Nigerian Appointed Chairperson UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee

A Nigerian born university don in Canada, Professor Obiora Okafor, has been appointed Chairperson of United Nations Human Rights Council Advisory Committee.

Okafor teaches at the famous Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, Toronto, Canada, Canada's top Law Faculty and one of the leading global law schools in the world.

A news item published on the Osgoode Hall law School website reads: "Congratulations to Professor Obiora Okafor on his appointment as Chairperson of UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee (on which he has sat for the last three years.)

"Professor Okafor was also recently appointed Tier 1York Research Chair in International and Transnational Legal Studies."

In 2010, he was awarded the prestigious nationwide, 2010 prize for academic excellence by the Canadian Association of Law teachers.

Professor Okafor hails from Ukpo, Dunukofia local government area of Anambra State.

He is the first African and black person in history to receive a top Canadian nation-wide award for academic excellence for his outstanding contributions to legal research and teaching in Canada and around the world.

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