Victoria Miyandazi

About

Victoria Miyandazi is an Assistant Professor in Public Law at the University of Nottingham. Previously, she was a Knight Fellow in Legal and Constitutional Research at the University of St Andrews Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research, a Lecturer at University of Embu, Researcher at the Oxford Human Rights Hub, and Legal Researcher at the Kenyan Judiciary Committee on Elections. She is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and practised law at Okubasu, Munene & Kazungu Advocates LLP. She holds Doctor of Philosophy in Law, Master of Philosophy in Law and Bachelor of Civil Law Degrees from the University of Oxford where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar. She also holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) Degree from Kenyatta University. She mainly teaches and writes on Equality Law, Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Electoral Law, Property Law, Public International Law, and Comparative Law. She is the author of Equality in Kenya’s 2010 Constitution: Understanding the Competing and Interrelated Conceptions (Hart Publishing, 2021) and has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. She is a member of the UK Young Academy (2023–2028) and was named one of The Africa Report’s 10 African Scholars to Watch (2025).

Work

University of St Andrews

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

University of Nottingham
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Assistant Professor

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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University of St Andrews
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Research Fellow in Legal and Constitutional Research

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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University of Embu
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Law Lecturer & Examinations Coordinator

Kenya

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Publications

Judiciary chiefs in hybrid regimes: Kenya

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International Journal of Constitutional Law

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Judiciary chiefs in hybrid regimes

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International Journal Of Constitutional Law

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Navigating the nexus of elections, technology and democracy amid escalating disinformation and misinformation challenges in Kenya

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Disinformation, misinformation, and democracy

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The Right to Freedom of Thought in Kenya

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The Cambridge Handbook of the Right to Freedom of Thought

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The Role of Kenyan Courts in Tackling Persistent Inequalities: Navigating Deference and Accountability

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German Law Journal

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The role of Kenyan courts in tackling persistent inequalities

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German Law Journal

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The right to freedom of thought in Kenya

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The Cambridge handbook of the right to freedom of thought

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Human Rights and Equality Commissions in Kenya and Their Role in Tackling Poverty and Economic Inequality

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Federal Law Review

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Human rights and equality commissions in Kenya and their role in tackling poverty and economic inequality

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Federal Law Review

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An Equality-Sensitive Approach to Delivering Socio-Economic Rights During Crises

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Exponential Inequalities: Equality Law in Times of Crisis

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An equality-sensitive approach to delivering socio-economic rights during crises

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Exponential inequalities

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Setting the Record Straight on Socio-Economic Rights Adjudication

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Kabarak Journal of Law and Ethics

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Setting the record straight in socio-economic rights adjudication

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Kabarak Journal of Law and Ethics

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Inequality and Access to Justice

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Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft

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Inequality and access to justice

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Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft

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Constituting and regulating democracy

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Asian Journal of Comparative law

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Constituting and Regulating Democracy

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Asian Journal of Comparative Law

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Equality in Kenya’s 2010 Constitution

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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Equality in Kenya’s 2010 constitution

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An Equality-Sensitive Approach to Redressing the Disproportionate Socio-Economic Impact of Covid-19 on Vulnerable Groups in Botswana, Kenya and South Africa

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COVID-19 Pandemic and Socio-Economic Rights in Selected East and Southern African Countries

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An equality-sensitive approach to redressing the disproportionate socio-economic impact of Covid-19 on vulnerable groups in Botswana, Kenya and South Africa

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COVID-19 pandemic and socio-economic rights in selected East and Southern African countries

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Global Perspectives on Human Rights

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Oxford Human Rights Hub

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edited-book

Global perspectives on human rights

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