J.D. Program; course: International Development Law. Guest Lecturer, Université de Bretagne occidentale – Brest, France (March 2005) European Erasmus Mundus Program; course: Introduction au Droit international humanitaire. Part-time Lecturer, North-West University – Potchefstroom, South Africa (1999-2000) Bachelor of Arts/Humanities; course: Langue et Littérature françaises. Research: Current Research Project: “The Role and Responsibility of Non-State Actors in the Perpetration of Grave Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law” Research Project Undertaken: Researcher, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs/Munk School of Global Affairs – Toronto, Canada 2015) Collaborative Project: “Remittances in the Context of Natural Disaster”. Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto – Toronto, Canada (Sept 2012-August 2013) Theme: “Private Military and Security Companies, International Humanitarian Law and Ethnic/Tribal Conflicts”. Project leader, European Union (Seventh Framework Program (FP7)) – Giessen, Germany (2008-2011) Collaborative Project: “Regulating Privatization of War: The Role of the European Union in Assuring the Compliance with International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights”, (Priv-War Project). Visiting Researcher, Université de Paris II Panthéon Assas – Paris, France (August 2009) Theme: “The Status of Mercenaries under International Law”, (Priv-War Project). Research Assistant, Department of Public Law, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (2003-2004) Theme: “Amnesty and International Law”. Research Fellow, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg/Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht – Heidelberg, Germany (2001-2003) Theme: “Crimes against Humanity and International Law”.
Research Assistant, Research Unit for Legal and Constitutional Interpretation, University of Stellenbosch/University of the Western Cape – Stellenbosch, South Africa (2000-2001) Collaborative Project: “Constitutional and Statutory Interpretation”; Scientific Coordinator: Professor Lourens du Plessis. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SERVICE Consultant/Panellist, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Rights (Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries) – Geneva, Switzerland (August-December, 2015) on Private Military and Security Companies: Regulations and National Experience (). External Assessor for Doctoral Thesis, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (November 2015) Title of thesis: “International law, nuclear weapons and nuclear energy: An appeal for reform”. Legal Consultant/Researcher, Lawyers Without Borders Canada – Québec, Canada (May-August 2014) - The Case concerning The Republic of Haiti v. Jean Claude Duvalier; - Gender discrimination and the right of access to justice in Haiti; - Le Rôle de la Partie civile en Droit pénal haïtien et en Droit pénal français; - La Justice transitionnelle au Mali. Volunteer Member of the Advisory Board, The Sentinel Project for Genocide Prevention – Toronto, Canada (November 2012 – August 2013) (). International Observer, Presidential Elections – Libreville, Gabon (2-8 December 1998) Representing the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), Washington D.C., USA. PRESENTATIONS International conference on Enforcing International Humanitarian Law in Contemporary African Conflicts – The Free University of Berlin, Germany (15-17 September 2011) Presentation: “Enforcement of international humanitarian law through the African Commission and the African Court of Justice and Human Rights”.