Join the McGeorge Global Center for Business and Development for A Conversation with Dr. Ugirashebuja, Rwandan Minister of Justice and former President of the East African Court of Justice, in the Grand Salon, Law Library.

Come learn about and discuss two important legal developments in Africa:  

• Justice and reconciliation in Rwanda in the years after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
• The role of the regional East African Court of Justice

Dr. UGIRASHEBUJA Emmanuel is the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Republic of Rwanda. He is a former President of the East African Court of Justice. He is a Dean Emeritus of the National University of Rwanda, Faculty of Law and has given lecturers on diverse subjects of law to various wellrenowned Universities worldwide. He was educated and has practiced in the major legal systems, namely, common law and civil law systems.

In addition, he has been bestowed confidence by his peers by being elected to different judicial and legal bodies, notably; the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment, supported by the UNEP and IUCN; He is also a member of the Governing Board of the International Association of Law Schools.

He was Awarded a Lifetime Appointment as a Distinguished Fellow & Eminent Jurist at Jindal Global Law School, OP, Jindal Global University India as “exemplar jurist and contribution of law and Justice which have transcended geographical boundaries and jurisdictional limitation”; the 2019 Bright International- Jurist- in Residence University of Hawai’i School of Law.

Dr. UGIRASHEBUJA  holds a PhD and LLM awarded by the University of Edinburgh and a Bachelor’s Degree awarded by the National University of Rwanda (Currently, University of Rwanda).

With questions about the event, please contact graduatelaw@pacific.edu.