Professor MPAZI SINJELA
Education:
- JSD (Doctor of the Juridical Science of Law Degree), Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- LLM (Master of Law Degree), Yale School of Law, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- LLB (Bachelor of Law Degree), University of Zambia School of Law, Lusaka, Zambia
Currently:
- Director, WIPO Worldwide Academy: a center of excellence of the World Intellectual Property Organization dedicated to the teaching, training and research in intellectual property law
- Professor (visiting) of Intellectual Property law, Law Faculty, University of Lund, Sweden
- Visiting Professor, International Law and Human Rights, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Sweden
- Co-Director, Master Course on Intellectual Property jointly offered by the University of Turin and the WIPO Worldwide Academy, Turin, Italy
Formerly:
- Senior Legal Officer, Codification Division, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations Secretariat, UN Headquarters, New York, USA:
- Codification and progressive development of legal rules - the Law of the Sea, the law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses, International Criminal Law, the establishment of the International Criminal Court; etc :
- Special assignments legal advisor, peace keeping missions, special envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations on conflict resolution, etc.
- Member of Faculty of Law, University of Zambia
Publications
Author: The Third UNCLOS and the Landlocked States
Published numerous articles on a variety of topics in Intellectual Property, International Law and Human Rights in various leading law journals
Founding Member and A/Editor, African Foundation of International Law and the African Yearbook of International Law
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