Olisa Charles Nicholas AGBAKOBA,

Biographical record

Title

Barr.

Surname

AGBAKOBA,

First Name

Olisa

Other Names

Charles Nicholas

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

OSSDATA Style

Date of Birth

May 29, 1953

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Anambra State

Place of Birth

Jos, Plateau State

Father's Name

Chief Justice Godfrey Ubaka

Father's Status

Deceased

Mother's Name

Mrs Phina Agbakoba

Mother's Status

Deceased

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Lilian Halim,

Number of Children ( Female)

3

Profession

Legal practitioner
Social Activist
Administrator

Working Experience

research fellow, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs' (NIIA)
Olisa Agbakoba and Associates,
President, AfroNet,
Principal partner, Human Rights Law Services (HURILAWS)
founder/first president Nigerian Shipping Chamber of Commerce (NCS)
Former president, NBA
founder, Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO).
founder, United Action for Democracy

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

SCHOOLS ATTENDED: Government Primary School, Jos 1959 -1960, Hillcrest School, Jos; 1961, Government Primary School Jos, 1962 1963; Zixton Public School Ozubulu in 1964,.Christ the King College, Onitsha 1966 -1967. College of Immaculate Conception,Enugu 1970 -1972, Government College in Ughelli 1973.University of Nigeria, LLB. Hons. (1977), Nigerian Law School, B.L. (1978); London School of Economics and Political Science, LLM (1980).

Educational Qualification

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

LLB., B.L., LLM

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:

Commonwealth Lawyers Association, Board of Director, International Human Rights Internship Programme, USA, World Trade Centre, Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce, Nigerian- Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, Nigerian-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce, Nigerian-Asian Chamber of Commerce, Franco-Nigerian Chamber of Commerce, Nigerian-British Association, Nigerian-South African Chamber of Commerce; Nigerian-Danish Chamber of Commerce, mm: Nigerian Bar Association; Nigeria Maritime Association; International Bar Association; Human Rights Institute f: Asociation of British Council; Institute of Shipping and Freight Management; Institute of Administrative Management; ah: Dean's List in Jurisprudence, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1977

Present Appointment

Senior Partner, Olisa Agbakoba Legal

Previous Appointments

presd. Civil Liberties Organisation; Board of Trustees, International Centre for the Protection of Cultural Diversity and Human Rights in Africa, Nigerian Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace, Catholic Secretariat, Lagos, Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos Chapter, Committee on Human Rights, Nigerian Environmental Law Society, Executive Board, Enabling Environment Forum of Nigeria, Governing Council Nigerian-Netherlands Chamber of Commerce; dir. Social and Economic Rights Action Centre, USA, Child Welfare League, Nigeria; Advisory Board, The African Institute of Human and Peoples' Right; co-director, British Council Conference on Managing Human Rights, Abuja, Nigeria, 1994; presd. Nigerian Chamber of Shipping,presd., NIgerian Bar Association, Maritime and Development Lawyer

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Awards and Honours

AWARDS AND HONOURS:

Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), 2001.
the receipt of the 15 Great Legal Practitioners of Distinction in Nigeria (1993
Vanguard's 40 Outstanding Young Nigerians Award (1993)

International/Foreign Decorations

INTERNATIONAL/FOREIGN DECORATIONS:

Roger Baldwin Medal for Civil Liberties, 1990; Human Rights Prize, German Association of Judges, 1993; Aachen Peace Prize, 1996; International Man of the Year, 1992; f: International Biographical Association, 1992; The International Human Rights Award of the American Bar Association, American Bar Association Rule of Law Award, 1996; Man of the Year, American Biographical Institute, Inc., 1998; Legal Practitioner of the Year, 11th Annual ThisDay Awards, 2006.

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

CREATIVE WORK: PUBLICATIONS

The Legal Basis of the Organization of African Unity Force in the Chad, Nigeria Institute of International Affairs, 1981; Nigeria's State Security (Detention of Persons) Decree No. 2 of 1984: co-author, Exposing The Myth of Judicial Impotence, Journal of Human Rights Law and Practice, Vol. 1, No. 1 May 1991; Some methods of Human Rights Monitoring, Commonwealth Africa, Harare, 1991; Some operational strategies of a Human Rights Non-Governmental Organisation at the National level; Role of Non-Governmental Organisations in the Development and Protection of Human Rights; The Role of Lawyers in the Observance of Human Rights; The Problems of Broadcast, Consent and Transmission under The New Regime of Private Broadcasting

Hobbies

HOBBIES:

traveling, movies, sports, heated arguments

Social Clubs

SOCIAL CLUBS:

Ikoyi Club; 77ie Club (Sheraton); Apapa Club; Polo Club

Phone Number

01- 5876876, 5876706, 2694728.

Residential Address

39B, Rumens Road, Ikoyi, Lagos,

Official Address

Olisa Agbakoba and Associates, 34, Creek Road, Apapa, Lagos

Source

wikipedia

Source

wikipedia