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THE CIPIT MOOT 2018

The Matter of Mangala & WAP -vs- The Guacamole Republic of Avocado (GRA) As promised, here is the account of the recently concluded CIPIT ICT...

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Experiences during the 2018 CIPIT Moot

By Kanyangi Esther Nyachia, Kanyangi Leah Aoko and Jackline Chepng'eno Sang.

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The Digital Freedom of Association

Author: Galma Godana INTRODUCTION The freedom of association has traditionally been defined as the right to be with other people for a legal reason, cause...

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Digital Right: The Freedom of Assembly

Introduction The right to freedom of assembly has been widely accepted as a necessity in a functioning democracy as assemblies are used to express and...

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Defining the Digital Right to Privacy

*Lyndah Tugee & Mercy Kingori A little history Brandeis and Warren trace the origin of the right to privacy in the U.S. back to the...

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Free Speech in the Digital Space

A striking postulation of free speech was developed in the 19th Century by John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, supporters of John Locke. They defined the...

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Driverless Cars in Kenya: Anticipations for IT Law

*A guest post by Lucy Wyndham Kenya’s traffic situation is dire with deaths due to road traffic crashes estimated between 3,000 to 13,000 each year. Based on...

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Is Browsing Copyrighted Material Online Legal? The Case of: PRCA v NLA (2013)

The Internet has fundamentally altered the manner in which copyrightedworks are created, distributed and accessed. The on-demand access to and transmission of works online has...

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CIPIT at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights NGO forum

Lessons from the Forum on the participation of NGO’s in the 62nd ordinary session of the ACHPR at the Royal Suites Hotel, Nouakchott. CIPIT was...

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