Lead consultant
Themba Lewis
Themba Lewis is an independent consultant leading Marram after over twenty years directing research, policy engagement, advocacy strategy and network management on migration, displacement and human rights across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. The work of Marram rests on that experience.
Profile
Protection across the humanitarian and human rights system in policy and practice
Themba approaches each Marram assignment with a critical appraisal of expertise needs. Colleagues from a wide global network may be called upon to focus on specific aspects of policy or approach, or to add experience of a particular country or region.
His core expertise is protection, in humanitarian, human rights and operational settings, across strategy, research and evaluation. It centres on refugee protection and forced migration and extends to climate-related displacement, immigration detention and labour migration.
He has worked directly with the international protection framework, including the Universal Periodic Review, UN treaty bodies and Special Procedures, and has worked with UNHCR, OHCHR, UN Women, national human rights institutions, and donor and academic institutions.
- Regions
- Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe
- Languages
- English. Translation and interpretation can be arranged for multilingual projects.
- Education
- MSc Forced Migration, University of Oxford