June 23, 2024
This webinar will discuss accountability in Kenya’s proposed debt swaps, with a focus on the case of In the Matter of the Treaty for the Establishment of the EAC: Eugenia Wanjiru Gikonyo v The Attorney-General of the Republic of Kenya (EACJ Debt Swaps Case). The case was recently filed at the East African Court of Justice, by Ms. Gikonyo and Afronomicslaw.
A summary of the petitioner’s arguments in the EACJ Debt Swaps case is available at the end of this concept note.
The Webinar will take place on 3 July 2024, from 2:30 PM to 5: 00 PM, EAT.
Download the program here.
The Webinar will take place on Zoom (http://tiny.cc/debtswap) and the session will also be live-streamed on Kabarak Law School’s YouTube page (http://tiny.cc/Kenyadebt).
The panelists will be Prof James Gathii, Dr. Harrison Mbori, Prof Atiya Waris, and Ivy Gikonyo. The moderator will be Marion Joy.
Prof. James Gathii is the Wing-Tat Lee Chair of International Law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Founding Editor of Afronomicslaw, and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the African Journal of International Economic Law.
Prof. Atiya Warris is the United Nations Independent Expert on Debt and Human Rights.
Dr. Harrison Mbori is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Luxembourg and an adjunct lecturer at Kabarak Law School.
Ms Ivy Gikonyo is a project officer at the Centre for Human Rights, and a PhD Candidate at the University of Pretoria, studying Kenya’s foreign debts.
Ms Marion Joy is a lawyer and resident moderator of the Avid Readers Forum.