PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Regional Judicial and Authorized Companies Fee (RJLSC) has appointed Dr Chile Eboe-Osuji of Nigeria and Canada as a decide of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Courtroom of Justice (CCJ).
The RJLSC, the impartial physique chargeable for recruiting workers and judges for the CCJ, mentioned that Eboe-Osuj will fill the emptiness created by Justice Andrew Burgess’s retirement on April 11 this yr.
It mentioned that Justice Eboe-Osuji is a global jurist who served as a decide of the Hague-based Worldwide Felony Courtroom (ICC) from March 2012 to March 2018 and as ICC president from March 2018 to March 2021.
Previous to becoming a member of the ICC, Dr Eboe-Osuji was the authorized advisor to the United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights. In that capability, he led the writing of amicus curiae submissions to the European Courtroom of Human Rights and america Supreme Courtroom. He has held a number of posts on the Worldwide Felony Tribunal for Rwanda, together with head of Chambers and lead prosecution Trial Counsel.
He practiced regulation as a barrister earlier than trial courts in Nigeria and Canada and performed appeals earlier than the Courtroom of Enchantment for Ontario (Canada) and the Supreme Courtroom of Canada.
Dr Eboe-Osuji additionally taught worldwide legal regulation as an adjunct professor on the College of Legislation of the College of Ottawa, Canada, and has an in depth file of authorized scholarship and publications, together with the books titled Worldwide Legislation and Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts and Defending Humanity.
He’s the editor-in-chief of the Nigerian Yearbook of Worldwide Legislation and was the authorized professional for Nigeria’s delegation to the ICC-ASP Particular Working Group on the Definition of the Crime of Aggression.
He was known as to the Bar in Nigeria (1986), Ontario, Canada (1992), and British Columbia, Canada (1992).
“The RJLSC prides itself on a recruitment course of that’s each meritocratic and fiercely impartial. Every appointment displays our unwavering dedication to choosing people of the best caliber based mostly solely on their experience, integrity, and dedication to justice,” mentioned CCJ President and RJLSC chairman Justice Adrian Saunders.
He mentioned 26 purposes have been acquired through the recruitment course of from america, Canada, Nigeria, Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, Fiji, Cameroon, Kenya, Pakistan, Australia, and Trinidad and Tobago.
“Of the purposes acquired, 5 candidates, three males, and two females, have been shortlisted for additional consideration and subsequently interviewed. This course of ensures that our Courtroom stays a beacon of equity and excellence, characterised by professionalism and impartiality,” Justice Saunders added.
