Prof Robert Doya Nanima

Faculty of Law

Prof Robert Nanima is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Criminal Justice and Procedure in the Faculty of Law, at the University of the Western Cape. He serves as a Member of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, a Special Rapporteur on Children Affected by Armed Conflict and the Chairperson of the Working Group on the Implementation of Decisions. He lectures undergraduate modules such as Child Justice and the Law of Evidence. He lectures post-graduate courses on International Anticorruption Law, and Anti-Corruption Law in South Africa’s Context. He continues to supervise undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students. He has published and presented at various national and international conferences.

Relevant publications:

Nanima, R. D. (2023). Amicable Settlements: A Comment on Guideline 13 (2)(v) of the Revised Guidelines for Consideration of Communications and Monitoring Implementation of Decisions by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. South African Yearbook of International Law, 48, 17-pages.
Durojaye, E., Nanima, R. D., Idowu-Ojo, A., & Mirugi-Mukundi, G. (2023). The Relevance of and Challenges in the Enjoyment of Socio-Economic Rights of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Africa. In Realising Socio-Economic Rights of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Africa: Our Lives Matter (pp. 23-42). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Nanima, R. D. (2021). The right to education of the refugee girl affected by armed conflict in Kenya: insights from the jurisprudence of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Law, Democracy and Development, 25(SPE), 119-145.
Nanima, R. D. (2020). An evaluation of the adequacy of the African charter on the rights of the child concerning economic crimes in armed conflict. Journal of Anti-Corruption Law, 4, 58.
Nanima, R. D. (2019). Mental health and migration: interim report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur, Dainius Pūras, 27 July 2018. ESR Review: Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 20(2), 23-26.
Nanima, R. D. (2017). An evaluation of Kenya’s parallel legal regime on refugees, and the courts’ guarantee of their rights. Law, Democracy & Development, 21(1), 42-67.