Fatsah Ouguergouz

He holds a PhD in international law from the Graduate Institute of International Studies (Geneva, Switzerland).

[1] He has served as a judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (located in Arusha, Tanzania) since 2006 and as Vice-President of this court since September 2012.

Elected initially in 2006 by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, he was re-elected in 2010 for a six-year mandate.

[citation needed] He was Secretary of the International Court of Justice[2] and held the position of Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi, appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council (2010-2011).

He has held several positions within or outside the United Nations system, such as:

Judge and Vice-President of the African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights (Arusha, Tanzania)