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During part of the first state visit to Canada by the President of the Internatio nal Criminal Court\, the University of BC is pleased to host President Chil e Eboe-Osuji for his presentation regarding the creation of the Court and i ts place in international justice. As a former Vancouver lawyer and now the chief justice of the ICC\, Judge Eboe-Osuji occupies a unique perspective on Canada as a state party and its role for international justice.
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JUDGE CHILE EBOE-OSUJI\, President of the International Crimina l Court
Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji\, President of the Internatio nal Criminal Court\, has served as Judge of the ICC since 11 March 2012\, a nd he is the Court’s President and Judge of the Appeals Division since 11 M arch 2018. Prior to joining the ICC\, Judge Eboe-Osuji was the Legal Adviso r to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights\, during which time he ancho red the High Commissioner's interventions in cases involving human rights q uestions. In that capacity\, he led the writing of amicus curiae submission s to the European Court of Human Rights and the United States Supreme Court . He served as principal appeals counsel for the Prosecution in the Charles Taylor Case at the Special Court for Sierra Leone\, and has held several p osts at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda\, including Head of Chambers and Lead Prosecution Trial Counsel.
He was called to the Bar in Nigeria\, Ontario and British Columbia\; and practiced law as a barrist er before trial courts in Nigeria and Canada\; and conducted appeals before the Court of Appeal for Ontario (Canada) and the Supreme Court of Canada. Judge Eboe-Osuji taught international criminal law as adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa\, Canada\, and has an extens ive record of legal scholarship and publications\, including the books titl ed International Law and Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts\, and Protectin g Humanity (ed). He is the editor-in-chief of the Nigerian Yearbook of Inte rnational Law. He served as legal expert to Nigeria's delegation to the ICC -ASP Special Working Group on the Definition of the Crime of Aggression.
He holds an LLB degree from the University of Calabar (Nigeria)\; an LL M from McGill University\; a PhD from the University of Amsterdam (the Neth erlands)\; and\, a Doctor of University (honoris causa) from the University of Middlesex (England).
