Maina Kiai | |
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 Kiai in 2013 | |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Education | University of Nairobi Harvard Law School |
| Occupation | Attorney & human rights activist |
| Organization(s) | Human Rights Watch Former UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association |
| Awards | Freedom House's Freedom Award (2014), United Nations Foundation's Leo Nevas Award (2016), AFL-CIO George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award (2016) |
Maina Kiai is a Kenyan lawyer and human rights activist who formerly served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association from May 1, 2011, to April 30, 2017.[1] Between 2018 and 2024, he headed Human Rights Watch's Alliances and Partnerships program.[2]
Kiai is also active in human rights work in Kenya, where he has focused on combating corruption, supporting political reform, and fighting against impunity following post-election violence that engulfed Kenya in 2008.[1]
- ^ a b "OHCHR - Maina Kiai biography". www.ohchr.org.
- ^ "Noted Kenyan Activist Launches Partnership Initiative". Human Rights Watch. September 20, 2018.