Dr Tonny Kirabira
Lecturer In Law
Lecturer
International Law, International Human Rights Law, Transitional justice; International Criminal Prosecution
Department of Law, Justice and Policing , Royal Docks School Of Business And Law
Dr Tonny Raymond Kirabira is a legal practitioner and academic in the fields of public international law, international human rights and international relations.
Dr Kirabira is a legal practitioner and previously worked as a Visiting Professional in the Office of Public Counsel for Victims at the International Criminal Court. He is the current Vice Chair of Uganda Law Society’s Research and Publications Committee and has published widely in the fields of International Law, Human Rights and Transitional Justice. He is a socio-legal scholar published in leading journals and book series, and a member of the Socio-Legal Studies Association and Society of Legal Scholars in the UK.
Dr Kirabira was a Visiting Fellow at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa-LSE, the Danish National Research Foundation's Centre of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts) at the University of Copenhagen, KU Leuven Institute of Criminology. He is also a research affiliate with the Refugee Law Initiative at the University of London School of Advanced Study. He has also taught at the University of Greenwich, University of Portsmouth and Royal Holloway, University of London. He is also a guest lecturer in different countries.
Qualifications
- LLB (Uganda Christian University)
- Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Law Development Centre)
- LLM (University of Notre Dame)
- PhD (University of Portsmouth)
- Associate Fellow - Higher Education Academy
Areas Of Interest
- Law and society justice
- International law
- Human rights
- Policing
- Criminology
CURRENT RESEARCH
Working in the Office of Public Counsel for Victims at the International Criminal Court, Dr Kirabira’s legal opinion was instructive in relation to the sentencing decision in the Ongwen case.
Most recent research
COST action CA18228 - Global Atrocity Justice Constellations (Justice360)- Dr Kirabira is among the Working Group of Experts on the Global Atrocity Crimes Constellations (JUSTICE360) project, an EU-funded project under the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST).
He researched and contributed data for the Scoping Survey: States and International Criminal Justice published in 2023.
COST action CA 22128 - ImpleMendez - Dr Kirabira is among the Working Group of Experts on the project, aimed at Establishing Networks to Implement the Principles of Effective Interviewing for Investigations (IMPLEMENDEZ)
Research Centres and groups
Member of:
- Centre on Justice, Law and Society (CJLS)
- ImpleMendez Research Group
- Working Group 1- Investigation, Interviewing, Interrogation Themes
- Working Group 2: Law, Human Rights, Criminal Justice Themes
- Working Group 3: Vulnerability Themes
- Working Group 4: Institutional and Governmental Leadership Themes
- Member of Uganda Law Society, and East Africa Law Society
TEACHING
- Criminal Law - Module Leader
- International Law: Problems and Process (Mental Wealth) - LA7040
- International Criminal Law - LA7010
- Dissertation Supervisor
External roles
- Reviewer of the International Journal of Transitional Justice
- External examiner- Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Public International Law, University of Oslo
- External Examiner- LLM/MPhil in Transnational Criminal Justice, The University of the Western Cape
Vice President of the Publications Committee - Uganda Law Society
Industry partners
Consultant - Collaborative Social Change
Publications
Browse past publications by year.
Full publications list
Visit the research repository to view a full list of publications
- International Criminal Law, Complementarity and Amnesty Within the Context of Transitional Justice: Lessons from Uganda International Criminal Law Review. 24 (5-6), pp. 759-772. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-bja10212
- Feminist Judgments at the International Criminal Court: The Case of Dominic Ongwen in: McLoughlin, K., Grey, R., Chappell, L. and Varrall, S. (ed.) Feminist Judgments: Re-imagining the International Criminal Court. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
- Intersection of Law, Religion, Customs, and the Problem of Child Marriage in Global South: A Comparative Study of India, Nigeria and Uganda in: John, M., Devaiah, V. H., Baruah, P., Tundawala, M. and Kumar, N. (ed.) The Indian Yearbook of Comparative Law 2020. Singapore: Springer Singapore, pp.247-274
- Combating domestic violence and sexual and gender-based violence during conflict: the case of the Rohingyas in Myanmar and Bangladesh in: Zhang, D. and Peterson, D. S. (ed.) International Responses to Gendered-Based Domestic Violence: Gender-Specific and Socio-Cultural Approaches. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, pp.113-125
- Uganda’s Post-War Transitional Justice Process: Have Housing, Land and Property Rights been Restored? Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies. 14 (1), pp. 156-181. https://doi.org/10.1163/18781527-bja10063
- NGO roles in achieving Transitional Justice for crimes against the Rohingya in: Hasan, M., Murshed, S.M. and Pillai, P. (ed.) The Rohingya Crisis: Humanitarian and Legal Approaches. London: Routledge, pp.211-236
- Book Review: Marketing Global Justice: The Political Economy of International Criminal Law by C. Schwöbel-Patel Leiden Journal of International Law. 35 (3), pp. 725-729. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0922156522000279
- NGOs and legitimacy of international criminal justice in Uganda in: Jeßberger, F., Steinl, L. and Mehta,K. (ed.) International Criminal Law – a Counter Hegemonic Project?. The Hague, The Netherlands: T.M.C. Asser Press, pp.153–174
- Book Review: Africa and the Backlash Against International Courts by Peter Brett and Line Engbo Gissel. Social and Legal Studies. 31 (2), pp. 340-343. https://doi.org/10.1177/09646639211032597
- The Right to Live under Threat: On the Armed Forces (The Tatmadaw) Taking Power in Myanmar Völkerrechtsblog. pp. 1-4. https://doi.org/10.17176/20210408-100939-0
- Technology as a Key Tool for the Prosecution of International Crimes: Lessons from Uganda International Criminal Law Review. 22 (5-6), pp. 1143-1167. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-bja10116
- Ongwen at the International Criminal Court ASIL Insights. 25 (7), pp. 1-5
- NGO influence in global governance: achieving transitional justice in Uganda and beyond Cambridge International Law Journal. 10 (2), pp. 280-299. https://doi.org/10.4337/cilj.2021.02.06
- Elements of aggravation in ICC sentencing: victim centred perspectives Amsterdam Law Forum. 13 (2), pp. 25-42. https://doi.org/10.37974/ALF.406
- Dossier: the stateless Rohingya — practical consequences of expulsion Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal. 15 (2), pp. 3-9. https://doi.org/10.5038/1911-9933.15.2.1863
- Alternative justice for victims in Uganda: learning from the impact of COVID-19 on the court system Radical Review. 1, pp. 44-48
- The role of NGOs in the domestic implementation of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy Framework: perspectives from Uganda African Human Rights Yearbook. 22 (5), pp. 180-201. https://doi.org/10.29053/2523-1367/2021/v5a9