1. Chile Eboe-Osuji was born on 2 September 1962 and is a Nigerian jurist.
14 Facts About Chile Eboe-Osuji
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Chile Eboe-Osuji is an incoming Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice, an International Jurist at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law, a Special Advisor to the President's Office at Toronto Metropolitan University, and a Member of the Media Freedom Coalition's High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom.
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The Nigerian-born Chile Eboe-Osuji was concurrently serving as a senior judge in the Appeals Division of the ICC during this time.
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Chile Eboe-Osuji served at various times as a senior prosecutor at both the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
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Chile Eboe-Osuji was born in Anara, in what is Isiala Mbano, Imo State, Nigeria, on 2 September 1962.
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Chile Eboe-Osuji obtained his bachelor of laws degree from the University of Calabar, Nigeria, master of laws degree from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and doctor of laws degree from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Chile Eboe-Osuji was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1986 and practised briefly there.
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From 1997 to 2005, Chile Eboe-Osuji worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda as prosecution counsel and senior legal officer to the judges of the tribunal.
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Chile Eboe-Osuji has authored two books and numerous law journal articles in international law.
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On 16 December 2011, Chile Eboe-Osuji was elected as a judge of the International Criminal Court.
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Chile Eboe-Osuji won the office in the fifteenth ballot in the Assembly of States Parties.
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However, Chile Eboe-Osuji remained the Presiding Judge in Trial Chamber V which continued to hear the case against Ruto and former Kass FM broadcaster Joshua Sang until his term at the court ended in 2021.
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Shortly after, Chile Eboe-Osuji told off the government of Kenya for turning to the principle of sovereignty "at every convenient opportunity, with the evident aim of frightening judges".
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On 24 March 2025, it was announced that Chile Eboe-Osuji was selected as a Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice to replace Judge Andrew Burgess, who is set to retire on 11 April 2025.