Curriculum Vitae: Ms. Kaajal Ramjathan- Keogh ¢/o Southern Africa Litigation Centre ae 1. Profile |1am the executive director of the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and have been in this position since February 2015. | was previously employed at Lawyers for Human Rights for 12 years. The Southern Africa Litigation Centre is a regional NGO based in Johannesburg and operating in 10 SADC Countries. Its mandate is to protect the rule of law and strengthen human rights. SALC carries out this work by ‘making interventions in strategic legal cases and high level advocacy. | manage a team of 12 persons which ‘oversees litigation cases and advocacy in the countries of operation over several different programme areas including: Freedom of Expression, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Health Rights, Women’s Land and Property. Rights, International Criminal Justice, Rights of Sexual Minorities and Rule of Law. I manage an organisational budget of ZAR 15 million per annum which has for several years received unqualified audits, ‘At Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) | was the manager of the Refugee and Migrent Rights Programme. LHR provides free legal services to vulnerable, marginalised and indigent individuals and communities, both non- ‘national and South African, who are victims of unlawful infringements of their constitutional rights. | managed 2 team of 26 staff members in multiple locations over several programme areas. | have been managing @ Programme budget of approximately ZAR 8 million per annum which has received unqualified audits for the duration. {In both positions | was direetly involved in fundraising and budget management. | have overseen litigation and ‘advocacy work. Currently | am responsible for providing oversight and accountability for planning, programme esign and the delivery of objectives, strategies, plans and budgets. On behalf of both these organisations | have made submissions to the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights, United Nations Human Rights Committee and various ACHPR and UN Special Rapporteurs. ' have significant expertise in the asylum and migration sector. | have worked on legal and policy analysis which includes drafting submissions on legal amendments as well as participating in the legal amendment processes ‘and submissions to Parliamentary portfolio committees. | was the chair of the board of the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Aftica (CORMSA) from 2007- 2011. | was previously the Southern African representative for the International Detention Coalition (IDC) and sat on the IDC’s Advisory Panel. | am a founding member of the secretariat of the African NGO Taskforce whieh is 2 network of organisations working (on refugee protection in Africa. | have experience of the legal frameworks on asylum issues of several African Counties asa result of this exposure. | currently sit on the boards of Sonke Gender Justice and the South African History Archive, {have two law degrees and several additional qualifications as well as many years’ experience particulary in the asylum anc migration sector. | have good knowledge of the application of the domestic legislation and international conventions and protocols especially those dealing with human rights{have media and communications experience and expertise. Ihave been the face of LHR’s Refugee and Migrants Rights Programme and have done media for SALC. At Lawyers for Human Rights | have been instrumental in the development of documentary films to bring attention to issues of concern to the organisation. | have excellent ‘Fal and written communication skis. have in 2013 been a contributing author to a text book on refugee law, “Refugee Law in South Africa’. | have also drafted and edited a guide for LHR on obtaining citizenship, “Promoting Citizenship and Preventing Statelessness in South Africa: A Practitioner's Guide” 2. Tertiary Education Baccalaureus Procurationis(B.Proc) 1992-1995, University of Natal (UKZN) Bachelor of Laws (LLB) 1996-1997, University of Natal (UKZN) Articles of Clerkship at Attorneys Ramjathan Beharie & Company 1997 -1998 Practical Legal Training (Night School) from Jan 1998- July 1998 (in conjunction with service of Articles of Clerkship) Practising in Refugee Law- International and Domestic Refugee Law - SA Law Society/ Lawyers for Human Rights- July 2002 Certificate Course in international Migration Policy and Management at the School of Public and Development Management, University of the Witwatersrand Business School August- November 2002 Summer School in Forced Migration, Refugees Studies Centre, Oxford University, June-July 2003, UNHCR Distance Learning Programme on Statelessness, March- December 2011 3. Secondary Education Secondary Education at Gandhi Desai Secondary, Durban, KZN, Matriculation Exemption 4. Employment History 4.1 2014- Current: Executive Director of the Southern Africa Litigation Centre 4.2, 2007- 2014: Programme Manager of the Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme at Lawyers ‘for Human Rights 4.3 November 2002- 2007: Head of the Detention Monitoring Unit, Lawyers for Human Rights Responsibilities: Monitoring the arrest, detention and deportation of foreign nationals with specific focus on unlawful detentions. 4.4 May 2004 ~ October 2002: Programme Officer at the International Organization for Migration fiom) | was employed at IOM as a Programme Officer. IOM is an international intergovernmental body. | was Involved in all aspects of |OM's work in the SADC region and with particular focus on the following areas: Migration Dialogue for Southern Africa (MIDSA) Programme ~ forum for senior government officials which focussed inter aia with issues such as Harmonisation of Immigration legislation, Labour Migration, Human Trafficking. 4.5 Various legal positions in the United Kingdom, November 1998- February 2001 Employed at the Civil and Family Law Sector atthe Lord Chancellor's Department in the United Kingdom and as a private client solicitor atthe following law firms in London engaged primarily in Corporate and Commercial law: Brough Skerrett, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Linklaters and Alliance, Thompsons Solicitors.