Judge Fatsah OUGUERGOUZ Algerian Born on 27 December 1958 Working languages: English and French Email:
[email protected] EDUCATION March 1991: Ph. D. in International Law (with honours), The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva (Switzerland). June 1980: Licence en droit (mention assez-bien), Faculty of Law, University of Saint-Etienne (France). JUDICIAL, ARBITRAL, MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION EXPERIENCE Since November 2016: President, International Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, appointed pursuant to Resolution 33/24 of the United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva). January2006/ September 2016 : Judge, African Court of Human and Peoples'Rights (Arusha, Tanzania) (re- elected on 23 July 2010 for a mandate of 6 years, at the XVth African Union Summit, Kampala, Uganda). Drafted many judgments and orders in my capacity as judge rapporteur; drafted 23 separate or dissenting opinions (see below, pages 6 and 7). 2012/2013: Vice-President of the African Court of Human and Peoples'Rights. Since August 2016: Sole Arbitrator, Permanent Court of Arbitration, Dispute between an individual claimant and an intergovernmental organization (pending). Since January 2016: Co-Arbitrator, Permanent Court of Arbitration, Dispute between an investment company and a State (pending). 2010/2011 : Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Burundi, appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva). Monitoring of the human rights situation in Burundi, encouraging dialogue between the Government of Burundi and political partners and civil society, assisting the Government in capacity building in the context of a peace building process (reform of the justice and penitentiary system, establishment of the transitional justice mechanisms provided for by the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement for Burundi, signed in Arusha on 28 August 2000).