Meet the Speakers: Dr Olivia Lwabukuna

Dr. Olivia Kokushubila Lwabukuna will chair the opening panel at the International Conference on Ecocide, Human Rights and Environmental Justice: 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺.

Dr. Lwabukuna is a distinguished Tanzanian legal scholar and lawyer with two decades of experience spanning academia, advocacy, and policy research across Africa and the UK.

Through her work, she actively promotes socio-economic justice and human rights, teaching, influencing policy and engaging with civil society across Africa and the wider Commonwealth.

She is Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, and holds research positions across leading institutions. Her work focuses on international human rights, African legal systems, natural resource governance, women’s property rights, and forced displacement, shaping both scholarship and policy on socio-economic justice across the continent and beyond.

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻!

The conference will run in two parts:

🔹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 - 10am-5pm – International Law expert discussions of papers for the Special Issue of the International Journal of Human Rights on Ecocide.

🔹 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 - 5pm-7:30 – a drinks reception with international speakers, campaigners, activists, lawmakers, and representatives of states at the forefront of the ecocide campaign offering reflexions suitable for all with an interest in how ecocide, human rights, and environmental justice intersect.

👉 Please note: Please register for both sessions separately.

📆 Agenda & Registration: https://www.promiseeurope.law.ucla.edu/conference-ecocide-human-rights-and-environmental-justice