Mr Tuinese Edward Amuzu

Department

Faculty of Law

Tuinese Edward Amuzu is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). He has over twenty-one years (21) of post-qualification professional experience in the fields of law, democratic and corporate governance, access to justice, human rights and development. He is a PhD Law Candidate at Faculty of Law, University of Ghana. He was awarded a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in International Human Rights Law with distinction from Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis in August 2006. He graduated from the University of Ghana, Legon with a  Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree in June 1999. He holds a certificate to practice law in Ghana, awarded by the Ghana School of Law, Accra and called to the Bar in Ghana in October 2001.

In December 2009, he was awarded a Certificate of Advanced Studies and Research by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States. He is a member of the Ghana Bar Association in good standing. He was the Key Expert on Rule of Law for Accountability, Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (ARAP), a European Union (EU) funded Programme which provided support to both the demand and supply sides of the accountability spectrum in Ghana. The key state institutions he led the ARAP to support include the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), the Office of the Attorney General, the Ghana Police Service and the Judiciary and the Judicial Service. The others are the Legal Aid Commission, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Since 2001, he has provided professional services in law and governance practices, training, research, monitoring and evaluation for organisations including IBF Consulting (Brussels, Belgium), COGINTA Association (Geneva, Switzerland), FIIAPP (Madrid, Spain), SSG Advisors (Vermont, United States), Particip GmbH (Germany), the Government of Ghana (Ministry of Finance), the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) (Ghana), GIZ International Services (Freiburg, Germany), GIZ Ghana, SNV Ghana, Ghana Integrity Initiative, Ghana Association of Network Organizations in Development (GANOD), International Labour Organisation (ILO), Care International, Amnesty International, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). From January 2011 to January 2013, he was a consultant for the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) and the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission (CNMC) on human rights law and gender issues. Between June 2003 and December 2010, he was Human Rights / Legal Officer, the Director of Legal Services, Associate Executive Director and Executive Director of Legal Resources Centre, a leading human rights and development NGO in Ghana with international partners, links and initiatives. He is a member of the Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors (GARIA).

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Democratic governance and the law; contracts and technology; law and human rights realisation

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Mr Tuinese Edward Amuzu

Department

Faculty of Law

Tuinese Edward Amuzu is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). He has over twenty-one years (21) of post-qualification professional experience in the fields of law, democratic and corporate governance, access to justice, human rights and development. He is a PhD Law Candidate at Faculty of Law, University of Ghana. He was awarded a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in International Human Rights Law with distinction from Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis in August 2006. He graduated from the University of Ghana, Legon with a  Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree in June 1999. He holds a certificate to practice law in Ghana, awarded by the Ghana School of Law, Accra and called to the Bar in Ghana in October 2001.

In December 2009, he was awarded a Certificate of Advanced Studies and Research by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States. He is a member of the Ghana Bar Association in good standing. He was the Key Expert on Rule of Law for Accountability, Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (ARAP), a European Union (EU) funded Programme which provided support to both the demand and supply sides of the accountability spectrum in Ghana. The key state institutions he led the ARAP to support include the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), the Office of the Attorney General, the Ghana Police Service and the Judiciary and the Judicial Service. The others are the Legal Aid Commission, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Since 2001, he has provided professional services in law and governance practices, training, research, monitoring and evaluation for organisations including IBF Consulting (Brussels, Belgium), COGINTA Association (Geneva, Switzerland), FIIAPP (Madrid, Spain), SSG Advisors (Vermont, United States), Particip GmbH (Germany), the Government of Ghana (Ministry of Finance), the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) (Ghana), GIZ International Services (Freiburg, Germany), GIZ Ghana, SNV Ghana, Ghana Integrity Initiative, Ghana Association of Network Organizations in Development (GANOD), International Labour Organisation (ILO), Care International, Amnesty International, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). From January 2011 to January 2013, he was a consultant for the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) and the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission (CNMC) on human rights law and gender issues. Between June 2003 and December 2010, he was Human Rights / Legal Officer, the Director of Legal Services, Associate Executive Director and Executive Director of Legal Resources Centre, a leading human rights and development NGO in Ghana with international partners, links and initiatives. He is a member of the Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors (GARIA).

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Democratic governance and the law; contracts and technology; law and human rights realisation

Democratic governance and the law; contracts and technology; law and human rights realisation

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Mr Tuinese Edward Amuzu

Department

Faculty of Law

Tuinese Edward Amuzu is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). He has over twenty-one years (21) of post-qualification professional experience in the fields of law, democratic and corporate governance, access to justice, human rights and development. He is a PhD Law Candidate at Faculty of Law, University of Ghana. He was awarded a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in International Human Rights Law with distinction from Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis in August 2006. He graduated from the University of Ghana, Legon with a  Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree in June 1999. He holds a certificate to practice law in Ghana, awarded by the Ghana School of Law, Accra and called to the Bar in Ghana in October 2001.

In December 2009, he was awarded a Certificate of Advanced Studies and Research by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States. He is a member of the Ghana Bar Association in good standing. He was the Key Expert on Rule of Law for Accountability, Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (ARAP), a European Union (EU) funded Programme which provided support to both the demand and supply sides of the accountability spectrum in Ghana. The key state institutions he led the ARAP to support include the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), the Office of the Attorney General, the Ghana Police Service and the Judiciary and the Judicial Service. The others are the Legal Aid Commission, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Since 2001, he has provided professional services in law and governance practices, training, research, monitoring and evaluation for organisations including IBF Consulting (Brussels, Belgium), COGINTA Association (Geneva, Switzerland), FIIAPP (Madrid, Spain), SSG Advisors (Vermont, United States), Particip GmbH (Germany), the Government of Ghana (Ministry of Finance), the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) (Ghana), GIZ International Services (Freiburg, Germany), GIZ Ghana, SNV Ghana, Ghana Integrity Initiative, Ghana Association of Network Organizations in Development (GANOD), International Labour Organisation (ILO), Care International, Amnesty International, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). From January 2011 to January 2013, he was a consultant for the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) and the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission (CNMC) on human rights law and gender issues. Between June 2003 and December 2010, he was Human Rights / Legal Officer, the Director of Legal Services, Associate Executive Director and Executive Director of Legal Resources Centre, a leading human rights and development NGO in Ghana with international partners, links and initiatives. He is a member of the Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors (GARIA).

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