Hon. Judge Blaise Tchikaya
Judge Gérard Niyugenko
Justice Gérard Niyungeko is a national of Burundi. He was elected Judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in 2006 for a term of six years (renewable once only). He served as the first President of the Court (2006-2008). He was re-elected for the second term as President of the African Court […]
Judge Vagn Pruesse Joensen
Judge Vagn Pruesse Joensen (Denmark) is a judge of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) and duty judge at the Mechanism’s branch in Arusha, Tanzania, since the Mechanism’s inception in July 2012. The Mechanism serves as successor to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former […]
Judge Fatsah Ouguergouz
Judge Fatsah Ouguergouz, an Algerian national, is an independent international arbitrator in commercial and investment arbitration. He previously chaired the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Burundi (2016-2018) established by the United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) and was one of the first eleven judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights […]
Bahame Tom Nyanduga
Vice-Rector for Administrative, Institutional and Cooperation Issues
Advocate Bahame Tom Nyanduga, is a Tanzanian national who practices law in Tanzania, based in Dar es Salaam. His legal practice consists in litigation and commercial arbitration and he serves as a consultant in mining and energy law, as well as human rights and international law. He has a wealth of experience spanning over 40 […]
Professor Dr. Mathias Sahinkuye
Mathias Sahinkuye is a Professor of International law and legal scholarship, lecturing at the University of Iringa and in various institutions in Tanzania and abroad in public international law, human rights law, international humanitarian law, international criminal law, international refugee law, theory and philosophy of law, and legal scholarship. He has held various positions in […]
Judge Fatsah Ouguergouz
Judge Fatsah Ouguergouz, an Algerian national, is an independent international arbitrator in commercial and investment arbitration. He previously chaired the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Burundi (2016-2018) established by the United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) and was one of the first eleven judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights […]
Samir Din
Samir Din is a highly motivated Senior Public Accountant and Management Accountant with over 18 years of experience in the accounting and finance industry, highly skilled in accounts receivable and accounts payable. He has worked with both the private and public sectors in such national and international institutions as the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, […]
Gilbert Baraka
Gilbert Baraka has been a librarian in universities for over ten years. He holds a Bachelors degree in library information science and he assists the Institute’s library mainly in organization, access, collection, and regulation of information, whether in physical or digital forms. He is fluent in English, Kiswahili and French.
Ambassador Irene Kasyanju
Ambassador Irene Kasyanju is a Tanzanian career diplomat residing in Dar Es Salaam. She offers 35 years of experience serving in the Foreign Service and most part in the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Having graduated from the University of Dar es Salaam with an LL. B (Honours) degree (April 1987), she […]