Waschefort

Gus Waschefort is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Essex. Prior to joining the University of Essex, he held academic appointments as lecturer at the University of Pretoria (UP), and as Associate Professor at the University of South Africa (UNISA). Between 2011 and 2013, He was appointed as legal advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. Gus has also been a visiting researcher to the Centre for International and Operational Law (CIOL) of the Swedish Defence University (SEDU) as well as the Centre for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) at New York University (NYU). Gus's primary research interests relate to contemporary challenges in the context of armed conflict in Africa, including working towards enhancing the level of participation from within Africa in the global discourse on the Law of Armed Conflict. With a background in photojournalism, Gus has extensive experience working within active conflict zones in Africa, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, South Sudan and Angola.