Biography

Amanda Lloyd joined the School of Law in August 2006. Amanda has had a varied career working in France, Germany, Japan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria in a variety of roles, including teaching, consulting, and research. Before she came to the University of Surrey, she worked as a researcher in the international department of the Children's Legal Centre, Essex. Prior to this position, Amanda was an Associate Lecturer from 2001-2003 and then a full time Lecturer in Law from 2003-2005 at the University of the West of England, Bristol from 2003-2005. Amanda has also taught on the African Human Rights Module (Masters Programme) at the University of Essex (2002), as well as on the Advanced Masters in Children’s Rights, at the Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch in Sion, Switzerland (2009, 2011).

Research Interests

Amanda’s principal research centres on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, evaluating the concepts, monitoring mechanisms and implementation of children’s rights in an African context.

Amanda works generally within the area of international human rights law, with a particular interest in the area of children's rights.

Amanda's research interests include:

1. International Human Rights Law
2. African Human Rights Law
3. Children's Rights

Publications

Select Publications

"The African Regional System of Protection of Children's Rights" in Children's Rights in African Context, Sloth-Nielsen, J (Ed.) Ashgate, Dartmouth (2008).

"Institutions with Responsibility for Human Rights Promotion & Protection under the African Union", with Murray, R (2004) 48(2) Journal of African Law 165-186.

"How to guarantee credence: Recommendations and proposals for the African Committee of Experts on the Rights & Welfare of the Child" (2004) 12(1) International Journal of Children's Rights 1-21.

"A Theoretical Analysis of the Reality of Children's Rights in Africa: An Introduction to the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child" (2002) 2(1) African Human Rights Law Journal 11-33.

"An Evaluation of the African Children's Charter and the African Committee of Experts. Raising the Gauntlet" (2002) 10(2) International Journal of Children's Rights 179-198.

"The Third Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights & Welfare of the Child". African Human Rights Law Journal (2004) 4(1) 139-158.

"A report of the second ordinary session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights & Welfare of the Child". African Human Rights Law Journal (2003) 3(2) 329-347.

"The First Meeting of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights & Welfare of the Child". African Human Rights Law Journal (2002) 2(2) 320-327.

Conference Papers

“The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child: what is it and why does Africa have it?” Regional Conference on Law and Policy Development on Violence against Children, Save the Children (Finland), Nairobi, June 2009.

“Domestication and Harmonisation of International Child Law in Africa”. Regional Conference on Law and Policy Development on Violence against Children, Save the Children (Finland), Nairobi, June 2009.

"General Introduction to the international protection of children's rights: The United Nations System of Protection". Workshop on the procedures before the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Institute for Human Rights And Development in Africa and Save the Children (Sweden), Senegal, November 2004. 

"Children's Rights Litigation at the National Level: Domestic Application of Children’s Rights Treaties".  Workshop on the procedures before the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Institute for Human Rights And Development in Africa and Save the Children (Sweden), Senegal, November 2004.

"Challenges facing the protection of children's rights in the new Millennium: An African Perspective", with Shah, S ISPCAN Conference, Brisbane, September 2004.

"Children and the Family in Law & Practice". International Policy Conference on the African Child and the Family, May 2004.

"Re-thinking the concept of children's rights. Examining the theory behind children's rights in African: An evaluative model". SLSA Conference, Nottingham, April 2003.

Teaching

Current Teaching

Undergraduate

• Family Law
• International Human Rights Law
• Law of Tort
• Dissertation supervision

Postgraduate:

• International Human Rights Law
• Dissertation supervision

Previous Teaching Areas

• Penology
• Public International Law
• Legal Skills
• Legal Process and Justice
• English Legal Systems
• European Human Rights Law and Crime
• French Law

Departmental Duties

Amanda is the Programme Leader for the single honours programme. Amanda is also the Examinations Officer in the School of Law. She attends the Student Staff Liaison Committees, the Board of Studies and the Board of Examiners.

Affiliations

Member of the International Society of Family Law

Member of Socio-Legal Studies Association

Consultancies

Amanda has undertaken consultancy work for the African Child Policy Forum, Addis Ababa (2004), as well as providing support to the African Union’s Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Amanda has also actively participated and facilitated sessions at the First CSO Forum to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Addis Ababa (2009). Amanda has provided expert assistance on understanding the African Children’s Charter and its legal implications to Government representatives, members of civil society, lawyers and the judiciary from Kenya, Ethiopia and Somaliland at the Save the Children (Finland) Conference on Law and Policy Development on Violence against Children (2009).

• Proposal & Recommendations to the African Union: "Article 43 ACRWC Procedures before the African Committee of Experts on the Rights & Welfare of the Child", Independent Consultancy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. May 2004.
• Feasibility Study for the Establishment of a Children's Legal Protection Centre in Ethiopia, African Child Policy Forum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. April. September 2004.
• Harmonisation & Implementation of Child-Related Laws in Africa, African Child Policy Forum & UNICEF Initiative, Addis Ababa/Nairobi. May-July 2004.
• State of the Art Review Publication on State Reporting & Monitoring Mechanisms to International Treaty Bodies, African Child Policy Forum & UNICEF, Addis Ababa/Nairobi. May-August 2004.

Contact

Telephone: 01483 68 6223 (direct)

E-mail: a.lloyd@surrey.ac.uk

Office: 06AP02