Education:
Ph.D., Cambridge University
LL.M., University of Sheffield
LL.B., University of Malawi

Tiyanjana Maluwa is the associate dean for international affairs at Penn State's Dickinson School of Law and holds the H. Laddie Montague Chair in Law. He was recently appointed director of the newly established Penn State School of International Affairs, which is being administered by the law school. Recognized internationally for his extensive scholarly writings and expertise in public international law and human rights, he has been called upon to serve as a special expert and consultant to the United Nations, the AU and other organizations and was recently invited by the Swedish government to join the international jury charged with the task of selecting the winner of the Stockholm International Prize in Criminology. Prior to joining the AU and, subsequently, the United Nations, he was a Professor of International Law at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Extraordinary Professor of Law at the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Dean Maluwa has written, edited and contributed chapters to a number of books and is the author of numerous articles. In 1997, he was asked by the United Nations to serve as the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Nigeria following the execution of the famed poet-activist Ken Saro Wiwa.

Contact Information:
Email: tum2@psu.edu
Phone: (814) 865-8971

Selected Publications:
"From the Organization of African Unity to the African Union: Rethinking the Framework for Inter-State Cooperation in Africa in the Era of Globalization", University of Botswana Law Journal, 2007.

“The Move from Institutions? Examining the Phenomenon in Africa,” Proceedings of
the American Society of International Law, 2006.

“The Transition from the Organization of African Unity to the African Union,” forthcoming in A. Yusuf (editor), Essays on the African Union.

“The Constitutive Act of the African Union and Institution-Building in Post-Colonial
Africa,” Leiden Journal of International Law, 2002.

“Reimagining African Unity: Some Preliminary Reflections on the Constitutive Act of
the African Union,” African Yearbook of International Law, 2002.

“Implementing the Principle of Gender Equality through the Law: Some Lessons from
Southern Africa,” International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, 1999.

International Law in Post-Colonial Africa, Kluwer Law International, 1999.

Administrative Justice in Southern Africa, University of Capetown, 1997.

"Discourses on Democracy and Human Rights in Africa: Contextualizing the Relevance of Human Rights in Developing Countries," Journal of African Policy Studies, 1996.

“The Refugee Problem and the Quest for Peace and Security in Southern Africa,”
International Refugee Law Journal, 1995.

“Succession to Treaties in Post-Independence Africa: A Retrospective Consideration of
Some Theoretical and Practical Issues with special reference to Malawi,” African
Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1992.

“The Peaceful Settlement of Disputes Among African States, 1963-1983: Some
Conceptual Issues and Practical Trends,” International and Comparative Law
Quarterly, 1989.