UB Expert

Makau W. Mutua

Contact

John DellaContrada

dellacon@buffalo.edu

716-645-5000 ext 1409

Dean; Professor; Director, Human Rights Center

SUNY Distinguished Professor, Floyd H. and Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar and Professor

Law School

716-645-2311

Expertise:

  • International business transactions
  • International law
  • Human rights and gender
  • Culture and theories of law

Co-director of the UB Human Rights Center, Mutua has written numerous scholarly articles on topics that include international law, human rights and religion. He also has written human-rights reports for the United Nations and leading non-governmental organizations, as well as dozens of articles for The New York Times and Washington Post. He has conducted many human-rights, diplomatic and rule-of-law missions to countries in Africa, Latin America and Europe.

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