Wilfred Nderitu

Who is Wilfred Nderitu?

Wilfred Ngunjiri Nderitu is a former Chair of the Governing Council of the Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists.

Wilfred holds a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, as well as a Certificate in Conflict Analysis from the United States Institute of Peace. He is also alumnus of the University of Nairobi, from where he graduated with an honours Bachelor of Laws degree in 1988. He later obtained a post-graduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law and was thereafter admitted to the Bar as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya in 1989.

Since November 2012, Wilfred has been assigned by the International Criminal Court as the Common Legal Representative for Victims in The Prosecutor -v- William Samoei Ruto and Joshua arap Sang. He previously served with the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda as Lead Counsel in The Prosecutor -v- Simon Bikindi, as Co-Counsel in The Prosecutor -v- Grégoire Ndahimana, and as Amicus Curiae in The Prosecutor -v- Édouard Karemera et al., and in The Prosecutor -v- Casimir Bizimungu et al.. He has also served as Duty Counsel with the International Criminal Court in connection with ensuring the observance of the rights of a potential witness during investigations in The Prosecutor -v- Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti, Raska Lukwiya, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen,. Wilfred currently resides in Nairobi, Kenya where he is Managing Partner in the law firm of Nderitu & Partners, and a practicing arbitrator.