Sisule Musungu

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Mr. Musungu is a legal researcher and policy analyst on innovation for development, access to knowledge and intellectual property. He also has research interests in human rights law especially on economic, social and cultural rights. He has authored many publications and papers and spoken at many international conferences on these issues as well as consulted for, and or acted as an advisor to various UN agencies, international organisations, non-governmental organisations and national governments.

Some of his recent work and publications include, among others: “The Use of Flexibilities in TRIPS by Developing Countries: Can they Promote Access to Medicines?”, (with Cecilia Oh), South Centre and WHO, Geneva: 2006; “International Intellectual Property Standard-Setting: A Review of the Role of Africa in Shaping the Rules for the Regulation of the Knowledge Economy”, in Yusuf, A., (ed.), African Yearbook of International Law, African Foundation of International Law: 2006; and “Rethinking Innovation, Development, and Intellectual Property in the UN: WIPO and Beyond”, Issues Papers No. 5, QIAP, Ottawa: 2005.

Mr. Musungu, who is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, is currently writing his PhD thesis on graduation in patent law at the, University of Berne in Switzerland and holds law degrees from the University of Pretoria and the University of Nairobi as well as a Post-graduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law. Previously, he worked as the Coordinator of the Innovation and Access to Knowledge Programme at the South Centre and as an associate at the law firm Hamilton, Harrison and Mathews in Nairobi.