About me
Joe Kibugu is the Africa & Middle East Regional Manager at Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. He has vast experience supporting actors including civil society organisations, governments and businesses to put human rights at the centre of business operations and prevent abuse. He leads the team in supporting allies to advocate for rights-respecting use of natural resources and just energy transition, responsible use and deployment of digital technologies, protecting workers across global supply chains and protecting civic freedoms and human rights defenders. He has conducted field work in the East, Central and Southern Africa, including human rights impact assessment in mining, renewable energy, agribusiness and waste value sectors. He has been involved in the development of NAPs in Kenya and Uganda. He holds an LLM in International Human Rights from the University of Notre Dame and recently earned his doctorate on business and human rights from the University of the Witwatersrand.
