ICC judge at Black History event

A renowned jurist from the International Criminal Court will visit the Law Society next week to share insights gleaned from his decades-long legal career defending human rights.

Judge Eboe-Osuji will be the keynote speaker at our Black History Month celebration.

I hope you’ll consider joining me on Feb. 6 to listen to and engage with a man who has helped prosecute warlords, advised the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and taught international criminal law abroad.

Though he now resides in The Netherlands, Judge Eboe-Osuji has cultivated deep ties to Canada.

Called to the Bars of Ontario and British Columbia in 1993, he articled for Chief Mike Ahamba  and David W. Scott, QC – of Nigeria and Canada, respectively. He holds an LLM from McGill University and was an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa.

Our Black History Month celebration is co-hosted with the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers, which is renowned for fostering networking opportunities, inclusivity and equality within Ontario’s legal profession.

Through this annual event, we acknowledge significant milestones in North America’s civil rights movement, including U.S. President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation to free slaves in that country. As well, we celebrate the historic 1963 March on Washington, which hastened and inspired equality among citizens.

In celebrating such achievements, we are reminded of the inequality and struggle that precipitate them. Through our observance of the past, we are better equipped to protect and advance human rights in the future.