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|birth_place = Tanganyika Territory|death_date = |death_place = |birth_name = |nationality = |spouse = |relations = |children = |residence = University of Dar es Salaam>UDSM Webster University Geneva The Hague Academy of International Law|occupation = |profession = Judge prosecutor author|religion = |signature = |website = |footnotes = }}Mohamed Chande Othman (born 1 January 1952) is a Tanzanian lawyer and a former Chief Justice of Tanzania.Internationally he is highly respected for his deep understanding of political, legal and other dimensions relating to International Humanitarian Law, Refugee Law, Criminal Law and Evidence, and Peacekeeping. He held various positions as expert advisor and UN prosecutor at criminal tribunals such as the UNDP Cambodia, the East Timor (UNTAET), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), UN Human Rights Council for a) the Israel-Lebanon Armed Conflict and b) the Southern Sudan.Currently he is head of the UN Independent Panel of Experts that examine new information on Dag Hammarskjölds death.WEB,weblink Death of Dag Hammarskjöld {{!, United Nations Archives|website=archives.un.org|language=en|access-date=2018-08-08}}

Education

• LL.B (Hon), University of Dar es Salaam, 1974
• M.A (International Relations) Webster University, Geneva, Switzerland, 1982
• Certificate, The Hague Academy of International Law, the Netherlands, 1983

Biography

United Nations High Level positions

• Head of the UN Independent Panel of Experts, charged with the assessment and examination of new information relating to the tragic death of the former UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld (since Mar. 2015)WEB,weblink Dag Hammarskjold Plane Crash: Recent Developments, United Nations Association: Westminster Branch UK (UNA Westminster),
• UN Human Rights Council's:WEB,weblink Lebanon Homepage, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Member of the High-Level Commission of Inquiry into the Situation in Lebanon following the Israel-Lebanon Armed Conflict (2006)NEWS,weblink Human Rights Council appoints experts to High-Level Commission of Inquiry into situation in Lebanon, 1 September 2006, reliefweb,
• UN Human Rights Council's: Independent Expert on the human rights situation in the Sudan (2009–2010). He visits Southern Sudan and the Abyei area.WEB,weblink Highlight 4 March 2011 {{!, United Nations Secretary-General|date=4 March 2011|website=www.un.org|language=en|access-date=2018-08-08}}WEB,weblink UN Expert urges Sudanese Government to investigate recent Attacks on Civilians in Northern Darfur, 14 September 2010, European Country of Origin Information Network (ecoi.net) {{!, Document ID: 1017428 (former ID 146810) {{!}} HR10/150E}}
• Prosecutor general of East Timor (UNTAET) (Jun-1999 – Jul-2002)
• Chief of Prosecutions of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) (1998–2000)NEWS,weblink The challenges of prosecuting and defending war criminals, 22 June 2009, The Irish Times, 2018-08-09,

Tanzania Justice Department positions

• Chief Justice of Tanzania (Dec. 2010 – Jan. 2017 )WEB,weblink The Judiciary of Tanzania Gets a New Chief Justice, judiciary.go.tz, 29 March 2013, WEB,weblink Kikwete appoints Othman as new Chief Justice, 27 December 2010, Mwananchi Communications, 29 March 2013,
• High Court Judge (Dec. 2003 – Oct. 2004)
• Appeal Court Judge (Aug. 2004 – Feb. 2008)

Other Legal and Professional experience

• Member of the board of trustees of the Aga Khan University (since 2017)WEB,weblink AKU search results for "Othman", Aga Khan University (AKU),
• Expert advisor for the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability – Wayamo Foundation.WEB,weblink Posts tagged as "Mohamed Chande Othman", Africa Group for Justice and Accountability – Wayamo Foundation, WEB,weblink Africa Group for Justice and Accountability, Facebook,
• Senior Legal and Justice Reform Advisor for UNDP Cambodia
• Chairman of the Presidential Commission on Inquiry on the Relocation of Pastoralists and their Livestock from Usanga Valley in Ihefu, Mbarali District, Tanzania
• Public Prosecutor for the Bank of Tanzania
• Working with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• Co-founder of the Sidéco Group Ltd., International Development and Trade Corporation in Geneva (1983)

Publications

• Accountability for International Humanitarian law Violations: The Case of Rwanda and East Timor, Springer Publishers, Heidelberg, Germany, 2005BOOK,weblink Accountability for International Humanitarian Law Violations: The Case of Rwanda and East Timor, Othman, Mohamed, Springer Publishers Berlin Heidelberg, 2005, 978-3-540-26081-3, Berlin, Heidelberg, XIV, 384,
• The Framework of Prosecutions and the Court System in East Timor in New Approaches in International Criminal Justice, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 2003BOOK,weblink New approaches in international criminal justice : Kosovo, East Timor, Sierra Leone and Cambodia, Ambos, Kai, Othman, Mohamed Chande, Ed. Iuscrim, Max Planck Institute of Foreign and International Criminal Law, 2003, 3-86113-057-2, Interdisziplinäre Untersuchungen aus Strafrecht und Kriminologie, Band 11, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 85–112,
• "Defense Practices and the Khmer Rouge Tribunal", in Bohlander, M, Boed, R, Wilsn, R.J, (Eds.) Defense in International Criminal Proceedings, Transitional Publishers Inc., N.Y, 2006
• The Protection of Refugee Witnesses by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 14, No. 4, May 2003JOURNAL, Othman, Mohamed,weblink The 'Protection' of Refugee Witnesses by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Oxford Academic, International Journal of Refugee Law, 495–508, 2002, registration, 14, 4, 10.1093/ijrl/14.4.495,
• The Gulf Wars and Termination of Captivity for Prisoners of War, Revue de Droit International des Sciences Diplomatiques et Politiques (The International Law Review) Jan-Mars 1993, 11–36, Geneva, 1993

See also

• Chief Justice of Tanzania

References

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