Dr. Tiyanjana Maluwa

Biography

Tiyanjana Maluwa is the H. Laddie Montague Chair Law Professor at Penn State Dickinson Law, specializing in international law and human rights. He served as the inaugural director of the Penn State School of International Affairs from 2007 to 2015 and has held positions such as Legal Counsel for the Organization of African Unity/African Union and Legal Adviser to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. His academic journey includes teaching at the University of Cape Town and the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Maluwa has also been a Visiting Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany, and a Visiting Senior Fellow at Humboldt University in Berlin. He became a member of the Institut de Droit International in 2021. With a substantial body of work including books and articles in public international law, Maluwa serves on various editorial boards and has been active in international professional associations. He was part of the International Jury for the Stockholm Prize in Criminology in 2005 and served as the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Nigeria during the execution of Ken Saro Wiwa. He is recognized for his scholarly contributions and engagement in international legal practices.

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