Godfrey Odongo

Lawyer|legal scholar with an interest on the Global, Africa & Nairobi.

[Strategic Litigation Project @SLPJustice]

A big welcome to our new fellow, Godfrey Odongo!

@dr_odongo is a lawyer with more than two decades of advocacy, research, policy, and teaching experience on international law, human rights, and governance.

Read Godfrey’s full expert page below⚖️
https://t.co/Acuv7RoiYr

[Elvis Fokala @elvisfokala]

2day(29.11.24),marks 25 years since the African Children's Charter entered into force. To commemorate this milestone,we will be launching the 1st Commentary on the Charter.38 Chapters,650pages,over 30African scholars.3 co-editors.Join us to launch this ground shattering publicatn

[CentreForHumanRights @CHR_HumanRights]

Commemorating Christof Heyns: Live stream

The event commemorating #ChristofHeyns will be held on Saturday 10 April 2021 at 11:00 SAST (South African Standard Time). The event will be live streamed.

Please visit https://t.co/4es1G0j2fl to receive the link to the live stream.

[Godfrey Odongo @dr_odongo]

So thrilled and humbled for this opportunity for some thinking and reflection.
Godfrey Odongo Joins HRP As Visiting Fellow | Human Rights @ Harvard LawHuman Rights @ Harvard Law https://t.co/abOI0pX8M3

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

#COVID19: We must deal with the economic & social impact, alongside the public health response.

See report by @antonioguterres on how #humanrights can & must guide #COVID19 response & recovery: https://t.co/3rtU3xD7WL #StandUp4HumanRights @UN

[Prof Makau Mutua @makaumutua]

I’ve learnt with deep shock of the passing of Prof Jackson Maogoto, the Kenyan leading legal scholar of the University of Manchester. Kenya has lost an iconic son who gave it one of the proudest names in the global academy. A very SAD day @godfreymusila @oyomose @OfficialUoM

[Godfrey Odongo @dr_odongo]

Could the Covid-19 pandemic be a catalyst for decolonisation in Africa? https://t.co/g49sFqxVjR

[Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3]

These locusts really have bad manners. We are dealing with #Covid19 in East Africa, and now they want back in on the action again? What's this?😳😟😟 https://t.co/NOQfOnVbCO via @dailynation

[Godfrey Odongo @dr_odongo]

Even in cases of violent crime that test the limits and arguments about rehabilitation and forgiveness, New York and the US, should vastly rethink trying children in adult courts, via @NYTOpinion https://t.co/l2jE1UuxRI

[Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3]

Woow! Malawi Constitutional Court nullifies the 21st May 2019 presidential elections, orders re-run. Someone poured the "Kenya 2017 portion" in the Malawi judges' drink.

[Godfrey Odongo @dr_odongo]

52 Places to Go in 2020 - , including Mount #Kenya; #Lesotho; #Addisababa & #Uganda https://t.co/zQYkyHIZQr

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

South Sudan leaders say they've reached an agreement. Again. We find out if after many a similar announcement this is now the real deal: https://t.co/JwfMAQovLX

[Godfrey Odongo @dr_odongo]

Glad to be amongst the speakers & hope to speak about the African and Kenyan perspectives @tonliefaard @LeidenLaw

[Ton Liefaard @tonliefaard]

Symposium on “Constitutional children’s rights and the role of courts as a tool for domestication of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child after 30 years” - 4 December 2019 @leidenlaw #30yearscrc #crc30 #childrensrights #accesstojustice https://t.co/V3XSGIAVdb

[Patrick Gaspard @patrickgaspard]

On Marathon Sunday, New York City becomes a Kenyan County.

[Eliud Kipchoge - EGH🇰🇪 @EliudKipchoge]

I don’t know where the limits are, but I would like to go there.

[Constitutional Court @ConCourtSA]

Judgment: The vulnerability of children, their rights to dignity and to have the paramountcy of their best interests upheld, as well as the availability of less restrictive means to achieve discipline, render moderate and reasonable chastisement unconstitutional.

[Godfrey Odongo @dr_odongo]

This impressive volume is finally out. My chapter beats the drum of African specific norms complementing the research of other eminent researchers and scholars on dimensions regarding children and war.

Research Handbook on Child Soldiers https://t.co/X772bAubq9

[Murithi Mutiga @mutigam]

Bashir is behind bars, a new PM is set to take office and a teacher that drives a taxi at night is the face of the opposition. Exciting times in Sudan @CrisisGroup's latest statement outlines the dangers ahead and examines ways to keep the generals at bay https://t.co/vOPt9RSojD

[Elgar Law @Elgar_Law]

Out next month - Research Handbook on Child Soldiers. Edited by Mark Drumbl & Jastine Barrett, with contributions from leading experts working across six continents, incl. @SharanjeetP @MiaMBloom @AniceeVanEngela @ChildSoldiers @CRINwire

More info ➡️ https://t.co/0FQlPmM2Q9