Achieng Akena

Achieng Akena is a Kenyan lawyer and human rights and democracy practitioner with nineteen years of experience in varied regions and contexts, from Botswana to Afghanistan. She is currently the Executive Director for a continental NGO which does research, advocacy and capacitation around peoples’ rights before, during and after displacement: International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI). Achieng has engaged extensively with Africa's regional system, and worked within both United Nations and African Union peacekeeping missions. She holds a Master of Studies in International Human Rights Law from Oxford University.