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Dr. Patricia Kameri-Mbote







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DR. PATRICIA KAMERI-MBOTE
Appointed Member IHDP Scientific Committee


International Environmental Law Research Centre
Kenya Office
PO Box 2394 KNH
00202 Nairobi
Kenya
Tel:    +254 (20)375 42 06
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AREA(S) OF INTEREST
Dr Patricia Kameri-Mbote studied law at the University of Nairobi, the University of Warwick, the University of Zimbabwe and pursued her doctoral studies at Stanford Law School, Stanford University. She has published widely in the areas of international law, environmental law, women's rights and property rights. Her research interests include public international law, environment and natural resources law and policy, human rights, women's rights, intellectual property rights, biotechnology policy and law and economic law.

     

PAST POSITIONS
  • Acting Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Nairobi and Director of Research, African Centre for Technology Studies, Nairobi

  • Visiting Professor of International Environmental Law at the University of Kansas

  • Visiting Professor of Trade, Environment & Law at the University of Stellenbosch

  • Visiting Professor of Women, Access to Resources and the Law at the Women’s Law Centre, University of Zimbabwe

  • Member of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law



PRESENT POSITIONS
  • Founding Director of International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC)

  • Programme Director for East Africa at the IELRC

  • Associate Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Nairobi

  • Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.

  • Member of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law

  • Board member of the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE-Uganda) and Women and Law in East Africa (WLEA).

  • Africa Editor of the Law, Environment and Development Journal (LEAD Journal)

  • Editor-in-Chief, East Africa Law Journal, published by the Faculty of Law, University of Nairobi

  • Board member of the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE-Uganda)

  • Board member of the Resources Conflict Institute (RECONCILE)



RECENT PUBLICATIONS
N. Chalifour, P. Kameri-Mbote, L.H. Lye, J.R. Nolon (eds), Land Use Law for Sustainable Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007
Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Property Rights and Biodiversity Management in Kenya: the Case of Land Tenure and Wildlife. Nairobi: ACTS Press, 2002
Charles Odidi Okidi, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, The Making of a framework Environmental Law in Kenya. Nairobi: ACTS-UNEP, 2001
K. Mubuu, N. Karuru, O. Owiti, P. Kameri-Mbote, W. Kiai, W. Mitullah, Inheritance Laws and Practices affecting Kenyan Women. Nairobi: Women and Law in East Africa, 2001
Patricia Kameri-Mbote, The Law of Succession in Kenya: Gender Perspectives in Property Management and Control. Nairobi: Women & Law in East Africa, 1995

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