Untold Reflections from the World Conference Against Racism

Prof. Catherine S. Namakula is a justice scholar at the University of the Free State, where she founded and convenes the Africa Reparation Hub. She is also the current member from African states of the UN Working Group of experts on people of African descent, a Durban mechanism and special procedure of the Human Rights Council. She chaired the Working Group in 2022 - 2023 leading missions to the United Kingdom, Australia and Colombia, investigating the plight of Africa's diaspora. She is also a member of the African Union Committee of Experts on Reparations; authored resolution 543 on Africa's reparation agenda and the human rights of people of African descent in the diaspora and people of African descent worldwide, which was adopted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights in December 2022. She is most published on the right to a fair trial.

• The Struggle for Racial Justice at the Durban Conference.- Procedural Issues at the Durban Conference Against Racism.- An Inside View of the Durban World Conference against Racism (2001).- Consensus Building and its Progression in the Durban Process.- A Retrospective of the 2001 World Conference Against Racism.- Durban Beyond 20: Reflections on Brazil’s Participation at the World Conference against Racism.- The Durban Conference and its Impact on the Recognition of People of African Descent as Subjects of International Law.- Making the Most of the Legendary Leadership and Legacy of Durban – What Next?.