bonolo.dinokopila

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Dinokopila
Title
Dr.
Firstname
Bonolo
Middlename
Ramadi
Lastname
Dinokopila
Position
Associate Professor
Department
Office
230/116
Phone
+267 3552343
Professional Qualifications
2013: Doctor of Laws (LLD), University of Pretoria, South Africa. Title of Thesis: “The role of the Pan-African Parliament in the promotion of human rights in Africa. 2008: Master of Laws (LLM) (cum laude): University of Pretoria. 2007:Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (University of Botswana).
Brief Biography
Professor Dinokopila graduated from the University of Botswana in 2007. He read for and completed his Master’s Degree (cum laude) in Human Rights and Democratization in Africa at the University of Pretoria in 2008. He obtained his Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree in 2013 at the same University specialising in international human rights law, public international law and international institutional law. He subsequently joined Duma Boko & Company as an Associate Attorney from October 2009 to November 2012. From April 2010 to June 2013 he worked as a lecturer and later as a senior lecturer at the University of Botswana during which time he attended international conferences and published widely on international human rights and constitutional law. He joined the Administration of Justice in July 2013 as the Assistant Registrar & Master of the High Court. Prof. Dinokopila was Head of the Department of Law, University of Botswana from 2016 - 2019. He is currently a Legal Consultant at Babuseng Maswabi Attorneys at Law & the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law & HIV/AIDS (BONELA).
Teaching Areas
Human Rights law; Public International Law; International Criminal Law; Law of Armed Conflict Customary Law; Administrative Law Constitutional Law; Gender and the Law; Social Security Law; Employment & Labour Law.
Research Areas
Human Rights law; Public International Law; Customary Law; Constitutional Law; Gender and the Law; and Employment & Labour Law.
Postgraduate Supervision Areas
Human Rights law; Public International Law; Customary Law; Constitutional Law; Gender and the Law; and Employment & Labour Law.
Selected Publications
Dinokopila B.R. and Rantao T., ‘The Office of the Ombudsman in Botswana’ in C.M Fombad (ed) Compedium of documents on National Human Rights Institutions in Eastern and Southern Africa (2019) PULP.3; Jobeta T. & Dinokopila, B.R. ‘The best interests of the child in Botswana’ (2018) 2 University of Botswana Law Journal 20 – 42; Dinokopila, B.R. & Igweta Murangiri, R ‘The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights under the 2010 Constitutional Dispensation’ (2018) 26.2 African Journal of International and Comparative Law 205–226; Dinokopila, B.R. ‘The role of the judiciary in enhancing constitutional democracy in Botswana’ (2017) 2 University of Botswana Law Journal 3 – 26; Dinokopila, B.R ‘The Unity Dow case and the constitutional protection of women in Botswana’ (2015) 3 The Africa Nazarene University Law Journal 35 – 53.

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