Annual Report - University of Namibia

oards of accredited law journals insouthern Africa and remained the editorin-chiefand a trustee of the Namibia LawJournal, while Prof. Hinz was his secunduson the Board of Trustees and a contributingeditor.Board for Legal Education, the Councilfor Higher Education, the Law ReformCommission, the Magistrates Commission,the Law Society of Namibia, UNESCONamibia and the Committee for excombatants.The publications output of the Facultyagain exceeded the benchmark forpublications in the region by far. Withouttaking Prof. Hinz’ contribution intoaccount, the Faculty published more than40 articles, reviews and chapters in booksand two books. This is an average of fourarticles per staff member.Community EngagementThe Faculty of Law, through the programmesand activities of the various components,provided invaluable services of diversenature to the community. These includedtailor-made academic programmes forthe civil service; security service, seminarsand workshops for traditional leaders,magistrates, prosecutors and the police.The Faculty continued its service to thecommunity through the Legal Aid Clinic.Several staff members served on statutorybodies and important committees such asthe Namibian Qualifi cations Authority, theThe Faculty also had several researchprojects which assisted statutory bodiesin formulating policy and drafting Bills.Prof. Hinz and Dr. Ruppel assisted the LawReform Commission on AdministrativeLaw in Namibia. Mr. John Nakuta servedon the committee of the Law ReformCommission dealing with AdministrativeLaw. Prof. Horn in partnership withStanford University prepared draft antitorturelegislation which resulted in aLaw Reform Commission Project. Prof.Horn, who started the project with a LLMstudent and Mr. Francois Bamangwabo,will participate in the ongoing programmeof the Commission.Prof Hinz continued his work in southernSudan, a UNDP-funded programme;Prof Horn served as an advisor to theInternational Pentecostal/Lutherandialogue. He also served the traditionalauthorities with advice and assistance onseveral occasions.Annual Report 2009 -38-