SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE – ADV A Stemmet 
Andre Stemmet holds masters degrees in International Law and in Diplomatic Studies from the University of Pretoria. A career diplomat, he was posted to the Embassies in Tel Aviv and Ankara as a political officer, and to The Hague as Legal Counsellor to the South African Embassy, focusing on the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Since 1997 until retirement in 2024, he was a law adviser in the Office of the Chief State Law Adviser (International Law) of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation.
JUNIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE – Marno Swart
Marno Swart, research associate at SARCIL, is currently reading toward his PhD in law at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. Marno started his academic journey at the University of Pretoria, where he obtained a BA, LLB and LLM. Thereafter he studied an MA in medical ethics and law at King’s College London. Marno is interested in the intersection of medical ethics and law and human rights, with a specific interest in reproductive rights. Since joining Cambridge, Marno has been a part of the Cambridge International Law Journal,serving as co-Editor-in-Chief since 2024. Alongside this, he has taken up rowing and is the boat captain and cox of his college’s lower men’s boat.