'Neile Alina 'Mantoa Fanana

Lesotho lawyer (born 1945) 'Neile Alina 'Mantoa Fanana 1945 Lawyer, ombudsman First woman to be appointed ombudsman of Lesotho Neile Alina 'Mantoa Fanana (born 1945) is a Lesotho lawyer. She was appointed the ombudsman of Lesotho in 2010, and was the first women lawyer in the country. Career 'Neile Alina 'Mantoa Fanana was born in 1945.New Ombudswoman takes office http://www.theioi.org/ioi-news/current-news/new-ombudswoman-takes-office0 International Ombudsman Institute 10 November 2017 de Fanana was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in law by the National University of Lesotho in 1980. She subsequently attended the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom where she was awarded Bachelor of Laws and Master of Philosophy degrees. Fanana went on to lecture at the National University and received further training human rights law, international humanitarian law and the resolution of conflicts. In 1989 she presented a paper on the treatment of women under Lesotho's inheritance law to a regional legal seminar.N.A.M. Fanana Inheritance Law and Women in Lesotho http://www.africabib.org/rec.php?RID=W00074154 Africa Bib Paper presented at the Regional Seminar on Women's Law in Southern Africa, March, 1989, Harare, Zimbabwe 11 November 2017 1989 12 November 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171112073923/http://www.africabib.org/rec.php?RID=W00074154 dead Upon the restoration of democracy to Lesotho in 1993 Fanana worked with the Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Correctional Services to improve administration and reduce corruption. She also helped to bring new legislation forward to improve the rights of women and children and to restrict money laundering and corruption. Fanana was appointed King's Counsel, a status conferred on senior barristers, in 2009.Ombudsman annual report 2012/13 http://www.ombudsman.org.ls/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Report-2012-13.pdf The Office of the Ombudsman 1 2017-11-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20171112021323/http://www.ombudsman.org.ls/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Report-2012-13.pdf 2017-11-12 dead By 2010 Fanana had become dean and pro-vice chancellor of the National University.Roundtable Dialogue on Skills Reform for Innovation and Growth in Lesotho http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTLESOTHO/Resources/Participants_Lesotho_August25.pdf World Bank 11 November 2017 She has written for the Lesotho Law Journal on the rights of citizens under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, women's rights, and legal dualism.The Peoples' Rights Under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights Lesotho Law Journal 1997 10 48Legal Dualism and the Rights of Women: Thoughts for. Law Reform in Lesotho Lesotho Law Journal 2001 14 1 133–140 Fanana was appointed ombudsman to Lesotho by King Letsie III of Lesotho on 14 October 2010, the third person to hold the role. She commenced her four-year term in the role on 30 November, replacing Sekara Mafisa who had served two full terms. Fanana is the first woman to hold the role. Her duties are to investigate complaints made by citizens against members of the government or their agencies.Fanana appointed Ombudsman http://www.lestimes.com/fanana-appointed-ombudsman/ 10 November 2017 Lesotho Times 1 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20171111145355/http://www.lestimes.com/fanana-appointed-ombudsman/ 11 November 2017 References Category:Lesotho women in politics Category:Lesotho women lawyers Category:National University of Lesotho alumni Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:Academic staff of the National University of Lesotho