Amollo Rebecca

Lecturer


Advocate of the High Court of Uganda with interest in Public International Law (Human Rights Law) and Critical Legal Studies. A Lecturer of law and Researcher at Gulu University in Uganda. Formerly, a Senior Lecturer/ Researcher at Kampala International University. The Director of Governance, Voice and Accountability at GLOFORD, Uganda. Served as the Dean of the Faculty of Law, International University of East Africa. Chair for Advocacy and Policy Initiatives at Doctoral Network Uganda. Served as Senior Research and Advocacy Officer at Foundation for Human Rights Initiative. Also served as Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the Nelson Mandela School of Law, University of Fort Hare. Holds a doctoral degree in law (LLD) from the University of the Western Cape. Has published expansively on human rights law, health and law, gender and the law and socioeconomic rights. Worked at the Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, War Child Canada /Legal Aid Project of the Uganda Law Society, the Uganda Human Rights Commission, Refugee Law Project and Tororo Civil Society Network. Served several research awards including: the Africa Fellowship Award at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, the South African National Research Foundation scholarship award, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation scholarship award, the International Development Research Centre/Global Health Research Initiative at the University of Ottawa and an award of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada at the University of Alberta. A former scholar of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at the University of Pretoria. Member of the International AIDS Society, a member of the Association of Women in Development, a member of the Expert Panel, AIDS Accountability International (AAI) and a member of the Uganda Feminist Forum. Worked in a consultative capacity for the Department of Justice, South Africa and the Social Law Project of the University of the Western Cape. Received an Achievers Award of the International University of East Africa in 2019.

Qualifications

Institution Period Degree obtained
University of the Western Cape, South Africa 2007–2011 Doctor of Laws (LLD)
University of Pretoria, South Africa 2006 Master of Laws (LLM)
Makerere University Kampala, Uganda 2000–2004 Bachelor of Laws Degree (With Honours) (LLB)

Research Interests


a) Human Rights Law – International and Regional Human Rights Law
b) Gender and the Law
c) Health and the Law
d) Constitutional Law
c) Good governance

Publications

Amollo, R . (2022) . Rethinking the practice of ‘luk’ within early pregnancy and marriage among the Lango in Northern Uganda
Amollo, R et al . (2018) . Stifling voices: preventive detention. A threat to free speech in Uganda . Foundation for Human Rights Initiative
Amollo, R et al . (2017) . Justice delayed is justice denied: the plight of pre-trial detainees in Uganda . Foundation for Human Rights Initiative
Amollo, R . (2014) . Advancing a feminist capabilities approach to HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa’ in Ngwena, C & Durojaiye, E, Strengthening the protection of sexual and reproductive health through human rights in the African region
Amollo, R . (2012) . The National Health Insurance policy: What’s in it for women’s health in South Africa? , pp. 111-125
Amollo, R . (2012) . Is the death of 16 women a day a ‘political question’? How the Ugandan Constitutional Court bungled a chance for interpretation
Amollo, R . (2011) . Women’s Socio-Economic Rights in the Context of HIV and AIDS in South Africa: Thematic Focus on Health, Housing, Property and Freedom from Violence’
Amollo, R et al . (2010) . Advancing adolescents’ sexual health rights in Africa , pp. 3-5
Amollo, R, et al . (2009) . A human rights approach to improving maternal health: Possibilities for realising Millennium Development Goal 5 , pp. 21-24
Amollo, R . (2009) . Conference review: Gender, HIV and AIDS: Tracking the trends, progress and tribulations in South Africa , pp. 27-28
Amollo, R . (2009) . Advancing women’s access to health services in South Africa: Legal and policy responses to HIV/AIDS , pp. 3-7
Amollo, R . (2009) . Revisiting the TRIPS Regime: Rwanda-Canadian ARV Drug Deal ‘tests’ the WTO General Decision , pp. 240-269
Amollo, R . (2009) . In pursuit of health equity: A critique of the proposed national health insurance , pp. 14-17
Amollo, R . (2009) . South Africa: Legal and policy updates on housing , pp. 18-19
Amollo, R . (2009) . What to hold the new government accountable for: the ANC’s election promises on socio-economic rights , pp. 20-21
Amollo, R, . (2009) . Access to education for children with special needs in South Africa , pp. 15-16
Amollo, R . (2009) . To let a woman die is to fail: Placing maternal health on the agenda , pp. 1-29
Amollo, R . (2009) . Mortal combat: a right to health perspective of state obligations to women in the context of HIV and AIDS , pp. 1-29
Amollo, R . (2008) . Conference review: The XVII International AIDS Conference , pp. 19-22
Amollo, R . (2007) . Book review: Fons Coomans (ed) Justiciability of economic, social and cultural rights, Antwerp-Oxford , pp. 23-24
Amollo, R . (2007) . The Protocol on Women’s Rights in Africa: What does it say about gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS , pp. 2-4
Amollo, R . (2006) . A Critical reflection on the African Women’s Protocol as a means to combat HIV/AIDS amongst women in Africa

Projects

Indigenous Knowledge Systems, AFRIAK, Gulu University Intellectual Hub, Gulu University
    Amollo Rebecca - 1. Mentor/facilitator
Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Uganda, Gloford Uganda and CEHURD
    Amollo Rebecca - Senior Researcher
Education Justice and Memory Network, Lira University
    Amollo Rebecca - Senior Researcher
Constitutional and Democratic Electoral Reforms, Lango Civil Society Network, Regional Stakeholders’ Consultation
    Amollo Rebecca - Senior Researcher
Strengthening Training and Education Partnerships on Sexual and Gender Based Violence for the Justice, Law and Order Sector (STEPS for JLOS) in Uganda,Capacity Development Partners, Lira University and the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University (ISS-EUR)
    Amollo Rebecca - Consultant/Master Trainer
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, The International Institute of Social Studies of the Erasmus University Rotterdam and Lira University
    Amollo Rebecca - Consultant
Preventive detention in Uganda. Foundation for Human Rights Initiative
    Amollo Rebecca - Senior Researcher
The plight of pre-trial detainees in Uganda
    Amollo Rebecca - Senior Researcher
Assessment of the Impact of Decisions of the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal on the transformation of Society’, (A joint project of the South African Human Sciences Research Council and the University of Fort Hare), Department of Justice, South Africa
    Amollo Rebecca - Senior Researcher
Health and Human Rights. The Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) and International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations (IFHHRO), University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
    Amollo Rebecca - Senior Researcher
Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa, Dullar Omar Institute, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
    Amollo Rebecca - Researcher
Strengthening Nurses’ Capacity for HIV Policy Development in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, University of Ottawa, Canada
    Amollo Rebecca - Research Fellow
Labour Practices in South Africa, Social Law Project, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
    Amollo Rebecca -Researcher
Promotion of Childrens[Rights in Acholi sub-region, War Child Canada and Uganda Law Society (Legal Aid Project)
    Amollo Rebecca - Legal Officer
Human Rights and Democratisation Programme, Tororo Civil Society Network
    Amollo Rebecca - Volunteer

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