From 18 to 20 October, HRLC introduced three Kenyan Fellows from the African Prisons Project (APP) to the topic of Imprisonment and Human Rights in a three-day short course.
Mr Moses Chepkoy Simon, Ms Elizabeth Mueni Komu Sivi and Ms Mwanahamisi Ghamaharo Komora are Kenyan prison officials on an intensive 12-week secondment to the UK to learn about the UK penal system through workshops and meetings with representatives from a variety of services including the police, the courts, the Ministry of Justice, prison, probation and resettlement services. HRLC provides the academic leg of their secondment.
The course at The University of Nottingham addressed various human rights challenges related to imprisonment, such as mental disorder in detention, access to legal advice, the right to vote and life imprisonment. The sessions were led by Professor Dirk van Zyl Smit, Ms Sangeeta Shah, Dr Nell Munro, Dr Vicky Kemp, Professor Peter Bartlett, Professor Dominic McGoldrick, Dr Vicky Vouleli and Ms Anita Bromley.
More information on APP is available on their website, as well as information on the Fellows and their secondment.
Posted on Friday 21st October 2016