Elsie Nwanwuri Thompson is a judge of the High Court of Rivers State, Nigeria.
[clarification needed] On 27 July 2010, she became the first Nigerian to be elected to the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights for a six-year term.
[1] Thompson earned her bachelor of laws degree (LLB) with honours from Queen Mary College University of London.
[1] She was elected as judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights on 27 July 2010 and rose to become Vice-president in September 2014.
[3][4] She is a member of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn and also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.