Donald Omondi Deya is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya. Aside from a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Nairobi, he also holds diplomas in; Practice of Law from the Kenya School of Law, Human Rights from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and in Humanitarian Law from University of Lund, Sweden.
Deya has taken up several positions in the non-profit sector. Currently, he is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Pan African Lawyers Union, (PALU) based in Arusha,Tanzania. Previously, he has worked as the CEO and acting CEO at East Africa Law Society (EALS) and the Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ-Kenya) respectively before which he was the Deputy CEO of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK).
He is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA); International Law Association (ILA); Society for International Development (SID); Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association (CLA); International Commission of Jurists (ICJ); East Africa Law Society (EALS); Southern African Development Community Lawyers’ Association (SADC LA); Law Society of Kenya (LSK); and several other non-profits.
His key interest areas are in continental and regional integration; constitutionalism; democracy and good governance; the just rule of law; the promotion and protection of human rights and access to justice; HIV; Human Rights; Legislation; and international criminal justice. He has researched, spoken and written on these areas.