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'''Mohamed Chande Othman''' (born 1 January 1952) is a [[Tanzanian]] lawyer and a former [[Chief Justice of Tanzania]].
'''Mohamed Chande Othman''' (born 1 January 1952) is a [[Tanzanian]] lawyer and a former [[Chief Justice of Tanzania]].


Internationally he is highly respected for his deep understanding of political, legal and other dimensions relating to International Humanitarian Law, Refugee Law, Criminal Law and Evidence, and Peacekeeping. He held various positions as expert advisor and [[United Nations|UN]] prosecutor at criminal tribunals such as the [[United Nations Development Programme|UNDP]] [[Cambodia]], the [[East Timor|East Timor (]][[United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor|UNTAET]]), the [[International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda]] ([[International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda|ICTR]]), [[United Nations Human Rights Council|UN Human Rights Council]] for a) the [[2006 Lebanon War|Israel-Lebanon]] Armed Conflict and b) the [[South Sudan|Southern Sudan]].
==Biography==

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He was appointed by Chief Justice by President [[Jakaya Kikwete]] in December 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.judiciary.go.tz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105:new-cj&catid=23:pressreleases&Itemid=99 |title= THE JUDICIARY OF TANZANIA GETS A NEW CHIEF JUSTICE |date= |work= |publisher= judiciary.go.tz |accessdate=29 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/news/4-national-news/6648-kikwete-appoints-othman-as-new-chief-justice.html |title=Kikwete appoints Othman as new Chief Justice |date= 27 December 2010 |work= |publisher= [[Mwananchi Communications]] |accessdate=29 March 2013}}</ref>
Currently he is head of the [[United Nations|UN]] Independent Panel of Experts that examine new information on [[Dag Hammarskjöld|Dag Hammarskjölds]] death.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://archives.un.org/content/death-dag-hammarskj%C3%B6ld|title=Death of Dag Hammarskjöld {{!}} United Nations Archives|website=archives.un.org|language=en|access-date=2018-08-08}}</ref>

== Education ==

* ''LL.B (Hon), [[University of Dar es Salaam|University of Dar Es salaam]], 1974''
* ''M.A (International Relations) [[Webster University Geneva|Webster University, Geneva]], Switzerland, 1982''
* ''Certificate, [[The Hague Academy of International Law]], the Netherlands, 1983''

==Biography<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asp.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/asp_docs/ASP10/ICC-ASP-10-INF.2-Add.1-ENG.pdf|title=Report of the Search Committee for the Position of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court|last=|first=|date=|website=International Criminal Court, Assembly of States Parties {{!}} ICC-ASP/10/INF.2/Add.1|pages=7-8|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>==

=== United Nations High Level positions<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/sg/en/search/node/Mohamed%20Chande%20Othman|title=Serach 'Mohamed Chande Othman'|last=|first=|date=|website=UN.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> ===

* Head of the UN Independent Panel of Experts, charged with the assessment and examination of new information relating to the tragic death of the former UN Secretary-General [[Dag Hammarskjöld|Dag Hammarskjöld]] (since Mar. 2015)<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hammarskjoldinquiry.info|title=Dag Hammarskjold Plane Crash: Recent Developments|last=|first=|date=|website=United Nations Association: Westminster Branch UK (UNA Westminster)|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
* [[United Nations Human Rights Council|UN Human Rights Council]]’s:<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/MENARegion/Pages/LBIndex.aspx|title=Lebanon Homepage|last=|first=|date=|website=Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> Member of the High-Level Commission of Inquiry into the Situation in Lebanon following the [[2006 Lebanon War|Israel-Lebanon Armed Conflict]] (2006)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/lebanon/human-rights-council-appoints-experts-high-level-commission-inquiry-situation-lebanon|title=Human Rights Council appoints experts to High-Level Commission of Inquiry into situation in Lebanon|last=|first=|date=2006-09-01|work=reliefweb|access-date=}}</ref>
* [[United Nations Human Rights Council|UN Human Rights Council]]‘s:<ref name=":1" /> Independent Expert on the human rights situation in the Sudan (2009-2010). He visits [[Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (2005–11)|Southern]] [[Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (2005–11)|Sudan]] and the [[Abyei]] area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/highlight/2011-03-04.html|title=Highlight 4 March 2011 {{!}} United Nations Secretary-General|last=|first=|date=2011-03-04|website=www.un.org|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-08-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecoi.net/en/document/1017428.html|title=UN Expert urges Sudanese Government to investigate recent Attacks on Civilians in Northern Darfur|last=|first=|date=2010-09-14|website=European Country of Origin Information Network (ecoi.net) {{!}} Document ID: 1017428 (former ID 146810) {{!}} HR10/150E|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
* [[Prosecutor general|Prosecutor General]] of [[East Timor]] ([[United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor|UNTAET]]) (Jun-1999 – Jul-2002)
* [[Prosecutor|Chief of Prosecutions]] of the [[International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda]] ([[International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda|ICTR]]) (1998 – 2000)

=== Tanzania Justice Department positions ===

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* [[Chief Justice]] of [[Tanzania]] (Dec. 2010 – Jan. 2017 )<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.go.tz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105:new-cj&catid=23:pressreleases&Itemid=99|title=THE JUDICIARY OF TANZANIA GETS A NEW CHIEF JUSTICE|date=|work=|publisher=judiciary.go.tz|accessdate=29 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/news/4-national-news/6648-kikwete-appoints-othman-as-new-chief-justice.html|title=Kikwete appoints Othman as new Chief Justice|date=27 December 2010|work=|publisher=[[Mwananchi Communications]]|accessdate=29 March 2013}}</ref>
* High Court Judge (Dec. 2003 – Oct. 2004)
* Appeal Court Judge (Aug. 2004 – Feb. 2008)

=== Other Legal and Professional experience ===

* [https://www.aku.edu/about/trustees/Pages/Mr-Mohamed-Othman.aspx Member of the board of trustees] of the [[Aga Khan University]] (since 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aku.edu/pages/search.aspx?k=Othman|title=AKU search results for "Othman"|last=|first=|date=|website=Aga Khan University (AKU)|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
* Expert advisor for the [[Africa Group for Justice and Accountability|Africa Group for Justice and Accountability - Wayamo Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wayamo.com/archives/tag/Mohamed-Chande%C2%A0Othman/|title=Posts tagged as “Mohamed Chande Othman”|last=|first=|date=|website=Africa Group for Justice and Accountability - Wayamo Foundation|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/TheAfricaGroup/|title=Africa Group for Justice and Accountability|last=|first=|date=|website=Facebook|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
* Senior Legal and Justice Reform Advisor for [[United Nations Development Programme|UNDP]] [[Cambodia]]
* Chairman of the Presidential Commission on Inquiry on the Relocation of Pastoralists and their Livestock from Usanga Valley in Ihefu, Mbarali District, Tanzania
* Public Prosecutor for the [[Bank of Tanzania]]
* Working with the [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies|International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]]
* Co-founder of the [https://www.sideco.ch Sidéco Group Ltd., International Development and Trade Corporation in] [[Geneva]] (1983)

== Publications ==

* ''Accountability for International Humanitarian law Violations: The Case of Rwanda and East Timor'', Springer Publishers, Heidelberg, Germany, 2005<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.springer.com/de/book/9783540260813|title=Accountability for International Humanitarian Law Violations: The Case of Rwanda and East Timor|last=Othman|first=Mohamed|first2=|publisher=Springer Publishers Berlin Heidelberg|year=2005|isbn=978-3-540-26081-3|location=Berlin, Heidelberg|pages=XIV, 384}}</ref>
* ''<nowiki/>'The Framework of Prosecutions and the Court System in East Timor''' in New Approaches in International Criminal Justice, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 2003<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.mpicc.de/files/pdf1/ambos_online.pdf|title=New approaches in international criminal justice : Kosovo, East Timor, Sierra Leone and Cambodia|last=Ambos|first=Kai|last2=Othman|first2=Mohamed Chande|publisher=Ed. Iuscrim, Max Planck Institute of Foreign and International Criminal Law|year=2003|isbn=3-86113-057-2|edition=Interdisziplinäre Untersuchungen aus Strafrecht und Kriminologie|volume=Band 11|location=Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany|pages=85-112}}</ref>
* ''"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<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://academic.oup.com/ijrl/article-abstract/14/4/495/1530667?redirectedFrom=PDF|title=The ‘Protection’ of Refugee Witnesses by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda|last=|first=|date=|website=Oxford Academic, International Journal of Refugee Law|pages=495–508|orig-year=2002|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=|registration=Yes|edition=Volume 14 {{!}} Issue 4 {{!}} https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/14.4.495}}</ref>
* ''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


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Chief Justice of Tanzania]]
* [[Chief Justice of Tanzania]]
*[https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Mohamed_Chande_Othman Mohamed Chande Othman at Wikispooks]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 10:43, 9 August 2018

The Hon. Chief Justice
Mohamed Chande Othman
jiu
Chief Justice of Tanzania
In office
28 December 2010 – 18 January 2017
Appointed byJakaya Kikwete
Preceded byAugustino Ramadhani
Succeeded byIbrahim Hamis Juma
Personal details
Born (1952-01-01) 1 January 1952 (age 72)
Tanganyika Territory
Alma materUDSM
Webster University
The Hague Academy of International Law
ProfessionJudge
Prosecutor
Author

Mohamed Chande Othman (born 1 January 1952) is a Tanzanian lawyer and a former Chief Justice of Tanzania.

Internationally he is highly respected for his deep understanding of political, legal and other dimensions relating to International Humanitarian Law, Refugee Law, Criminal Law and Evidence, and Peacekeeping. He held various positions as expert advisor and UN prosecutor at criminal tribunals such as the UNDP Cambodia, the East Timor (UNTAET), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), UN Human Rights Council for a) the Israel-Lebanon Armed Conflict and b) the Southern Sudan.

Currently he is head of the UN Independent Panel of Experts that examine new information on Dag Hammarskjölds death.[1]

Education

Biography[2]

United Nations High Level positions[3]

Tanzania Justice Department positions

  • Chief Justice of Tanzania (Dec. 2010 – Jan. 2017 )[9][10]
  • High Court Judge (Dec. 2003 – Oct. 2004)
  • Appeal Court Judge (Aug. 2004 – Feb. 2008)

Other Legal and Professional experience

Publications

  • Accountability for International Humanitarian law Violations: The Case of Rwanda and East Timor, Springer Publishers, Heidelberg, Germany, 2005[14]
  • 'The Framework of Prosecutions and the Court System in East Timor' in New Approaches in International Criminal Justice, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 2003[15]
  • "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[16]
  • 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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Death of Dag Hammarskjöld | United Nations Archives". archives.un.org. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  2. ^ "Report of the Search Committee for the Position of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court" (PDF). International Criminal Court, Assembly of States Parties | ICC-ASP/10/INF.2/Add.1. pp. 7–8. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ "Serach 'Mohamed Chande Othman'". UN.org. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ "Dag Hammarskjold Plane Crash: Recent Developments". United Nations Association: Westminster Branch UK (UNA Westminster). {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ a b "Lebanon Homepage". Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. ^ "Human Rights Council appoints experts to High-Level Commission of Inquiry into situation in Lebanon". reliefweb. 2006-09-01.
  7. ^ "Highlight 4 March 2011 | United Nations Secretary-General". www.un.org. 2011-03-04. Retrieved 2018-08-08. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. ^ "UN Expert urges Sudanese Government to investigate recent Attacks on Civilians in Northern Darfur". European Country of Origin Information Network (ecoi.net) | Document ID: 1017428 (former ID 146810) | HR10/150E. 2010-09-14. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ "THE JUDICIARY OF TANZANIA GETS A NEW CHIEF JUSTICE". judiciary.go.tz. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  10. ^ "Kikwete appoints Othman as new Chief Justice". Mwananchi Communications. 27 December 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  11. ^ "AKU search results for "Othman"". Aga Khan University (AKU). {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  12. ^ "Posts tagged as "Mohamed Chande Othman"". Africa Group for Justice and Accountability - Wayamo Foundation. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  13. ^ "Africa Group for Justice and Accountability". Facebook. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  14. ^ Othman, Mohamed (2005). Accountability for International Humanitarian Law Violations: The Case of Rwanda and East Timor. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Publishers Berlin Heidelberg. pp. XIV, 384. ISBN 978-3-540-26081-3.
  15. ^ Ambos, Kai; Othman, Mohamed Chande (2003). New approaches in international criminal justice : Kosovo, East Timor, Sierra Leone and Cambodia (PDF). Vol. Band 11 (Interdisziplinäre Untersuchungen aus Strafrecht und Kriminologie ed.). Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany: Ed. Iuscrim, Max Planck Institute of Foreign and International Criminal Law. pp. 85–112. ISBN 3-86113-057-2.
  16. ^ "The 'Protection' of Refugee Witnesses by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda". Oxford Academic, International Journal of Refugee Law (Volume 14 | Issue 4 | https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/14.4.495 ed.). pp. 495–508. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help); External link in |edition= (help); Unknown parameter |registration= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
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