RUDO MAGUNDANI

Rudo graduated from the University of Zimbabwe in 2010 with a University Book Prize and the Law Society of Zimbabwe Book Prize for her outstanding academic achievements. In June 2012, she was awarded the Cambridge-Commonwealth Shared Scholarship to read for a Master in Law with the University of Cambridge (UK) where she specialized in international law. She is a human rights expert having worked in this field since 2008. She worked for the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum between 2008-2012. In June 2012, she was awarded the Cambridge-Commonwealth Shared Scholarship to read for a Master in Law with the University of Cambridge (UK) where she specialized in international law. In 2014, Rudo joined Scanlen & Holderness as an Associate. And was admitted to partnership in January 2019. She possesses extensive experience in the following relevant areas:

• Extensive experience in constitutional and human rights litigation
• Legal Analysis of Prisons Act-Zimbabwe and drafting model Prisons Bill
• Legal research on bill of rights introduced by the constitution in 2013
• Position papers on alignment of the 2013 constitution with national laws
• Paper on the justiciability on ESC Rights in Zimbabwe
• Drafting an anti-torture Bill for Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum to be presented in Parliament as a Private Member Bill
• Drafting constitutions for private organisations
• Analysis of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission Act
• Analysis on the gaps in law and practices relating to pre-election environment in Southern Africa
• Extensive experience in local and international advocacy including ACP-EU, UPR, SADC and African Commission.