Bio
Leonard Chimanda Joseph is a doctoral researcher currently in his first year at the University of Sussex School of Law. He is researching on the project entitled “The Role of the Global Compact on Refugees in Identifying Durable Solutions Applicable to Burundian Refugees Self-Settled in Kigoma Villages in Tanzania”. He is currently a member of the University of Dar es Salaam Research Chair in Forced Displacement, a project funded by IDRC. He is also employed as an assistant lecturer at the University of Dodoma in Tanzania, and he teaches Refugee Law, Human Rights Law, and International Humanitarian Law.
Publications
- Protas, P. and Chimanda, L. J "The law of Armed Conflict in the Era of Cyber Technology: Assessing the Legal Challenges and Response in Tanzania" Eastern Africa Law Review, Volume 47, Issue No. 1, 2020
- Chimanda, L,J (2021)“From A Host Country to No Access: Tanzania “Withdrawal” From the African Court”, Zanzibar Yearbook of Law, Vol. No. 9, 2019, pp. 29-45
- Chimanda, L.J and Morris, S. (2020), “Tanzania’s National Legal Framework for Refugees: Law, Policy and Practice”, Local Engagement Refugee Research Network, Working Paper No. 5, available at https://carleton.ca/lerrn/2020/tanzanias-national-legal-framework-for-refugees-2/
- Chimanda, L.J and Komba, N. (2019), “The Exercise of Discretionary Power by District Commissioners in Tanzania: The Paradigm of the Power to Arrest”, Eastern Africa Law Review, Vol. 45, Issue No. 1, June (2019), pp. 88-123, available at https://www.udsm.ac.tz/web/index-php/schools/sol/the-eastern-africa-law-review-vol-46(1)
- Chimanda, L.J (2018) “Law and Censorship of Artistic Works in Tanzania: The Case of BASATA” Sanaa: Journal of African Arts, Media and Cultures, 3 (1), 13-26. Available at http://sanaajournal.ac.tz/index.php/sanaa/article/view/60
- Chimanda, L. (2020), “Protecting Female Migrant Workers in Tanzania: Critical Analysis of International Labour Migration” LL.M Dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam.