Ronald Kakungulu-Mayambala, PhD
Dr. Ronald Kakungulu-Mayambala is an associate professor with the Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC) and formerly a graduate teaching assistant at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He is an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda and has consulted for many international and national agencies. He has extensive knowledge on international and comparative Indigenous peoples law, rights of ethnic minorities, oil and gas law, economic, social and cultural rights and has also done work on the rights of Indigenous communities in East Africa. Dr. Kakungulu-Mayambala’s doctoral thesis at The University of Arizona was on Indigenous People, Human Rights, and the African Problem: The Case of the Twa, Ogiek and Maasai.
Courses Taught
International Humanitarian and Refugee Law
Standards and Policies
Select Publications
Kakungulu-Mayambala, R., Rukundo, S., Phillip, V. and Rutabingwa, M. January 2021. The Case for a Law against the Online Distribution of Non-Consensual Intimate Images in Uganda. Stellenbosch Law Review. Volume 32 Issue 1, 2021, p. 93 – 128
Kakungulu-Mayambala, R. and Rukundo, S. Dec 2020. The use of music as a form of artistic freedom of expression in Uganda. East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights 26(2):182
Kakungulu-Mayambala, R., Rukundo, S., Phillip, V. December 2019. An Examination of the Legislative Limitations of Artistic Freedom of Expression in Uganda. African Journal of Legal Studies, 12(1), 47-80
Kakungulu-Mayambala, R. and Rukundo, S. January 2019. Digital Activism and Free Expression in Uganda. Afr. hum. rights law j. [online]. 2019, vol.19, n.1
Kakungulu-Mayambala, R. January 2019. Music and Human Rights in Africa: The Role of Music in the Promotion of Human Rights in Uganda
Kakungulu-Mayambala, R. (2019). Music and Human Rights in Africa: The Role of Music in the Promotion of Human Rights in Uganda. In: Adeola, R., Nyarko, M., Okeowo, A., Viljoen, F. (eds) The Art of Human Rights. Arts, Research, Innovation and Society. Springer, Cham
Kakungulu-Mayambala, R. and Rukundo, S. January 2018. Implications of Uganda’s New Social Media Tax. East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights Vol. 24 #2
Kakungulu-Mayambala, R. (2016). Privacy and Data Protection in Uganda. In: Makulilo, A. (eds) African Data Privacy Laws. Law, Governance and Technology Series(), vol 33. Springer, Cham.
Kakungulu-Mayambala, R. April 2008. The trips and food security: issues, challenges and strageties for developing countries. East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights 13(2)
Research Interests
Oil and gas law
Electronic communications law and internet governance
Intellectual property law
Electronic commerce law
Labour law,
Competition law and policy
National security and counter-terrorism law
Environmental law
Extractives industry
International human rights
Indigenous peoples’ law
Education
- Doctor of Juridical Sciences, University of Arizona
- Master of Laws, Fordham University
- Master of Laws, Human Rights & Intellectual Property Rights, Lund University
- Diploma in Law, Law Development Centre, Makerere University
- Bachelor of Laws, Makerere University
