2nd March 2015
Banjul–The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (the IHRDA) welcomes three newly appointed staff: two Legal Officers (Eric Bizimana and Oludayo Fagbemi) and a Communications and Publications Officer (Djeugoue Brice Martial).
Eric Bizimana is the French Legal Officer from Burundi and holds an LLB in law (Diplôme de Licence en Droit) from the University of Burundi and an LLM degree in Human Rights and Democratization in Africa from the University of Pretoria. Former teacher of law, advocate within the Burundi Bar Association and collaborator with Avocats Sans Frontières, Eric brings with him an experience in litigation, legal research and drafting legal documents. Prior to joining the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa in February 2015, he was serving as a legal assistant at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
Oludayo holds an LLB in Law from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria and a Masters in Public International Law from the University College London. He is a member of the Nigerian Bar. Oludayo has had stints working with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (INTERIGHTS). He has also worked in private law practice in Nigeria at the Law offices of Adesanya and Akisanya, and R. A. Ogunwole SAN and Co. Prior to joining the IHRDA in February 2015, he was with the Rivers State Ministry of Justice in Nigeria.
Djeugoue has a BSc in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of Buea in Cameroon. For the past 9 years, he worked as Communications and Programme Officer at Centre for Assistance to Justice and Animation for Development (CAJAD), an organization based in Cameroon. He has a wealth of experience in matters of communication and publication within the context of human rights and development.
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The IHRDA is a pan–African non-governmental organization working to promote awareness of human rights in Africa and improve the effectiveness of the African human rights system. The IHRDA’s key goal is an African continent where all have access to justice via national, African and international human rights mechanisms. The IHRDA’s work encompasses defending, through human rights litigation and implementation of decisions; educating, including capacity building for legal professionals and civil society actors; and informing, through publicizing and analyzing case law decisions at the national and regional level.
