[legal-professionals] Expert needed for RFK Memorial delegation to Kenya

This message is to notify you that the ABA Section of International Law and 
Practice has received a request from the RFK Memorial, Center for Human 
Rights, for a legal expert(s) to participate in a proposed delegation to 
Kenya in late October/early November 2002.  The delegation is expected to 
hold a workshop on gerrymandering, constitutional review, and other human 
rights issues and to meet with different members of Kenyan civil 
society.  RFK is looking for lawyers with expertise in constitutional and 
human rights issues and/or experience as a constitutional law professor, 
district judge, or civil liberties lawyer.

We would be most appreciative if you could review the message below and 
determine whether you or anyone you know might possess the appropriate 
expertise.  If you or members of your organization are interested in 
participating, please forward your resume to me by Monday, September 9.

Please note that costs will most likely be covered by the participant (not 
RFK).

Sincerely,
Christine J. Mataya
International Projects Administrator
Section of International Law and Practice
Tel: 202 662-1034
Email: matayac@staff.abanet.org

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As you certainly know RFK Memorial, Center for Human Rights, works in 
different countries of the world through laureates.

A laureate is a Human Rights activist, who has been awarded for the work 
he/she has done in the past and still is working on the improvement of 
Human Rights in the country of origin.

In Kenya, the center's laureate is Mr. Gibson Kamau Kuria, a very talented 
lawyer, who just won a major law suit wherein the Kenyan High Court, citing 
three US Supreme Court Cases, and using their reasoning, declared section 5 
of the 1992 District and Province Act unconstitutional in its attempt to 
modify/repeal section 4 of the Kenyan Constitution (Section 4 recognizes 
the one person one vote principle). With this in hand, Mr. Kuria aims at 
moving forward to press the Electoral Commission to implement the High 
Court Ruling.

This endeavor along with other objectives needs support.
At the request of the center's laureate in Kenya, the RFK Memorial, Center 
for Human Rights, is putting together a delegation with the intend to be in 
Kenya late October early November 2002. The delegation is expected to hold 
a workshop on gerrymandering, constitutional review, and other human rights 
issues. The delegation is also expected to have meetings with different 
members of the Kenyan civil society.

The composition of the delegation would include Constitutional Law 
Professors, District Judges, and Civil Liberties Lawyers.

I would appreciate if you could see who, among ABA members, would be 
interested in being part of the delegation

Abdelilah Kadili, Chair
Kenya Support Group
Center for Human Rights
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial
1367 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202.463.7575 x270
Fax: 202.463.6606
www.rfkmemorial.org