Mark A. Wek Deng

Research Associate

 

Contact

Email: marko.wek@uqconnect.edu.au

 

Biography
Mark A. W. Deng is a McKenze Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Melbourne Law School, the University of Melbourne, Australia, where he previously served as a Co-convenor of weekly seminars at the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies. He obtained his PhD from the University of Queensland in 2021. His research intersects the South Sudanese public law, customary law & practices and human rights. His work has been published in reputable international journals such as the International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family (Oxford University Press) and African Human Rights Law Journal (Pretoria University Law Press). His recent major work is a book on South Sudan’s constitutional law: Emerging Constitutionalism in South Sudan: Challenges and Opportunities (Hart Publishing 2025). Dr Deng’s work has also appeared in leading news outlets, including The Conversation–Africa where it has been read by thousands of people from around the world. He has presented his work at international public law annual conferences, particularly the International Society of Public Law and The Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa. He has also given media interviews to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the Sky News Australia.

 

Publications

Taking Stock of Judicial Independence Challenges in South Sudan 30/09/2025
South Sudan v James Dak: A Case of Travesty of Justice 25/12/2018
The Importance of Judicial Independence to the Administration of Justice: The Case of South Sudan 05/07/2016
Lawlessness and Its Rule of Law Implications in South Sudan 24/12/2012

 

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