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Obiora Chinedu Okafor is a Canadian lawyer, who became the York Research Chair at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University,[1] and the Gani Fawehinmi Distinguished Chair of Human Rights Law at Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.[2][3] He became the United Nations Independent Expert on Human Rights and International Solidarity in June 2017,[1] a position he held for five years.
Okafor had an advisory committee for his role as UN Independent Expert. In 2022 it was chaired by the Norwegian Professor Cecilia M. Bailliet[4] who succeeded him as United Nations Independent Expert.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "UN expert calls for declaration on the right to international solidarity". OHCHR. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Obiora Chinedu Okafor". yorku.ca. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ "Okafor, Obiora Chinedu". worldcat.org. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ "Cecilia Bailliet chairs UN Advisory Group". OHCHR. Retrieved 13 June 2024.