Yash Ghai’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Kenyan academic
Is Academic
From Kenya
Type Education
Gender male
Birth

20 October 1938, Nairobi, Kenya

Age 82 years
Star sign Libra
Politics independent politician
Education
Harvard Law School
University of Oxford
Awards
Commander of the Order of the British Empire  
Fellow of the British Academy  

Yash Pal Ghai (born 20 October 1938) is a Kenyan academic in constitutional law. As of 2007 he is the head of the Constitution Advisory Support Unit of the United Nations Development Programme in Nepal. Until 2008, he was a Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Cambodia on human rights. In September 2008, he resigned his post, following bitter arguments with the Government of Cambodia. [1] He has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 2005.

Early life and education

His grandparents were Khukhrain who came from North India, and were part of the waves of migration sponsored by the British Empire. His father sent Ghai to Oxford University to study.

Career

He was the Sir YK Pao Professor of Public Law at the University of Hong Kong starting in 1989. He has been an Honorary Professor there since his retirement in 2005. Prior to that, Ghai taught and did research in law at the University of Warwick, Uppsala University in Sweden, the International Legal Center in New York City, and Yale Law School. He has also taught courses at the University of Wisconsin Law School, as part of an exchange program.
He was the Chairman of the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission (which attempted to write a modern constitution for Kenya) from 2000 to 2004. Professor Ghai is also recently selected by the Fijian Military Government to be the Chairperson of Fiji’s Constitutional Committee.

Ghai has also advised and assisted NGOs on human rights law-related work. He drafted the Asian Human Rights Charter—A People’s Charter, a project of the Asian Human Rights Commission.

Ghai has written several books on law in Africa, the Pacific islands, and elsewhere.

Honours and awards

Professor Ghai has received the following honours and awards:

Honours

  •  Papua New Guinea: Independence Medal, 1976
  •  Vanuatu: Independence Medal, 1979
  •  New Hebrides: Queen’s Medal for Distinguished Service, 1980
  •  United Kingdom: Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1980

Awards

  • 2001: Distinguished Research Achievement Award from the University of Hong Kong

Honorary

  • University of the South Pacific, Honorary degree, 1995
  • Society for Advanced Legal Studies, Honorary fellow, 1997
  • Law Society of Kenya, Honorary Life Member, 1998
  • Queen’s University, Canada, Honorary Doctorate of Laws (LLD), 2014
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