Arbitrator Details

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Name: Francis
Kariuki
Nationality: KENYAN

Educational and Professional Memberships

Chartered Arbitrator, CIARB Fellow, CIARB Member, NCIA Advocate of the High Court of Kenya Accredited Mediator

Current Position

SENIOR LECTURER

Professional Experience

15 years

Arbitration Experience

13 years

Publications

PUBLISHED BOOKS 1.Francis Kariuki, Handling extractives related grievances in Kenya: A guide for judicial officers (Extractives Baraza, 2019). 2.Francis Kariuki et al, Property Law (Strathmore University Press, 2016). 3.Kariuki Muigua, Didi Wamukoya & Francis Kariuki, Natural Resources and Environmental Justice in Kenya, (Glenwood Publishers, 2015). 4.Francis Kariuki, Securing Community Land Rights in Community Forests in Kenya, (LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2015), available at https://www.lap-publishing.com/. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS 1.“Traditional governance institutions and the holistic protection of traditional knowledge” in Laura Pineschi Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Development and Human Rights, Taylor & Francis, 2023, Chapter 14. 2.'Harnessing Traditional Knowledge Holders' Institutions in Realising Sustainable Development Goals in Kenya', Intellectual Property, 2022 {IntechOpen}, doi:10.5772/intechopen.98802. 3.“The Politicisation of Land Law Reforms in Kenya in The Post-2010 Era” in Jill Cottrell Ghai, Yash Pal Ghai and Emily Kinama Katiba 2010-Achievements and challenges, 2019. 4.“Class Action Arbitrations: Is it the Future of Arbitration in Consumer Disputes in Kenya?” in Rowan Planterose & John Tackaberry QC (eds.) A Brand New World: The Evolution and Future of Arbitration, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 2019. 5.‘Traditional dispute resolution mechanisms in the administration of justice in Kenya’ in ES. Nwauche (ed.) Citizenship and Customary Law in Africa, Centre for African Legal Studies, 2020, pp. 33-68. 6.‘Land rights issues in Kenya’s extractives sector’ in J. Ambani (ed.), Drilling Past the Resource Curse? Essays on the governance of extractives in Kenya, Strathmore Press, 2018, pp. 139-168. 7.“Environmental Challenges in Informal Settlements: Case study of Mukuru Slums in 8.Nairobi” in Vasilka Sancin and Masa Kovic Dine (eds.), International Environmental Law: Greening the Urban Living, 2016, pp.39-54. 9.Patricia Kameri-Mbote & Francis Kariuki, “Human Rights, Gender and Water in Kenya: Law, Prospects and Challenges,” in A. Hellum et al, (eds), Water is Life: Women’s human rights in national and local water governance in Southern and Eastern Africa, Weaver Press, Harare, 2015, pp.81-117. PUBLISHED JOURNAL ARTICLES 1.Andrew Ngurumi & Francis Kariuki, “A Postcolonial Critique of African Cultural Heritage Laws Using Notions of Communitarianism and Relationality under the Concept of African Renaissance” International Journal of Cultural Property (2025), 1-14, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S094073912500013X 2.Francis Kariuki & Enyinna S. Nwauche “Reflections on the “Autonomous Alternative Justice System Institutions” in Kenya’s Alternative Justice Systems Policy Frameworks Law in Africa, Vol.1(2023), 68-81. 3.Francis Kariuki & Vianney Sebayiga “Arbitrability of Fraud in Kenya” NCIA Alternative Dispute Resolution Journal Vol. 2(2022), ISBN No. 978-9914-40-777-8. 4.Francis Kariuki & Vianney Sebayiga “Evaluating the Role of ADR Mechanisms in Resolving Climate Change Disputes” Alternative Dispute Resolution Journal Vol.10(3) (2022). 5.‘Protecting traditional knowledge in Kenya: Traditional justice systems as appropriate sui generis systems’ WIPO-WTO Colloquium Papers (2019) 91-105. 6.“Harnessing traditional knowledge holders’ institutions in realising sustainable development goals in Kenya” (forthcoming, Open AIR Working Paper Series). 7.“Notion of ‘Ownership’ in IP: Protection of Traditional Ecological Knowledge vis-a-vis Protection of T K and Cultural Expressions Act, 2016 of Kenya” Journal of Intellectual Property Rights, Vol.24 (2) (2019), 89-102. 8.“Ideological conundrums and technical challenges in protecting traditional knowledge using the intellectual property system” Journal of conflict management and sustainable development 3 (2) (2019), 15-32. 9. “Development and Practice of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Kenya,” in the Dutch-Flemish Mediation and Conflict Management Journal, Vol. 4 (2014). 10.“Alternative Dispute Resolution, Access to Justice and Development in Kenya” Strathmore Law Journal (2015), pp. 1-21. 11. “Conflict Resolution by Elders in Africa: Successes, Challenges and Opportunities,” Alternative Dispute Resolution Journal Vol.3 Issue 2 (2015), pp. 30-53. 12.“Safeguarding Environmental Rights in Kenya,” Kenya Law Review, Vol. IV (2012-2013). 13.Kariuki Muigua & Kariuki Francis “Towards Environmental Justice in Kenya” Journal of Conflict Management and Sustainable Development, 2017. 14.“Land Grabbing, Tenure Security and Livelihoods in Kenya” African Journal of Legal Studies Vol. 9 (2016), pp. 79-99. 15.“Sustainable Development and Equity in the Kenyan Context,” University of Nairobi, Commercial Law Journal Vol. 7 Issue 1(2012), pp.26-38. Also available at http://kenyalaw.org/kl/index.php?id=1906. 16. “Applicability of Traditional Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Criminal Cases in Kenya: Case Study of Republic v Mohamed Abdow Mohamed [2013] eKLR,” Alternative Dispute Resolution Journal Vol.2 Issue 1 (2014), pp. 202-228. 17.“Sustainability in the Financial Sector in Kenya,” published by the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) Center for Research on Financial Markets and Policy, KBA Working Paper Series, WPS/11/15.
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