Brenda Mwale is a Post Doctoral Fellow under the South African Research Chair in International Constitutional Law, University of Pretoria. She holds an LLD from the University of Pretoria and her LLD thesis is titled ‘The Prevention and Repression of Cyber Terrorism in Africa: An Analysis of the Applicable Legal Regimes.’ She also holds an LLM in transnational criminal justice from the University of the Western Cape in conjunction with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, a Post-Graduate diploma in law from the Kenya School of Law, and an LLB from Kenyatta University. She is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with experience in teaching and legal research. Her research interests lie in public international law, criminal justice, and cyber law.

Publications

• Brenda Mwale, “A Study of Humanitarian Exemptions in Anti-Terrorism Legislation in SADC Member States” African Human Rights Policy Paper 6, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria (2023).
• Brenda Mwale & Stuart Casey-Maslen, “The Prohibition of Cyberterrorism as a Method of Warfare in International Law: The Need for a New IHL Treaty” (2022) International Journal of Warfare, 21.
• Stuart Casey-Maslen & Brenda Mwale, “The Prohibition of Cyberterrorism as a Method of Warfare in International Law”, (2021) South African Yearbook of International Law, 44.

Forthcoming Publications

• Brenda Mwale, “Towards a Victim-Centred Approach? Reflections on Existing Cybercrime Instruments and the Draft United Nations Convention on Cybercrime” (Forthcoming 2024), Commonwealth Cyber Journal.
• Brenda Mwale, “Addressing Africa’s Cyber Security Concerns through Regional Multi-stakeholder Cooperation” Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa (Tana Forum) Policy Briefs, Institute for Peace and Security Studies (Forthcoming 2024).