Achieng Maureen Akena is a Kenyan lawyer, human rights, refugee and democracy advocate.[1][2][3][4][5] She is currently the executive director of International Refugee Rights Initiative.[1][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

Work history

Before joining International Refugee Rights Initiative, Achieng served as the executive director of the Centre for Citizens Participation in the African Union (CCPAU)/The Pan African Citizens Network (PACIN),[14][15][16][13] the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA), Afghanistan, Human Rights Officer in 2008[6][7][17] and with the African-led Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA), as Human Rights Observer in 2013.[1] She also worked as the Project Coordinator for the International Justice in Africa Programme between 2006 and 2007.[1] She is the board member of The Amazon Leadership Initiative (TheALI).[18]

Education

Achieng holds a Masters in International Human Rights Law from Oxford University in the UK.[1][6][19]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Achieng Akena". International Refugee Rights Initiative. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  2. ↑ "Achieng Akena | CCPAU". Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  3. ↑ "African Citizens' Letter on Sudan Situation | The Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU)". Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  4. ↑ "UNHCR Urges Investigations After 10 Refugees Killed in Uganda Water Conflict". Voice of America. 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  5. ↑ UCL (2021-10-08). "Asylum after COVID-19: the UK 'New Plan for Immigration' in global context". Centre for Access to Justice. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  6. 1 2 3 "Achieng Akena - Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law". www.kpsrl.org. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  7. 1 2 "achieng-akena, Author at Kujenga Amani". Kujenga Amani. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  8. ↑ "Achieng Maureen Akena". OpenGlobalRights. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  9. ↑ Studies, Centre for Pan-African (2023-05-30). "60 Years of African Unity and Divergence: Reflecting on the Legacy of Pan-Africanism". Cpas. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  10. ↑ "Search | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  11. ↑ "Kenya Human Rights Commission - First-of-its-Kind Civil Society Monitor Finds Disturbing Gaps in Tigray Peace Deal". www.khrc.or.ke. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  12. ↑ "Zimbabwe: Joint Statement Concerning the Judgement Against Lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa". Freedom House. 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  13. 1 2 ISSAfrica.org (2013-01-17). "Seminar on Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance: Moving the rhetoric to reality". ISS Africa. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  14. ↑ Ideas, Curated Conversations: Exploring the Politics of Migration through (2023-09-28). "Ep 2: Pan-Africanism and Intra-African Migration". African Arguments. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  15. ↑ Mohamed, Hamza. "Ethiopia: Migration crisis to top African Union summit". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  16. ↑ "AU: Uphold Rights Body's Independence | Human Rights Watch". 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  17. ↑ "Uganda receives its first flight of evacuees from Afghanistan". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  18. ↑ "About Us - The Amazon Leadership Initiative". theali.org. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  19. ↑ "MSt in International Human Rights Law". www.development.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
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