Chile Eboe-Osuji is a Legal Advisor to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. On 16 December 2011, he was elected as a judge of the International Criminal Court and is due to take office on 11 March 2012.

Chile Eboe-Osuji studied at the University of Calabar, Nigeria, and McGill University, Montreal, Canada. After achieving his Master's degree in 1991, he worked as a barrister in Canada. From 1997 to 2005, he worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda as counsel and legal officer. From 2005 to 2007, he worked in Canada as a barrister and lecturer. Working for the Special Court for Sierra Leone in 2007/08 and returning to the ICTR from 2008 to 2010, he became a Legal Advisor to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2010.[1]

On 16 December 2011, he was elected as a judge of the International Criminal Court. He won the office in the fifteenth ballot in the Assembly of States Parties with 102 votes. He is due to take office on 11 March 2012.


Chile Eboe-Osuji blogs

Reflexions in Public International Law

Reflexions in International Criminal Law