Dianah Msipa

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About Dianah Msipa

Dianah Msipa is the Manager of the Disability Rights Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria. Her expertise is in the field of International Human Rights Law with a particular focus on Disability Rights Law and Policy. A former criminal prosecutor, Dianah has a keen interest in the intersection between International Human Rights Law and Criminal Justice. Consequently, her primary research interests are in the areas of access justice and legal capacity. Her other research interests include sexual and reproductive rights, the right to education, and the right to employment for persons with disabilities. Dianah teaches on the Master’s (LLM/MPhil) in Disability Rights in Africa at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria. She is an author with various academic publications in the areas of access to justice, legal capacity, reasonable accommodation, employment and disability justice. She is also an assistant editor of the African Disability Rights Yearbook, an academic journal focusing on African scholarship on disability rights. Dianah sits on various advisory committees including the Access to Justice Knowledge Hub for Fair Participation, an initiative of the Open Society Institute; the Disability-Inclusive Climate Action Research Program led through a partnership between the Canada Research Chair in Human Rights and the Environment and McGill University's Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism; and the Autism and Criminal Justice Project run by the AJ Drexel Autism Institute at Drexel University in the United States of America. Dianah is currently completing a Doctor of Laws (LL.D) degree at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.