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Emilia Siwingwa
Law and Governance Professional , Legal
Pretoria, South Africa
Multi-lingual advocate of the High Court of Tanzania with over ten years professional experience in the public & CSO sectors in the United States, East African Community and the Southern Africa Development Community.

Expertise in legal-sector reform; human rights advocacy; regional integration;strategic planning; corporate governance; institutional development, and project management.
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Area of Expertise:
  • Director, CEO, COP, President
  • Government, Governance, Reforms
  • Human Rights, Law, Migration, Conflicts, Justice
  • Private Sector, Social Enterprise, Corporate Social Responsibility
Professional Experience:
I. Employment

1. Aug 2012 - PRESENT
Programmmes Director, SADC Lawyers' Association
Pretoria, South Africa

2. June 2009 - 2012
Chief Executive Officer/Secretary, Tanganyika Law Sociey
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

3. Sept 2008 - May 2009
Head of Projects, Tanganyika Law Society
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Overseeing 8 regional chapters)

4. Aug 2007 - Sept 2008
Team Leader (Human Resources), Mennonite Economic Development Associates
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

5. Jan 2006 - July 2007
Coordinator, Mennonite Economic Development Associates
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Overseeing: Lake Zone and Southern Corridor)

6. Aug 2005 - Jan 2006
Regional Manager, Mennonite Economic Development Associates
Mara Region, Tanzania

7. Aug 2004 - Aug 2005
United Nations Volunteer, NABUUR Online

8. Aug 2004 - Aug 2005
Volunteer Lawyer, Coptic Orphans
Virginia, USA

II. Consultancies

MABIBO Company Limited, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Consultancy to Restructure the Business Operations (JUNE-JULY 2012)

Tanzania Women Lawyers Association (TAWLA), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Team Leader – Study on African Constitutions, Ghana (JUNE-JULY 2012)

- Led a team of four to conduct interviews and focused-group meetings with various stakeholders including the Attorney General and Minister for Justice and the Secretary of the Ghanaian Constitution Review Commission on the constitutional review process in Ghana;
- Supervised the drafting and editing of the Ghana Report.

III. Publications

2012 Domestication Versus Non-Cooperation: The African Union Dilemma on the Domestication of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Paper appeared in a joint publication between the International Commission of Jurists – Kenya Section (ICK – Kenya) and the Children Education Society (CHESO).

2012 Mission Report: The Ghanaian Constitutional Review Process. Commissioned report by the Tanzanian Women Lawyers’ Association (TAWLA).

2011 Institutionalization of Democratic Governance in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities, Way Forward – Experiences with Constitutional Reforms in Africa, a Look at Tanzania. Published in the Tanzania Lawyer, Journal of the Tanganyika Law Society.

2009 Mission Report: The Federo Question of Buganda – Kituo Cha Katiba Fact-Finding Mission

2008 Institutionalization of Democratic Governance in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities, Way Forward – Experiences with Constitutional Reforms in Africa, a Look at Tanzania. Collaborated authorship with Charles Rwechungura, Partner – Rex Attorneys, for conference paper read in Nairobi, Kenya.

2007 The Accountability of Multi National Corporations in the Context of Human Rights Abuses. Collaborated authorship with Charles Rwechungura, Partner – Rex Attorneys, for conference paper read at the 2007 Commonwealth Law Conference in Nairobi, Kenya.

2006 Legal and Human Rights Center’s “Tanzania Human Rights Report, 2006”. Quoted and cited at page 117.
Education:
2001-2003 Juris Doctor, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan
• International Law Concentration: International Law (Certificate of Merit), Law of the Sea (Certificate of Merit),
• Foreign Study Cluster (2003): International Environmental Law (University of Barcelona), International Negotiations (University of Barcelona), International Arbitration (Oxford University), International Litigation (Oxford University)

1997-2001 Bachelor of Science, Howard University, Washington DC
• Major- Biology


SHORT COURSES / TRAINING
MARCH 2004 M&A Transactions Certificate, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Affiliations and Achievements:
I. Government Appointments

Government Appointments

Ministerial Appointment (Ministry of Constitutional and Legal Affairs): Board Member – Law School of Tanzania (April 2011 thru to March 2014) under The Law School of Tanzania Act, 2007.

Ministerial Appointment (Ministry of Home Affairs): Committee Member – Human Anti-Trafficking Committee under The Human Anti Trafficking Act, 2008.


II. Memberships and Affiliations

Tanganyika Law Society – Practising Member

East Africa Law Society – Member

Pan African Lawyers Union - Member

SADC Lawyers Association - Member

Vision East Africa (Tanzania Chapter) – Member

Human Resources Society of Tanzania - Member

South African Business Forum – Member

YES! Tanzania - Member

Available for:
  • Consulting assignments
  • Job opportunities
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    Years of Experience:
    10-15 years
    Highest Qualification:
    Bachelors
    Languages:
    English, Swahili and French
    Nationality:
    Tanzania
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