Kimani Ndung’u,

is a practicing human rights lawyer and founder of Ndung’u Attorneys, based in Johannesburg. He holds an LLB from the University of South Africa, and LLM (International Law) from the University of Cape Town. Kimani has worked for many leading civil society organisations in South Africa including the Human Rights Research and Advocacy Project of the National Association of Democratic Lawyers, the Centre of Violence and Reconciliation, the Freedom of Expression Institute, the National Labour and Economic Development Institute and the Foundation for Human Rights. Before starting his own firm Kimani worked for Lawyers for Human Rights for two years.