Emmanuel Kasimbazi

Professor Emmanuel Kasimbazi is a Professor of Law at the School of Law, Makerere University.
He is a senior, lawyer, researcher and consultant and has consulted for many international,
regional and national organisations. He holds a PhD in Law from the University of Kwazulu-Natal,
Durban, South Africa, a Master of Laws Degree from the University of Calgary Canada, a Bachelor
of Laws Degree (LLB) from the University of Dar as salaam, Tanzania and a Post Graduate Diploma
in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre, Kampala and a qualified Advocate to practice
law in Uganda. He specializes in Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law, Criminal Law, and
Criminology. He is the Environmental Law Expert of the Agreement on the Conservation of
African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds. He is an active member in the IUCN as a member of the
Academy on Environmental Law and a member of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law.
He is the current Chair of the Specialist Group of Biodiversity Law of the World Commission on
Environmental Law of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (WCEL). He is a
Fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences, the African Academy of Sciences and the
World Academy of Sciences.