Bonheur Minzoto

Bonheur is Teaching Assistant and a PhD candidate in Law. His research examines corporate group accountability for human rights through the workings of power of the parent company and their interaction with legal rules and norms in corporate group governance. He holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law from the University of York (England), and an LLB from Université de Kinshasa (Congo).

His research interests lie in the intersection of corporations and sustainability (business and human rights), corporate law and governance, labour rights and international human rights law, and international criminal law.

Bonheur’s academic record has so far been marked with different distinctions: LLM’s highest award mark (University of York), first prize in the Great Lakes Regional Moot Court Competition in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (Rwanda, 2016), and the Francophonie prize at the Moot Court competition in International Law Charles Rousseau (Benin, 2017).

Bonheur has experience conducting research and presenting research findings in academic and private-sector settings. 

He has industry experience (legal and compliance) and experience with the private sector with local, non-governmental, and international institutions on issues related to state and local accountability, access to justice, and human rights.

Business and Human Rights

Corporate law and governance

International Human Rights Law

International criminal law

Corporate Governance

Contract Law