Chile Eboe-Osuji

Who is Chile Eboe-Osuji?

Chile Eboe-Osuji is a judge of the International Criminal Court, The Hague. He was elected on 16 December 2011 and sworn in on 9 March 2012. He was the Legal Advisor to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Judge Eboe-Osuji was born in Anara, Imo, Nigeria, on 2 September 1962. He obtained his bachelor of laws degree from the University of Calabar, Nigeria, master of laws degree from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, and doctor of laws degree from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1986 and practised briefly there. After obtaining his master of laws degree from McGill in 1991, he worked as a barrister in Canada, having been called to the Bar in Ontario and in British Columbia in 1993. From 1997 to 2005, he worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda as prosecution counsel and senior legal officer to the judges of the tribunal. From 2005 to 2007, he worked in Canada as a barrister and law lecturer.