staff profiles: FACULTY OF LAW
Francois – Xavier Bangamwabo

centre/Department: Public Law and Jurisprudence & Commercial Law

1. Name: Francois – Xavier Bangamwabo
2. Nationality Rwanda
3. Official Position Lecturer – Acting Deputy Dean (2009)
4. Campus Address Y 009
5. Campus Phone + 264 61 2063766
6. Email fbangamwabo@unam.na
7. Biography  Mr. Francois – X. Bangamwabo did his LL.B at the University of Zimbabwe and his LL.M at the National University of Ireland – Galway. He is a registered legal practitioner in Zimbabwe where he practiced law for four years before moving to Ireland to pursue his studies in 2005. After completing his LL.M, he briefly worked as a Project officer for the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, in Zimbabwe, before being appointed law lecturer at the University of Namibia in 2007. He is now the Acting Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law and he lectures law of contract, public international law, and law of evidence. He is also the Co-ordinator of Refugee & Humanitarian Law Project within the Faculty of Law.
Mr. Bangamwabo has published in the fields of human rights law and public international law. He provides consultancy services to the SADC Tribunal and the Legal Assistance Centre in Windhoek – Namibia. He speaks fluently both English and French and thus provides translation and interpretation services.

Mr. Bangamwabo is currently a Ph.D. candidate with the National University of Ireland – Galway. His field of research is international criminal justice.

 

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Recently Taught Courses (includes links to each course)
  • Public international law;
  • Law of contract;
  • Law of Evidence; and
  • Family law.
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    Curriculum Interest Areas Public international law; international criminal law; international human rights law; refugee law; regional integration; and law of contract.
    Recent Research and Publications (includes links to each uploaded publication)
  • The Implementation and Domestication of International Human Rights Instruments in Namibian Legal Framework, in Horn, N. & Bosl, A. (eds). 2008. Human Rights and Rule of Law in Namibia, Windhoek: Macmillan Namibia.
  • The Right to an independent and impartial tribunal: A comparative study of the Namibian judiciary and international judges, in Horn, N. & Bosl, A. (eds). 2008. The Independence of the Judiciary in Namibia, Macmillan Namibia. 
  • The SADC Tribunal – A Legal Analysis of its Mandate and Role in Regional Integration, (2008), in Bosl. A. et als (eds.), Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa, Yearbook, Volume 8 – 2008, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
  • International Criminal Justice and the Protection of Human Rights in Africa, (the ICTR, the SCSL, and the ICC) (2009), in Bosl. A. et al (eds.), African Human Rights Protection System, Windhoek, Macmillan Namibia.
  • Traditional Justice: A Critical Legal Analysis of the Gacaca courts in Rwanda, inHinz. M. (ed.) (2009), In Search of justice and peace. Traditional and informal justice systems in Africa, Namibia Scientific Society, Windhoek
  • The Right to food in Namibia, in Caesar Cheelo et al (eds.) (2009), A Situational Analysis of the Right to food in Selected Sub-Saharan Countries: What Does “The Right to food” Mean? First edition, Southern African Legal Assistance Network, Lusaka – Zambia.
  • The Legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal  for Rwanda: A Critical Analysis of its Failures & Success, (2009) (forthcoming)
  • The Mike Campbell Case: Supremacy or Otherwise of SADC Tribunal Decisions over Domestic Courts’ Decisions – What way forward? (2009) (forthcoming)

    • UNPUBLISHED RESEARCH:

    -  Commentary on the New Namibian Criminal Code, 2004;
    - The Legality or otherwise of the Rwandan military invasion of DRCongo under international law, 2006;
    - The Right to restitution of land – A general bibliographical research, 2006;
    - The War on Terror, “the Use of US Military Commissions to Try Suspected Terrorists detained at Guantanamo Bay: National Security versus Individual Human Rights – A Legal Analysis”, 2006;
    - International Refugee Law: The Legal Analysis of the Concept of “Internal Flight / Protection / Relocation Alternative”, 2006;
    - The Land Reform in Zimbabwe: A Legal Analysis of the Current Land Crisis, 2008;
    - The Right to food: its implementation & Enforcement in Namibia, 2008;
    - The Domestication of international refugee law within Municipal laws – The case study of Namibia, 2009 (current).
    Activities In addition to his academic activities, Mr. Francois – Xavier Bangamwabo seats at various management committees both at Faculty and University level. He is currently the Acting Deputy Dean for the academic year 2009. At the behest of Dean of Students’ Office, He chairs disciplinary hearings involving misconducts by students. He is actively involved in Moot Court Competitions (internal & external). In addition to the above, he supervises LL.B dissertations. He also seats on the editorial board of the Namibian Development Journal since 2009.

    Mr. Francois – X. Bangamwabo has presented many papers at conferences and workshops, in particular in the field of public international law, regional integration, and human rights law.
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