CURRICULUM VITAE
CHIEF JUSTICE MOHAMED CHANDE OTHMAN
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]LL B (Hon), University of Dar Es salaam, 1974.
M. A (International Relations) Webster University, Geneva, 1982.
Certificate, The Hague Academy of international law, the Netherlands (Summer
Sessions, 1983).
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[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]English, French, Kiswahili
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[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri][/FONT][/FONT]PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]International Criminal Prosecutions, International Humanitarian Law, Human
Rights and Judicial
[/FONT][/FONT]PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]28.12.2010
[/FONT][/FONT]Chief Justice of Tanzania
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]Head of the Judiciary
07.02.2008 - 26.12.2010
[/FONT][/FONT]Justice of Appeal Court of Appeal of Tanzania
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]Justice of Appeal at Tanzania's Apex Court
16.08.2004 - 6.02.2008.
[/FONT][/FONT]Judge, High Court of Tanzania
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]Presided over criminal trials (murder, human trafficking), Constitutional petitions, and appeals (sexual and gender based crimes, armed gang robbery, corruption.
Dec. 2003 – Oct. 2004
[/FONT][/FONT]Senior Legal and Justice Sector Reform Adviser, UNDP, Cambodia
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]Principal legal adviser on legal and judicial reform in Cambodia.
1.08.2000 – 16 .10. 2001
[/FONT][/FONT]Prosecutor General, (UNTAET) Timor Leste
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]Principal prosecution authority; overall direction of prosecutions, including of serious International Humanitarian violations; secured State Cooperation in investigations on the killing of UN Peacekeepers; advised on establishment of Independent, post-Independent P.G.'s Office.
1 June 1999-31 July 2000
[/FONT][/FONT]Chief of Prosecutions International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]Directed investigations and prosecutions; lead Trial Attorneys and Legal Advisers; enhanced State cooperation in arrest and surrender of accused.
20 Oct.98 –31 May 99
[/FONT][/FONT]Acting Chief of Prosecutions International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]Directed investigations and prosecutions; prosecuting counsel in R. v.
[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]G. Ruggiu P.v. Omar Serushago; P. v. B. Ntuyahaga. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]11.07. 1996 –20.10.1998
[/FONT][/FONT]Senior Legal Adviser to the Prosecutor International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]Head of Prosecutor's legal Advisory team, advised on Prosecution strategy, supervised Indictment drafting; drafted legal briefs on International Humanitarian law, Human Rights Law, and Comparative Criminal law and procedure.
- 1994
[/FONT][/FONT]Head of Delegation International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent (IFRC), Hanoi, Vietnam
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]6.1.92 – 15 .03.93
[/FONT][/FONT]Head of Delegation International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent, (IFRC), Conakry, Guinea
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]1989 –90
[/FONT][/FONT]Deputy Chief of Mission, the Coordinator for Afghanistan (UNOCA), Teheran, Iran
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]1977-1989
[/FONT][/FONT]Desk/Regional Officer, International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent, (IFRC), Geneva.
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]Dissemination of International Humanitarian Law.
4.1975- 1977
[/FONT][/FONT]Public Prosecutor, Bank of Tanzania
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]3.1974 – 3.1975
[/FONT][/FONT]Assistant State Attorney Attorney General's Office, Tanzania
HIGH LEVEL HUMAN RIGHTS ASSIGNMENTS
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]U.N. Human Rights Council
[/FONT][/FONT]Independent Expert on the Human Rights situation in the Sudan
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri], UNHRC Res. 11/10 & 15/27, Sept 2009 – To date. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri][/FONT][/FONT]Commissioner, High-Level Commission of Inquiry on Lebanon
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri], UN Human Rights Council resolution S-2/1, 2006. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]ICTR/ICTY
[/FONT][/FONT]Member
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri], [/FONT][/FONT]Advisory Committee on the Archives of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri], 2008-2009. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]Govt of Tanzania
[/FONT][/FONT]Chairman, Presidential Commission on Inquiry on the Relocation of Pastoralists
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri], Ihefu, 2007, [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]Appointed by H.E. President of the United Republic of Tanzania.
[/FONT][/FONT]SELECTED LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]Accountability for International Humanitarian law Violations: The Case of Rwanda and East Timor, Springer Publishers, Heidelberg, Germany, 2005.
New Approaches in International Criminal Justice: Kosovo, East Timor, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, (Eds. Ambos, K, and Othman, M), Max Planck Institute of Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany, 2003.PUBLICATIONS
[/FONT][/FONT]Published numerous scholarly articles on International Law, International Humanitarian Law, Refugee Law and Justice, e.g.
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]"Defense Practices and the Khmer Rouge Tribunal", in Bohlander, M, Boed, R, Wilsn, R.J, (Eds.) Defense in International Criminal Proceedings, Transitional Publishers Inc., N.Y, 2006.
The Protection of Refugee Witnesses by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 14, No.4, May 2003.
The Gulf Wars and Termination of Captivity for Prisoners of War, Revue de Droit International des Sciences Diplomatiques et Politiques (The International Law Review) Jan-Mars 1993, 11-36, Geneva, 1993.
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