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Kristina Bentley
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Kristina Bentley is a Senior Research Officer in the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit (DGRU) in the Department of Public Law, University of Cape Town. She holds a PhD in political theory, specialising in theories of rights, from the University of Manchester in the UK; and an MA in political theory from Rhodes University in South Africa. Kristina is the Assistant Editor of Politikon, the official journal of the South African Association of Political Studies; and a member of the Editorial Board of Human Rights Review, an international peer reviewed journal nominated for the UNESCO Human Rights Education Award. From 2002 to 2006, she was a Chief Research Specialist with the Democracy and Governance Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa. She has also lectured in political theory and international relations at Rhodes University and taught at the Universities of Manchester and Keele in the United Kingdom, and the Universities of Stellenbosch, Cape Town and the Western Cape in South Africa. Her current research focuses on gender, human rights and multiculturalism; race, identity and conflict; and emerging applications of human rights. She is also the co-author of a book on South Africa’s peace-making role in Burundi. In May 2008, Kristina co-authored and edited Racial Redress and Citizenship in South Africa (HSRC Press). PhD, University of Manchester MA, Rhodes University BA Hons, Rhodes University
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South Africa
Fields of expertise:
Access to Information
Human rights commissions
Rights
Social and Economic Rights
Womens Rights
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Senior Research Officer Democratic Governance and Rights Unit (DGRU) Department of Public Law University of Cape Town South Africa