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Dr. Maurice Ajwang Owuor

Dean, School of Law, PhD International Law

DEAN SOL

Title and Responsibilities

Senior Lecturer and Dean School of Law

  • Teaching, Examinations, Internal Moderation, Research, Consultation, Administration of School of Law
  • Daystar School of Law

Biography

I am a holder of Ph.D, LLM, both in International Law, and Post graduate diploma in law and Human Resource Management from the Kenya School of Law and diploma in Journalism from Peoples Friendship University. I have taught law and been in administration in various universities, since 2005 to the present. During which time I have been head of Departments, including Dean at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa. I have been a resource person for the Commission of University Education (CUE). I have also developed several curricula for law schools. I have been a board member of the Council of Legal Education (CLE), chairing the Education Committee and subsequently the Finance and General Purposes

Committee. Board Member of several schools. I am an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. Admitted to the Bar in 2003, specializing in Labour and Sports Law. A partner at Agan & Associates and at SNOLEGAL a

Senior Strategic Advisor – Legal Practice Adjunct Counsel – Sports,

Elections & Anti - Doping Litigation. I am a member of inter alia; the Law Society of Kenya, the East African Law Society, the Institute of Internal auditors. I am a co author with the late Professor Joseph Nyasani of Latin Terms and Maxims, Contextualized in Court Cases, 2014, Law Africa and author of Public International Law, 2021, Dotline Graphics. 

Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D International Law, 2000 – Peoples Friendship University, Moscow, Russian Federation (‘‘Implementation Mechanisms in the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights 1981.’’)
  • Diploma in International Journalism – 1994
  • LLM International Law, 1986 – Baku State University, Azerbaijan, USSR (‘‘International Cooperation of States in the Field of Human Rights Protection.’’
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Law, 2002, - Kenya School of Law
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources, 2002 - Kenya School of Law

Publications (3 Publications)

Books

  • M.A. Owuor, 2021, Public International Law, First Edition, Dotline Graphics., ISBN 978 –9914 – 705 –13-3 

  • M.A. Owuor and J.M. Nyasani, 2014,  Latin Terms and Maxims, Contextualized in Court Cases,  Law Africa, ISBN 978 – 9966 –53 – 009 –7

Book Chapters

  • M.A. Owuor, 2010, Constitutionalalism and Administration of Justice in Selected African Countries/Governance in Africa: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, CUEA Publications, pp. 147-165, edited S. Nyanchoga, P.Ogula, F. Muchoki.

Conferences

  • Board Training:  Governance with Virtual Oversight Webinar held between 14th July to 15th July 2020 (ICPAK).

  • 13th – 16th November 2019. The First Criminal Justice Conference in Kenya.

  • 28th February - 2nd March 2019,  Board Members Training on Mwongozo Code.

  • March 2018,  Induction Training of Board Members of State Corporations.

  • 23rd  - 27th  August 2017,the Annual General Conference of the Law Society of Kenya at  Leisure Lodge Beach & Golf Resort, Diani Kwale  County, under the theme, “Safeguarding the Rule of Law and Democratic Gains.”

  • 24th – 26th November 2016: Attended and participated in the East African Law Society (EALS) Annual Conference at Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre (JNICC) in Dar es Salam, Tanzania.  The theme of the conference was “Enhancing Business  Competitiveness through a Greater Democratization of East Africa.”

  • Nov 2015:Certificate of participation in a Pedagogical Workshop at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa

  • Oct 2013 – Jan 2014: Participation as a Resource Person in a Workshop for discussion of the Draft Code for the Conduct of States in Space Related Activities at the Department of Defense

  • 2013: Certificate of Participation in Mount Kenya University Pedagogical Training for Lecturers

  • October 2012: Certificate of Participation on the Commission of Higher Education Peer Review Workshop, Nairobi

  • 4-8 July 2011: Seminar on the International Criminal Court and International Criminal Law in Kampala, Uganda

  • April 2009: Association of Environmental Law Lecturers in African Universities Conference, Nairobi

  • 29-30, September 2008: International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC) Round table for University Lecturers Nairobi.

  • July 2007: World Environmental Education Conference (WEEC) in Durban, South Africa.

  • 6th – 8th December 2006: Mainstreaming Environmental Sustainability in African Universities Follow-Up Workshop, Machakos, Kenya

  • September 2006: United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Environmental Workshop for Lecturers Teaching Environmental Law in African Universities in Entebbe, Uganda.

Research Interests

Promotion, respect and protection of international human rights and humanitarian laws with special interest on the legal framework and practice and comparative analysis of the same focusing on the domestication of international human rights and humanitarian law instruments.

  1. Onsongo J, Owuor M.A, Oketch S, Kariuki G, 2009, Persistence of Discrimination Against Women in Property Ownership Among Selected Communities in Kenya, CUEA Publications (Funded by the University)
  2. M.A. Owuor, 2020, Human Rights of Terrorism Suspects in Kenya.
  3. M.A. Owuor, 2020, Balancing the Protection of the Principles of Non Refoulement and National Security in Kenya.

Teaches

  • Public International Law
  • Diplomatic and Consular Law
  • International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
  • International Environmental Law
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Constitutional Law
  • Criminal Law

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