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Vincent O. Orlu Nmehielle

(LLB Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria; BL Nigeria; LLM University of Notre Dame, Indiana; SJD The George Washington University, Washington D.C.)

Professor Nmehielle is currently Associate Professor of Law; Bram Fischer Chair in Human Rights Law, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa. Professor Nmehielle was formerly a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law of River State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, was an International Rule of Law Fellow at the International Rule of Law Center of the George Washington University Law School and worked variously in the United States as Research Associate, International Law Associate and Legal Editor. He served as an expert in a number of cases in the United States on aspects of Nigerian law and international law relating to Africa in general. He specializes in international and comparative law; particularly; international human rights law, international organizations, dispute resolution, and international environmental law. He has written in the areas of human rights, the rule of law, and dispute resolution. His recent book, The African Human Rights System: Its Laws, Practice and Institutions, was published by Kluwer Law International in December 2001.


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.