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Office: Tilton Hall #157
Tel: 419-772-3581
Email:j-kamatali@onu.edu
Professor Kamatali joined the College of Law faculty as a visiting assistant professor of law and assistant director of the LL.M. program in 2008. In this role, Kamatali will be teaching courses related to the LL.M. in Democratic Governance and the Rule of Law and assisting the director in administering the program.
Kamatali joins ONU from the University of Notre Dame College of Law, where he serves as a senior post-doctoral research associate and adjunct professor, and Indiana University South Bend, where he is also an adjunct professor. Previously, Kamatali was dean of the law school at the National University of Rwanda and contributed to the post-genocide legal and institutional rebuilding in Rwanda. Further, he has served as a visiting professor in different universities throughout Africa, Europe and North America, including ONU.
Kamatali is a consultant for USAID project in Burundi and has participated in the 41st and 42nd Sessions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples? Rights held respectively in Accra, Ghana and Brazzaville, Congo. He has been published in various outlets across different languages and is actively involved in both U.S. and Rwandan human rights and legal organizations, including serving as a consultant to the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), among others.
He earned his Bachelier en Droit and his Licence en Droit from the National University of Rwanda and received a Master of Arts from the University of Notre Dame and a Doctors of Law from the Institute of International Law and International Relations from the Karl-Franzens Universitat-Graz in Austria.
The LL.M. program is a fully-funded, one-year program of study designed for lawyers whose first law degree was earned from a law school outside the U.S. Each year, no more than 20 lawyers working in the public sector in emerging democratic nations participate in the LL.M. program to develop their knowledge and skills in the area of democratic governance and the rule of law. As part of the program, students are required to commit to two years further public service upon return to their home countries. In May, eight students from seven countries graduated from the program.
From ICTR to ICC: Learning from the ICTR experience in bringing justice to Rwandans. New England Journal of International and Comparative Law. Vol. 12:1. (2006) pp.88-102.
The challenge of linking international criminal justice and national reconciliation: The case of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Leiden Journal of International Law, Vol. 16, (2003) pp.116-133.
Freedom of expression and its limitations: The Case of Rwandan genocide. Stanford Journal of International Law, Vol. 38-1, (2002) pp.57-78. (this article was cited in the UN General Assembly Resolution: A/HRC/2/6)
The constitutive elements of the crime of genocide: The contribution of the International Tribunal for Rwanda in the Akayesu Case. Revue Scientifique du Droit (Scientific Law Review), No 003, (1999) pp.5-17.
Beyond women's productive and reproductive responsibilities: Women's participation in development as a human right. Revue Scientifique du Droit (Scientific Law Review), No 2,(1998) pp.28-39.
Why Rwandan Muslims? Fellowship, Special Issue: Muslim Renaissance, September/October 2004. (Translated and published also in German).
“Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Rwanda.” The World Bank: Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 2002 ( available online). Contributed as leading legal expert.
“The situation of women and children in Rwanda, a rights-based approach”. United Nations Children’s Fund: New York, U.S.A. (2002)
“Back Together Again: The Challenge of Post-Conflict and Post-Dictatorship Societies.” Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona, March, 2008.
“Academic Freedom, Human Rights and Democratization”, 48th International Studies Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois. (February 2007).
“Gender and international Human Rights law: An assessment”. 6th Annual Norman Amaker Public Interest Law and Social Justice Retreat. Indianapolis, Indiana, (February 2007).
“International Responsibility for Genocide and Crimes against Humanity in Darfur”, King’s College, Walkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, (February 2007).
“Progress on Democracy and Rule of Law in Africa” Black History Months event, Ohio Northern University, Ohio; Ada, Ohio, (February 2007).
“From Rwanda to Darfur. Have we learned any lesson?” International Education Week, Cascadia Community College and University of Washington Bothell, Seattle, USA. (November, 2006).
“Diversity and Community building in American Colleges”. Orientation’s Special ‘Feed your mind’ Faculty Series. Lake Forest College. Chicago, Illinois. (August 2006).
‘Retribution or Reconciliation: the difficult choice in a post genocide Rwanda’, Claude W. Pettit College of Law, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio. (April 2006).
“Hiding behind abstract concepts: international community and the duty to intervene”, Keynote speaker, Annual pi Sigma Alpha Banquet, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. (April 2006).
“The US Supreme Court and diversity in academic institutions: can international students and scholars be included as elements in ‘the attainment of a diverse student body’? Keynote speaker, Phi Beta Delta annual award, Kent State University. Kent, Ohio. (April 2006).
“The protection and Promotion of Academic Freedom as a Human Right: The need for an international convention on academic freedom”, Freedom Threatened? Teaching in Today’s Politically Charged Environment. Central Pennsylvania Consortium. Gettysburg College. Pennsylvania. (March 2006).
“Scholar at Risk Program: Unleashing the Human Spirit” NAFSA: Association of International Educators, Region VI. 2005 Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. (November 2005).
“United States Failure to Abide by International Policies, Treaties, and Agreements: the Case of the International Criminal Court”, 2005 Midwest Regional Global Women's and Human Rights Conference, Cleveland, Ohio. (November 2005).
“Fulfilling the Mandate of the ICTR”, ICTR ten years After, Centennial Regional Meeting of the American Society of International Law, Boston, Massachusetts. (April 2005).
“The relationship between international and national criminal justice mechanisms”, Expert meeting: accountability mechanisms for international crimes. University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (October 2004).
“Legal and political reconstruction of post-genocide Rwanda”, Symposium on Rwandan Genocide. Northwestern University, Chicago. (April 2004).
“International Community and Rwandan Genocide: Learning from the Rwandan experience”. Remembering and Reflecting on the Rwandan Genocide. Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University. Virginia. (April 2004)
“Past and Present developments in Rebuilding African State: the Case of Rwanda”, African Conference on State Reconstruction and Rebuilding, Accra, Ghana. (June 2002).
“Development and Trends in International Water Law and its Application in the context of the Nile Basin waters”, Regional Conference on The Nile Basin Water management, Cairo, Egypt. (September 2000).
“Gacaca Tribunals and their role in justice and reconciliation in Rwanda”, Africa Day workshop. George Manson University, Virginia. (May 2000).
“Ethnicity and Constitutionalism in Post Genocide Rwanda”, African Conference on Constitutionalism in Africa, Kampala, Uganda. (December 2000).
“Restorative Justice as a Solution to Rwandan justice problem”, University of Cap Town, South Africa. (October 1999).
Conflict Resolution, Sustainable Peace, Reconciliation and Justice: The role of International criminal Tribunals and Truth Commissions, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. (May 1997).
“The Protection of Refugees in the Great Lakes Africa”. Regional Conference on Refugee Law in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. Butare, Rwanda. (November 1999).
National Public Radio (NPR), Tell me More (April, 11, 2008), Post genocide and reconciliation in Rwanda.
Voice of America (VOA), (September 11th, 2006): host of the Kinyarwanda program on VOA on the causes of and solution to terrorism in the world, 5 years after September 11th 2001.
Parade Magazine, (July 2nd, 2006): Why I came to America, A July 4th Story you’ll never forget. (my personal story featured in this article)
National Public Radio (NPR), (April 2006): host of the radio program: Darfur: How should it be called and what can be done? In-studio guest, 90.3 WCPN, Cleveland.
The Cleveland International Film Festival, (March 2006): Panelist, Film Forum discussion: “All about Darfur”, Cleveland, Ohio. (available online)
Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio (www.cleveland.com/drennan/plaindealer/index)
C-Span (April 2004), Symposium on Rwandan Genocide, Northwestern University, Chicago.
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