A Very Short Biography

AGE: 49 years (born 2 September 1962).

PLACE OF BIRTH: Añara, Imo, Nigeria.

PROFESSION: Barrister, since 1986.

FAMILY STATUS: Married, with three children.

CALLS TO BAR: (1) Nigeria; (2) Ontario, Canada; and, (3) British Columbia, Canada. 

ACADEMIC LEGAL EDUCATION: (1) Doctor of Laws (PhD) [in international criminal law], University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; (2) Master of Laws (LLM), McGill University, Montréal, Canada; (3) Canadian Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Equivalency Studies, McGill University (for Certificate of Qualification of the Canadian Federation of Law Societies); (4) Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of Calabar, Nigeria.

PROFESSIONAL LEGAL EDUCATION: (1) Barrister-at-Law Degree, Law Society of British Columbia (Canada); (2) Barrister-at-Law Degree, Law Society of Upper Canada; (3) Barrister-at-Law Degree, Council of Legal Education of Nigeria.

SUMMARY OF EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: (1) CURRENTLY: (i) The Legal Advisor to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; (ii) Principal Appeals Counsel for the Prosecution in the Case of Charles Taylor (former President of Liberia), Office of the Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone. (2) FORMERLY: (i) Head of Chambers (i.e. the principal judicial legal officer), International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR); (ii) Senior Appeals Counsel, Special Court for Sierra Leone; (iii) Counsel, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Ottawa, Canada; (iv) Senior Legal Officer in Chambers, ICTR; (v) Senior Trial Counsel for the Prosecution, ICTR; (vi) Prosecution Counsel, ICTR; (vii) Litigation Partner, Eboe-Osuji & Adetunji, Toronto, Canada; (viii) Litigation Counsel, Robinson Hinkson, Toronto, Canada; (ix) Litigation Associate, Russell & DuMoulin, Vancouver, Canada; (x) Litigation Associate, Ugochuku & Co, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT: Former lecturer in international criminal law, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada. 

SUMMARY OF LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP: C Eboe-Osuji (ed), Protecting Humanity [Leyden, Martinus Nijhoff: 2010]; C Eboe-Osuji, Modern International Law and Sexual Violence in International Armed Conflicts [Leyden, Martinus Nijhoff: forthcoming 2011]; numerous articles and book chapters and guest lectures.

In addition to the information appearing on this page, a fuller résumé may be found at this blog link and at this link on the ICC website. When clicked, the links will open as separate pages on your computer.