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Guillain Koko == Guillain Koko, Guillain Cirhuza Koko ==

Guillain Koko, Guillain Cirhuza Koko Human Right Lawyer and Social Justice Activist holds a Degree in Public Law from the Catholic University of Bukavu and LLM in International and Human Rights Law from the University of the Western Cape. Cirhuza Koko, called also Guillain Koko is the LGBTI Refugee Project Coordinator at PASSOP AFRIKA. He is a human right Lawyer from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He holds an LLB Degree in Public Law from the Catholic University of Bukavu and is currently pursuing a Masters of Law with specialisation in Constitutional and International Law at the University of South Africa. He worked as a lawyer in DRC and as a legal advisor to several human rights and environmental NGOs. He has also conducted human rights monitoring missions in DRC on behalf of Avocat Sans Frontières (Lawyers without Borders) and the United Nations Mission in DRC in the Eastern African and Great Lakes Region. He joined PASSOP in February 2012 after working as paralegal intern at the Legal Resources Centre, assigned to Director William Kerfoot. He is fluent in French, English, Swahili and Lingala. At Passop, he was first a paralegal officer before he was assigned as the Project Coordinator of LGBTI Refugee Support and Advocacy Project.

He is the author of books, research reports and thesis, namely: 1. Graduate Thesis: “Permanent Sovereignty of the DRC over its natural resources: Examination of section 9 of the Constitution of 2006” (Original title: “De la Souveraineté Permanente de la RDC sur ses richesses et ses ressources naturelles : Examen de l`article 09 de la Constitution de 2006”)

2. Undergraduate Thesis: “The Separation of Powers, is it a guarantee of respect for fundamental human rights?” (Original title: “La séparation des pouvoirs, est-ce une garantie du respect des droits fondamentaux?”)

3. A Dream Deferred: Is the Equality Clause in the South African Constitution’s Bill of Rights (1996) just a far-off hope for LGBTI Asylum Seekers and Refugees?