Experts on countries of origin by country

Dr Nelson A. Agbor is a legal academic, researcher and Country Expert on Cameroon with specialist expertise in international human rights law, constitutional law, humanitarian law and asylum. He holds a PhD in Law from the University of Plymouth, where his doctoral research examined the impact of political power and governance on the protection of human rights in Cameroon, with reference to the Anglophone crisis. His work combines rigorous legal scholarship with detailed country-specific analysis of political developments, human rights violations and the legal frameworks affecting displaced persons and those seeking international protection.

Dr Agbor is a Visiting Lecturer in Law at Birmingham City University and The University of Law, where he teaches undergraduate and postgraduate modules in constitutional law, human rights law, land law, equity and trusts, business law and criminal justice. He is also an Alumni Research Fellow at the University of Plymouth and a peer reviewer for the International Journal of Law and Society. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at academic conferences, focusing on democracy, governance, jurisdiction, fair trial rights and the humanitarian consequences of the conflict in Cameroon.

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The Expert reads all relevant papers relating to a client free of charge and produces a short report on the case details. He relates these to the evidence already given and how he considers the subsequent hearing will be influenced by these. He rejects requests, if he feels there is very little chance of the client being offered permission to remain. He accepts payment in instalments.

Professor Leclerc-Madlala is an anthropologist whose research and publications since 1995 have focused on the intersections of culture, sexuality, gender and HIV in Africa, especially in South Africa and in relation to young women’s vulnerability. Her academic work as former Professor and Head of the Anthropology Department at the University of KwaZulu-Natal was complimented by active involvement in the design, implementation and evaluation of HIV programs in South Africa and its neighboring countries. Dr. Leclerc Madlala retired as Senior Advisor for HIV and Health with the US Agency for International Development and currently serves as an Affiliated Senior  Researcher with the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Professor Leclerc-Madlala got her start in development as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Gabon.

Prof Leclerc-Madlala has worked as a consultant to UNAIDS, SADC, the World Bank, and WHO, as well as to several regional non-government organizations and community-based organizations. She helped to draft South Africa’s Sexual Offences Act and the Children’s Bill and authored UNAIDS’ 2009 Action Brief on Inter-generational and Transactional sex in Southern Africa. She worked with the Commission on Gender… Read more

I have been conducting research on central African history and politics since I was awarded a Fulbright IIE scholarship to Gabon in 1999. I earned a MA and PhD in history from Indiana University. Since 2011, I have been a professor of history at Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Through my research and my visits to both the DR Congo and Gabon, I have an extensive network of contacts in government, human rights, academic, and diplomatic circles in the Republic of Congo, Gabon, and the DRC.