Basic Education and Literacy - The Protection of Children in Conflict Areas

I was born and raised in Uganda where I earned my law degree at Makerere University before moving to the United States almost 7 years ago.  I went to Empire College for a year to acquire the necessary credit units to enable me take the California Bar. I also earned my LL.M in International Crime and Justice from The University of Turin, Italy.  I worked at the Sonoma County District Attorney’s office before moving on to work at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.  I currently consult for the Defense Team of Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan accused of war crimes at the International Criminal Court in The Hague and also work part time for the Oxford University Press. I have also just concluded a pre-college summer class at UC Berkeley teaching high school students international law. My passion is the intersection of human rights and the criminal justice system and international law.  I will be discussing the protection of children in armed conflict, drawing heavily on my current assignment, which involves a former child- soldier.