Charles Onyeama

Charles Dadi Umeha Onyeama// ⓘ (26 April 1916 – 5 September 1999) was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria,[1] the first Nigerian judge at the International Court of Justice,[2] and father of Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, and writer Dillibe Onyeama.

[4] Onyeama initially taught at the Government School in Bonny and received his secondary education at King's College, Lagos.

[8] After a series of unpopular judgements of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 1966, African countries demanded greater representation amongst its judges.

[12] In 1980, Onyeama was nominated for the National Honor, award of the Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, CFR, which he received the following year.

About 1980, Onyeama was appointed Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations to examine human rights in a designated country.