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I'M Sètondji ROLAND ADJOVI

legal scholar and the founder of Etudes Vihode

My name is Sètondji Roland ADJOVI. I am a jurist specialized in public international law, law of international organizations, international human rights, international criminal law, labour law in international organizations and sports law. I am from Benin, in West Africa, but the world is my office.
Nationality
Béninoise
Address
P.O. Box 653, Willow Grove, PA 19090-0653 (USA)
Phone
+12672523668
Email
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Web Site
http://www.rolandadjovi.net/
Experiences

2014 (May) - 2020 (April)

African Member of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention appointed by the Human Rights Council on 8 May 2014 for a 3-year mandate which was extended until May 2020.
From May 2016 to April 2017, I have assumed the Presidency of the Working Group. The overall mandate of the Working Group is to investigate cases of arbitrary detention, to take appropriate action to help end the violation and to promote worldwide enforcement of the prohibition of arbitrary detention. See the website of the Working Group (http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Detention/Pages/WGADIndex.aspx).

2009 - Now

Legal practice through my firm (Etudes Vihode)
Human Rights Law especially in Africa with cases before the African Commission/Court for human and peoples’ rights (Court: http://www.african-court.org) (Commission: http://www.achpr.org). International Criminal Law. International Organizations Labour Law especially the United Nations through its internal disputes mechanism (http://www.un.org/en/oaj/). Sports Law with cases before the Court of Arbitration for Sports (http://www.tas-cas.org/).

2018 (May and December)

Consultant for the Office of Legal Counsel of the United Nations Secretariat in connection to certain aspects of air operations within the U.N. peacekeeping missions in Africa.

2017-2019

Consultant for Avocats sans Frontières (Canada) to teach five modules of public international law, international criminal law and human rights at the Law School of the University of Bamako (Mali).
EDUCATION

September 2001

Certificate, Institute of International Law and International Relations, Thessaloniki (Greece), Session 2001 on new international criminal law

November 2000

University diploma "Higher Studies: Fundamental rights", 3rd cycle [Postgraduate Diploma in Human Rights], with honors, University of Nantes (France)

August 1997

Certificate of Attendance, International Law Academy of The Hauge (The Netherlands)

July 1997

Postgraduate Diploma in African Studies, Political Science concentration, with honors, University Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne (France)
REsearch & PUBLICATIONS

2013-Now

I have joined the Editorial Advisory Committee of the International Legal Materials (http://www.asil.org/resources/international-legal-materials), published by the American Society of International Law.

2012-Now

2012-Now I am a member of the Editorial Committee of the online journal Droits fondamentaux of Université Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) (http://www.droits-fondamentaux.org/).

2001-Now

Editorial Assistant for the African Yearbook of International Law, collecting, reviewing, editing and formatting contributions to each volume. From the setting of the African Foundation for International Law (http://www.afil-fadi.org/) in 2003, I have been assisting the Executive Committee in managing various research programmes especially from 2005 to 2009, organizing workshops on African perspectives of the developing international criminal justice. In November 2010, I was appointed acting Executive Director of the Foundation and served in that position until October 2012.
Teaching

African Great Lakes: Crisis and Solutions through the United Nations

African Human Rights System

Comparative Politics

Constitutional Law

Great Cases of International Law

International Human Rights Law

International Human Rights Practice

Introduction to International Law

Model United Nations

Politics in the Developing World

Constitutional Law
NEW

Julian Assange: UN panel member defends ruling - BBC Newsnight

Professor Roland Adjovi on UN panel's decision on Assange

Roland Adjovi (UN WGAD) at Alkarama Award 2015

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    P.O. Box 653, Willow Grove, PA 19090-0653 (USA)
  • Numéro de téléphone
    +12672523668
  • Email
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My name is Sètondji Roland ADJOVI. I am a jurist specialized in public international law, law of international organizations, international human rights, international criminal law, labour law in international organizations and sports law. I am from Benin, in West Africa, but the world is my office.

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  • Adresse
    P.O. Box 653, Willow Grove, PA 19090-0653 (USA)
  • Numéro de téléphone
    +12672523668
  • Email
    This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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