Hennie van As is a Professor of Public Law and Director of the Centre for Law in Action at the Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He is an admitted advocate and completed a Diploma in Police Science, the degrees B.Iuris, Bachelor of Laws and Doctor of Laws. He completed a post-doctoral research project at the La Salle University in Mexico. He is also responsible for the Refugee Rights Centre and the FishFORCE Academy. He focuses on legal aid, law enforcement and the drafting, implementation, enforcement and administration of legislation (especially marine law, municipal health law and law enforcement). He drafted municipal codes for more than 60 municipalities in South Africa and served as an expert member for the World Bank, for the development of local government legislation in East Timor. With finance from the Norwegian Government, he established a Fisheries Crime Law Enforcement Academy (FishFORCE). Its main purpose is to combat sea fisheries crime and related criminal activities in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Namibia, Comoros, Seychelles and Mauritius. Hennie published 11 articles on legal aid and access to justice in accredited journals and promoted two doctoral candidates in this field.
REGIONAL COORDINATORS - AFRICA
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