Born
Prof.
CHUKWURAH,
Anthony
Oye
B.CL, LL.B, Ph.D, lawyer, administrator, university teacher, born April 30, 1934, Abatete, Idemili, Anambra State; married Louisa Akuefuohia Nwachukwu 1970, one son; Education: Africa School, Onitsha, 1942-48, African College, Onitsha, 1949-52, Christ the King College, Onitsha, 1953,Ni gerian College of Arts, Science and Tech nology;Enugu, 1955-57, University College, Dublin, 1957-61, King's Inn, Dublin, 1958- 61, University of Manchester, England, 1961-64; Career: Called to the Bar in 1962; Lecturer in Law, University of Lagos, 1964- 65; Lecturer in Law, University ofNigeria, Nsukka, 1965-74; Senior Lecturer/Reader in Law, 1974-81; Head, Department of Inter national Law and Jurispmdence, Faculty of Law, University ofNigeria, Nsukka, 1977- 81; appointed Professor of Law, Imo State University (now Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria), 1981-date; Third Ime Umana Professor ofLaw, University ofCross River State (now Federal University ofUyo, Akwa Ibom State Nigeria, 1990-92); ap pointed co-counsel for Nigeria in Land and Maritime Frontier (Nigeria/Cameroon) case at the International Court of Justice, The Hague, i.e. The Bakassi Peninsula case now pending at the World Court, 1994; external assessor/examiner for Doctoral Law Thesis, Ahmadu Bello University,Zaria, 1998; mem ber, Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, Holland, 1963; Radio and Tele vision Commentator on Current Affairs, 1966-81; Co-ordinator, Philip Jessup Moot Court (International Law) competition for Faculty of Law, University ofNigeria, Enugu Campus, 1973-74, 1976-81, member, Law Reform (Codification) Committee,Ministry of Justice, East Central State, 1973-74; Staff Adviser to the Nigerian Team at Semi-Finals and Finals, Philip Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, Washington D.C, 1974; United Nations (OPAS) International Boundary Law Adviser to the Kingdom of Lesotho, Southern Africa, 1974-76; Consult ant on International Law and International Boundary Matters to the Kingdom of Lesotho, 1976-81; Lecturer and Resource Participant Seminars organised by The Ni gerian Institute of International Affairs, La gos, since 1976; member, Research and Pub lications Committee, NIIA, since 1985; member of Senate, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1977-81;member, Boundary Panel, Idemili Local Government, Anambra State, 1978-84, Chairman, PanelofInquiry into the Problems ofthe Star Printing and Publish ing Company Limited, Enugu, 1979; Guest Lecturer and Resource Participant at Semi nars organised by The Nigerian Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, 1982; member, Nigerian National Committee on the Teaching of Human Rights, Peace and Un derstanding in Nigerian Schools, 1980-82; External Examiner (Law), Universityof Jos, 1980-81; First Dean, College ofBusiness Ad ministration and Legal Studies, Imo State University, Aba Campus, 1981-86; member ofSenate, since 1981; Senate Representative on the Governing Council, ISU, 1981-83, 1985-86; member, National Committee Against Apartheid (NACAP), 1982-86; Extemal Examiner, Faculty ofLaw, University of Lagos, 1984-87; participants on Special Invitation at the Seminar on Legal Services in Rural Areas organised by the African Bar Association, the all Africa Conference of Churches and the International Commission ofJurists, Geneva, at the Limum Conference Centre, near Nairobi, Kenya, 1984; Chair man, Advisory Council, Federal School of Arts and Science, Aba, since 1983; mem ber, Border Study Group, Co-ordinated by National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS Board Study), Kuru, since 1985; member, Network ofConcerned Third WorldLawyers, Penang, Malaya,since 1985; Participanton Special Invitation, Conference of the International Commission of Jurists, Geneva and leading African Jurists on the Implementationof Human Rights in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, 1983; member, Academic Advisory Board, Catholic Institute of West Africa (CIWA), Port Harcourt, 1987; mem ber, Nigerian Bar Association; member, Ni gerian Institute of International Affairs; mem ber, Association of Nigerian LawTeachers, since 70s; member, Nigerian Society of In ternational Law,since 1970; DirectorofPub lications, NSIL, 1985; member, American Bar Association and International Law Sec tion, 1972-84; member, AmericanSociety of International Law, 1972-84; member, Inter national Law Association Committee on Land Locked States, 1977-82; President, Ni gerian branch, International Law Associa tion, London,since 1980;memberILA Com mittee on New International Economic Or der, since 1982: member, National Geo graphic, USA; member, Enugu Sports Club, 1981; member, AbaRotaryClub,andeditor ofthe Club Bulletin, The ROTABA, 1982- 85;fellow, Royal Geographical Society, Lon don, since 1975: leader, Nigerian Delegation to the Second Soviet-Nigerian Dialogue on Foreign Policy Matters, Moscow, 1981; leader, Nigerian Delegation to the Second Brussels International Conference on Namibia, 1986; member, Parish Council, St. PauPs Catholic Church, Gwagwalada, Abuja, 1999; vice president, Catholic Men Organisation, (CMO), St. Paul's Catholic Church, Gwagwalada, Abuja, Nigeria; mem ber, Nigerian Bar Association, Abuja Branch, 1998-date; member, Rotary Club of Gwagwalada, Abuja, 1998-date; Publica tions: The Settlement ofBoundary Dispute In International Law, Manchester University Press, 1967; contributed chapters in: TheLaw ofthe CommonMarket,Manchester Univer sity Press, 1974; Introduction To Nigerian Law, London, Sweet and Maxwell, 1978; Readings and Documents on ECOWAS, NIIA, Lagos, 1977; Nigeria'sAfrican Policy in The80s, Kuru, NIPSS, 1981; and over 40 scholarlyarticles in national and international journals; Hobbies; photography, current af fairs, documentation of Newspaper Clip pings, gardening; Official Address: Law Resources and Allied Matters Services, Law Office, No. 10, Comer Shop, Phase 1, Shop ping Complex, University Road, PO Box 225, Gwagwalada, Abuja; Telephone: 09- 882-2041; Home: House No. 10, Phase 1, "R" Close FHE, Gwagwalada, Abuja; Tele phone: 09-882-1254.
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