Obiora Chinedu Okafor

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Obiora Chinedu Okafor, 2018

Obiora Chinedu Okafor is a Canadian lawyer, who became the York Research Chair at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University,[1] and the Gani Fawehinmi Distinguished Chair of Human Rights Law at Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.[2][3] He became the United Nations Independent Expert on Human Rights and International Solidarity in June 2017,[1] a position he held for five years. Okafor had an advisory committee for his role as UN Independent Expert. In 2022 it was chaired by the Norwegian Professor Cecilia M. Bailliet[4] who succeeded him as United Nations Independent Expert.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "UN expert calls for declaration on the right to international solidarity". OHCHR. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. "Obiora Chinedu Okafor". yorku.ca. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  3. "Okafor, Obiora Chinedu". worldcat.org. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  4. "Cecilia Bailliet chairs UN Advisory Group". OHCHR. Retrieved 13 June 2024.