By CFS on Thu, 04/17/2025 - 11:27

Afshin is a researcher at the Committee, where she researches matters of tax, finance, environment and law. She holds an Honours Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree from the University of Nairobi (UoN), where she won a PLO Lumumba Foundation Award for her knowledge of Criminal Law. Her position paper at the Sub-Saharan International Model United Nations (SAIMUN) was also acknowledged as the best position paper for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Committee in 2019. She has previously published on debt and carbon taxation and is currently working on more publications on various areas of tax. Afshin works in multiple teams at CFS, including the Rapid Response, Debt and Emergency Funding, Environmental Tax, African Scholars and Extractives dockets.

Leadership roles are not novel for her, having led various teams at CFS and held leadership positions at UoN’s Muslim Students Association (Chairlady), Students’ Organisation of Law and Diplomacy (Organising Secretary) and Young Arbiters Society (Vice President). She also acted as an associate editor for the Students’ Association of Legal Aid and Research (SALAR) Editorial Board. Additionally, she possesses an interest in Alternative Dispute Resolution. She has completed an introductory course on arbitration at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), where she worked as a student volunteer in two international conferences, before taking up her role as the Vice President of the Young Arbiters Society. She has also worked as an intern at Chaudhri and Associates Advocates. In her free time, she enjoys reading blogs and books.

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