ABOUT THE AUTHORS CHRISTOPHER MBAZIRA COWEN DZIVA Christopher Mbazira (Editor) is a Professor of Law and the Acting Principal at the School of Law, Makerere University. Dr. Mbazira teaches Public International Law and International and Regional Human Rights Law. His areas of research interest include economic, social and cultural rights, children’s rights, the right of persons with disabilities, governance and democratisation in Africa, and international criminal justice. Assoc. Prof. Mbazira has published widely on these subjects. He is the author of a book titled: Litigating SocioEconomic Rights in South Africa: A Choice Between Corrective and Distributive Justice (2009) Pretoria Cowen Dziva is a professional development practitioner who holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Development Studies from the University of South Africa, and an MA and BA in Development Studies from Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. He is a lecturer at the Julius Nyerere School of Social Sciences at Great Zimbabwe University, Masvingo Province. University Law Press. DZIKAMAI BERE Dzikamai Bere is currently the National Director for the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights). He holds a Master’s in Conflict Transformation from Swisspeace Academy, a Bachelor of Laws from the University of South Africa, and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Solusi University. Bere is a Transitional Justice Fellow with the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, a Leading Public Life Fellow with the Mandela School in Cape Town, and a Mandela Washington Fellow on Civic Leadership with the Presidential Precinct in the USA. BRIAN DUBE Brian Dube is a legal practitioner and awardwinning human rights lawyer. He holds a Master of Law in International Criminal Justice from The Open University of Tanzania and Bachelor of Laws Honours Degree from University of Zimbabwe. He is currently a Member of Parliament for Gweru Urban and Acting Director of Heal Africa Trust. vi GODFREY MUPANGA Godfrey Mupanga teaches undergraduate courses in the Faculty of Law at the University of Zimbabwe and runs the human rights practice of the law firm that he set up with a colleague in 2012 named Mupanga Bhatasara Attorneys in Harare. Previously, he served in various positions as Consultant, Director and Chief of Party for programmes on human rights, access to justice, rule of law and protection in countries that include Sudan — Darfur, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somaliland. He holds degrees in law that include a Doctor of Laws (LLD) from the University of Fort Hare, Master of Laws (LLM) from The University of Leeds, and Bachelor of Laws Honours (LLB (Hons)) from the University of Zimbabwe. MURIUKI MURIUNGI Muriuki Muriungi is Partner at Kosgei, Muriuki & Koome Advocates in Nairobi, Kenya and Lecturer at the School of Law, University of Nairobi. He read for a Master of Science in Law and Finance at St. Peter’s College, University of Oxford, UK, where he was a Standard Bank Africa Chairman’s Scholar. He also holds a Master of Law in Public Finance and Financial Services Law (LL.M) and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Nairobi and a postgraduate diploma in legal practice from the Kenya School of Law. An Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, Muriuki is a doctoral candidate in law at the University of Nairobi inquiring into the role of central banks in mobilising climate finance.