Edward Kwakwa

Edward Kwakwa, a national of Ghana, is Deputy Legal Counsel at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva. Kwakwa holds an LL.B degree from the University of Ghana, an LL.M. from Queen’s University in Canada, and an LL.M. and a J.S.D. from Yale University in the U.S.A.

Before joining WIPO, Kwakwa practiced corporate and international trade law and investment with the law firm of O’Melveny and Myers in Washington, D.C., worked as International Legal Adviser at the Commission on Global Governance in Geneva, as Senior Legal Adviser at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, and as Legal Affairs Officer at the World Trade Organization in Geneva. His publications include two books and numerous articles on international law. He is currently serving as a Member of the Governing Council of Africa Legal Aid, Member of the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law, and Member of the International Law Association’s Committee on the Accountability of International Organizations. He also serves on the Editorial Boards of several international law Journals and has been an Adjunct/Visiting Professor of Law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the Denver College of Law, the International Law Institute in Kampala, the University of Pretoria and the University of Western Cape.

	Dr. Alex Amankwah, Associate Professor and former Deputy Dean of the School of Law, James Cook University, Australia.
	Dr. Edward Kwakwa, Deputy Legal Counsel and Head, Legal and Constitutional Affairs, World Intellectual Property Organization.
	Dr. Edwini Kessie, Counselor, Council and Trade Negotiations Committee Division, World Trade Organization.
	Dr. Rita Koyame, Assistant Professor of Economics, Florida Memorial College
	Dr. Rama Mani, Author and Visiting Scholar at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
	Dr. Ikechi Mgbeoji, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia.
	Dr. Vincent Nmehielle, Bram Fischer Chair of Human Rights Law, The Mandela Institute, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand.