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Nigerian lawyer wins CEU alumni award

Dr. Uchenna  Emelonye has been decorated with the Outstanding Career Achievement award of the Central European University (CEU) in Hungary. CEU is a post-graduate institution in Budapest, Hungary, funded by billionaire and philanthropist George Soros and dedicated to promoting open societies worldwide. As part of the celebration of its 25th anniversary, CEU held the Alumni […]

Nigerian lawyer wins CEU alumni award
Nigerian lawyer wins CEU alumni award

Dr. Uchenna  Emelonye has been decorated with the Outstanding Career Achievement award of the Central European University (CEU) in Hungary.
CEU is a post-graduate institution in Budapest, Hungary, funded by billionaire and philanthropist George Soros and dedicated to promoting open societies worldwide.
As part of the celebration of its 25th anniversary, CEU held the Alumni Impact Award on May 7, 2016 to showcase and salute those alumni whose actions have helped to bolster its overall mission and enhance its international reputation. The award was vested on 25 recipients selected from among more than 13,000 fellow alumni all involved in impressive activities around the world.
Dr. Emelonye graduated from the CEU Legal Studies Department in 2004 with an LL.M in Human Rights Law. He is presently the Country Representative of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Uganda.
Prior to this position, he was the Senior Human Rights Adviser to the United Nations Africa Headquarters in Kenya; Head, Governance, Institutional and Justice Reform Division of the international Development Law Organisation in Rome Italy; and Judicial Affairs Officer of the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur Sudan.
 He holds a doctorate degree in Law (LL.D) from the University of Helsinki, Finland; Master’s degree in Human Rights Law (LL.M) from Central European University Budapest, Hungary; another Master’s degree in Law (LL.M) from Abia State University Nigeria and a Bachelor’s degree in Law (LL.B) from Abia State University Nigeria. He was admitted a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1995.

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