On this page, you will find:

To find organisations working for LGBTQI+ rights, visit our Tanzania LGBTQI+ Resources page.
To find organisations providing legal or other types of assistance to refugees in Tanzania, visit our Tanzania Legal Assistance page

COI Experts

Email: prorightsllp@gmail.com

Laura Young, JD, MPH is a US-trained human rights lawyer based in Nairobi, Kenya who works across sub-Saharan Africa as a consultant on governance and human rights for USAID, the UN, governments, and international NGOs. Laura has published numerous articles and reports focused on conflict dynamics, gender, minority rights, transitional justice, migration, health, and other human rights issues in the African context. Laura has provided expert input for immigration and asylum cases in both the US and UK, focused on LGBT, FGM/C, domestic violence, trafficking, access to health services (including mental health and HIV), ex-combatants, ethnic minorities, disability access, police protection, and other key issues.

Email: mj10@soas.ac.uk

Dr Michael Jennings is Chair of the Centre of African Studies, and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Development Studies at SOAS. He works on Tanzanian politics and society, and on East African politics more widely.  Dr Jennings has written reports for use in courts on politics and political violence, domestic violence and gender issues, and issues around homophobia and sexuality-based violence in Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya.

COI Resources

We have not yet identified any COI resources for Tanzania. If you have any suggestions, please get in touch.

Tanzania Legal Assistance

Find organisations offering legal and other types of assistance to refugees in Tanzania.

Tanzania LGBTQI+ Resources

Find organisations working for refugee LGBTQI+ rights in Tanzania.

We are always looking to expand the resources on our platform. If you know about relevant experts, or you are aware of organisations and/or resources to include in our directories, please get in touch.

Last updated May 2023