Charles M Fombad Editor & Author

Charles M. Fombad is a professor of law and Director of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria. Besides South Africa, he has taught in universities in Cameroon and Botswana. He has published very widely on issues of constitutionalism in Africa and has won several awards for his research, the latest being the Chancellor's Award for Research in the University of Pretoria for 2021. He has also acted as a consultant for several international organisations such as the African Union and International IDEA (Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance). Nico Steytler is a professor of public law and the South African Research Chair in Multilevel Government, Law, and Development at the Dullah Omar Institute of Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights of the University of the Western Cape. He was a technical advisor to the Constitutional Assembly during the drafting of the 1996 South African Constitution. He was a member of the South African Municipal Demarcation Board (2004-2014) and a commissioner of the Financial and Fiscal Commission (2013-2017). He has provided expert advice on multilevel government internationally in South Sudan, Sudan, Trinidad and Tobago, Solomon Islands, Yemen, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Nepal.