Judge Eboe-Osuji began his term as Judge at the ICC on 11 March 2012. He previously served as the Legal Advisor to the then-UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Dr Navi Pillay, with cross-appointment as Principal Appeals Counsel for the Prosecution in the Charles Taylor Case at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). He had worked in various other capacities at the SCSL and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), including as Senior Prosecution Appeals Counsel at the SCSL in the AFRC Case and the CDF Case, Lead Prosecution Trial Counsel at the ICTR, the Head of Chambers at the ICTR, Senior Legal Officer in Chambers at the ICTR, and Head Legal Officer in the Appeals Chamber of the ICTR.

As the Legal Advisor to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, he led the writing of submissions filed on behalf of the High Commissioner in her interventions as amicus curiae before the European Court of Human Rights (in the El Masri Case and the Hirsi Case) and the United States Supreme Court (in the Kiobel Case). He had also taught international criminal law as adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa, Canada, and has an extensive record of legal scholarship and publications. He served as legal expert to Nigeria's delegation to the ICC-ASP Special Working Group on the Definition of the Crime of Aggression. He has also practiced law as a barrister in Canada and Nigeria.

This event is co-sponsored by the Dean's Office at Stanford Law School and the Stanford Center for African Studies.

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