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 […]

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.