檚 Young Lawyers International Internship Program.
Before joining the faculty, she was a post-doctoral research fellow Stellenbosch 欧美福利100000 where she taught International Law and Children鈥檚 Rights in the LLM-by-coursework programme and co-developed and taught an LLM module on Forced Migration and Children鈥檚 Rights. She was also a post-doctoral research fellow at the South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law (SAIFAC) a centre of the 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg.
Her research focuses on children鈥檚 rights, international law, forced migration, and human rights with a particular focus on Africa. She is an affiliate of the Global Engagement Network on Internal Displacement in Africa (GENIDA).
Qualifications
BA (Hons), JD (Windsor), LLM, LLD (Stellenbosch)
Research interests
International Human Rights Law, Children鈥檚 Rights, Forced Migration
Publications
List of Publications
CE Fawole 鈥淢aking the best of the best interests: a commentary of AB v Pridwin Preparatory School鈥 (2022) South African Journal on Human Rights.
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C Fawole 鈥淩evisiting Michelo Hansungule and Others (on Behalf of the Children of Norther Uganda) v Uganda: A case commentary鈥 (2020) 3 African Human Rights Yearbook 415-435.
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CE Fawole 鈥淎 critical analysis of the Kampala Convention from a children鈥檚 rights perspective鈥 Refugee Survey Quarterly 29 June 2020.
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Recent Conference Presentations
CE Fawole. Policy Paper Presentation: 鈥淭he Kampala Convention, durable solutions and internally displaced children鈥. High-Level Experts forum on Durable Solutions to Protracted Displacement in Africa. Centre for Human Rights, 欧美福利100000 of Pretoria. 19 September 2022.
CE Fawole. Webinar Speaker: 鈥淭he Kampala Convention and internal displacements in the context of climate change disasters鈥. Protecting people displaced in the context of climate change and disasters in Africa. Centre for Human Rights, 欧美福利100000 Pretoria & UNHCR Regional Office for Southern Africa. 29 July 2022.
CE Fawole. Panelist: 鈥淭he Kampala Convention: A holistic and comprehensive approach to internal displacement in Africa鈥. Roadmap for the Ratification: African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (Kampala Convention), High-Level Consultation Meeting. Centre for Human Rights, 欧美福利100000 of Pretoria. 23 June 2022.
Grant Applications
Project-Coordinator. 鈥淒eveloping a new generation of women legal leaders in Africa鈥. Co-Impact Gender Fund (Domain Grant) December 2021- present (application ongoing and in process).
