Guest lectures on Criminal Law by Claire Adionyi (Strathmore Law School, Kenya)
We are pleased to announce that on December 6-10, 2021 we will host a visiting lecturer at our Faculty. Claire Adionyi will deliver guest lectures in the field of criminal law.
Timetable for classes taught by Claire Adionyi:
Wednesday 8th December, 3:15 PM – 5:00 PM CET A Proseminar on Criminal Law, via MS Teams
Thursday 9th December, 12. 15 - 2.00 PM CET Gdansk International Master Lecture on Criminal Law,
Mini-module on law and technology with a specific focus on the impact of emerging technology on international criminal law. via MS Teams
Thursday, 9th December, 6 PM – 8 PM CET meeting with Student Scientific Club of Criminal Law
Friday, 10th December, 8:15 AM – 10:00 AM CET International Penal Law via MS Teams
Claire Adionyi, LL. B (UoN), P.G Dip. (KSL), LL. M (RuG), PhD Cand. (UP)is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She is a holder of an LLM in International Human Rights Law from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. She also holds an LLB Degree (Hons) from the University of Nairobi and a post-graduate diploma in law from the Kenya School of Law. She is currently pursuing her PhD studies at the University of Pretoria under the Institute of International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA) in South Africa.
Claire is the Research Director at Strathmore Law School and is a member of the Strathmore University Research Committee; she is a Research Fellow at the Strathmore Institute of Advanced Studies in International Criminal Justice (SIASIC) and heads the transnational organized crimes programs; a member of the Strathmore Law School Management Committee and a Lecturer of International Criminal Law. Her previous work experience includes: Associate Advocate at Meritad Law Africa Advocates; Research Assistant at the Global Health Law Groningen Research Centre in the Netherlands; and, a Programme Associate at the Kenya Human Rights Commission.
Due to her role as a Research Director, Claire has the overall responsibility of the Strathmore Law School’s extensive research portfolio and has been involved in the developing of various programmatic and policy documents and has published peer reviewed articles. Claire possesses extensive research experience in the humanitarian sector conducting assessments, surveys, studies and training, and engaging with government and non- state actors. She has similarly coordinated and implemented various projects and consultancies with partners such as the Norwegian Refugee Council; the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS); the International Nuremberg Principles Academy; Microsoft among others.
Claire has been a Visiting Scholar at Symbiosis Law School in Pune, India under the aegis of the International Association of Law Schools (IALS) as the recipient of the 2020 Visiting Professor & Scholar Award. She is a member of the International Association of Penal Law – Young Penalists, the International Commission of Jurists – the Kenyan Section (ICJ Kenya), and the Law Society of Kenya.
Those wishing to attend the lecture(s) are asked to send an email to: international@prawo.ug.edu.pl, to obtain a link(s) to the event(s).