Amin Mekki Medani

Dr. Amin Mekki Medani is an expert in international human rights. He is a lawyer, policy analyst, organizational manager, development cooperation specialist, law professor, advocate and organizer. He has thirty-five years of relevant experience at the academic, judicial, governmental, non-governmental, regional and international levels. He has professional and managerial experience in the Office of he U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Bank, the Arab Fund for Economic Development in Africa. He is a former Sudanese Cabinet Minister, Magistrate and lecturer in Law in Sudan. He serves as Executive Board member of six non-governmental human rights organizations and professional legal association. In 1991 he received the Human Rights Watch Award for Human Rights Monitoring. He is also 1991 Recipient of the American Bar Association Human Rights Award, on behalf of the Sudan Bar Association, Expert member of International Evaluation Missions for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Cambodia), the Ford Foundation and the International Commission of Jurists. He has strong managerial and organisational skills. He is fluent in English and Arabic, with a working knowledge of French and Swahili.