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Judge Maurice K. Kamga

Member of the Tribunal since 1 October 2020

Born: Bandjoun, Cameroon, 12 May 1967.

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Public Law (with honours), University of Yaoundé, Cameroon (1989);  Master’s Degree in Public Law (with honours), University of Yaoundé, Cameroon (1990); Master’s Degree in International Relations (with honours), International Relations Institute of Cameroon (1991); LLM in Public Law (with honours), University of Yaoundé, Cameroon (1991); PhD in International Relations (specialisation in Diplomacy) (cum laude, with special commendation from the PhD committee and permission to publish), International Relations Institute of Cameroon (1994); Certificate of Participation, The Hague Academy of International Law (1996, 2003, 2005); Diplôme d’études supérieures in International Relations (specialisation in International Law), Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland (1997); PhD in International Law (specialisation in International Law of the Sea) (summa cum laude, with special commendation from the PhD committee and permission to publish), Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland (2003); Habilitation à diriger des recherches in Public Law, University Paris Nanterre, France (2017).

Professional Experience: Assistant Lecturer in Public International Law and in Constitutional Law, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon (1993-1995); Ministry of External Relations, Yaoundé, Cameroon: integration as Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1994), Counsellor (2006), Diplomatic Officer, Directorate for African Affairs (1994-1997), Legal Advisor (2003-2008), Minister Plenipotentiary (since 2010); Intern (as 9th UN Hamilton S. Amerasinghe Memorial Fellow on Law of the Sea), Division of Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Counsel, United Nations, New York, USA (1996); Associate Legal/Linguist Officer, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, The Hague, The Netherlands (1997-2001); Legal/Publication Officer, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Hamburg, Germany (2001-2002); Member of numerous Cameroonian delegations for bilateral or multilateral negotiations; Consultant at the Legal Office of the FAO, Rome, Italy (missions in various countries in order to draft national laws on Fisheries and Aquaculture, 2001-2007); Adjunct Professor, International Relations Institute of Cameroon (2006-present); Legal Secretary, International Court of Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands (2008-2020); Adjunct Professor, Catholic University of Lille, France (2011-present); Promotor and Executive President of HITAS (Hanseatic Institute of Technology and Applied Sciences), a private institution of higher education based in Douala, Cameroon (since 2021); Visiting Lecturer/Professor at various universities and institutions, including: Brussels School of International Studies, Belgium (2005), University of Douala, Cameroon (2012), World Maritime University, Malmoe, Sweden (2013), International Maritime Law Institute, Malta (2013, 2015 and 2022), United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, Maastricht, The Netherlands (2014-2019), Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaoundé, Cameroon (2016), Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey (2018-2022), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium (2020 and 2021), Institut diplomatique de Paris (2020); University of Yaoundé II (2021); director or co-director of numerous doctoral dissertations and member of thesis examination panels at several African and European universities (since 2011).

Member: Secretary-General, Association of Attendees and Alumni, The Hague Academy of International Law (2011-2017); Founding Member, African Society of International Law (2012-present); Société française pour le droit international (2015-present).

Publications: “Review of International Instruments Concerning Protection of Sea Turtles” (with A. Van Houtte), in: FAO, National and International Regimes for the Conservation of Sea Turtles, Rome, 2004; Délimitation maritime sur la côte atlantique africaine, Bruylant, Brussels, 2006; “Sécurité alimentaire et droit international humanitaire”, in: A. Mahiou and F. Snyder (eds.), La sécurité alimentaire/Food Security and Food Safety, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague, 2006; “L’existence éphémère du traité de délimitation maritime entre la République d’Estonie et la Fédération de Russie en mer Baltique” (with E. Franckx), Annuaire du droit de la mer, Tome XII, 2007; “Les procédures d’urgence devant le Tribunal international du droit de la mer”, in: Promoting Justice, Human Rights and Conflict Resolution through International Law/La promotion de la justice, des droits de l’homme et du règlement des conflits par le droit international – Liber Amicorum Lucius Caflisch, M. Kohen (ed.), Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, 2007; “La Convention pour la protection des biens culturels en cas de conflit armé de 1954 et ses deux protocoles de 1954 et 1999”, in: Le Patrimoine culturel de l’humanité/The Common Cultural Heritage of Mankind, J. Natziger and T. Scovazzi (eds.), Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, 2008; “L’article 2 du Protocole relatif à la Charte africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples portant création d’une Cour africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples”, in: Commentaire article par article du Protocole relatif à la Charte africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples portant création d’une Cour africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples, M. Kamto (ed.), Brussels, Bruylant, 2011; L’Afrique et le droit international: variations sur l’organisation internationale/ Africa and International Law: Reflections on the International Organization - Liber Amicorum Raymond Ranjeva, with M. Mbengue (eds.), Pedone, Paris, 2013; “L’assistance judiciaire devant la Cour internationale de Justice et le Tribunal international du droit de la mer”, in: L’Afrique et le droit international: variations sur l’organisation internationale/Africa and International Law: Reflections on the International Organization – Liber Amicorum Raymond Ranjeva, with M. Mbengue (eds.), Pedone, Paris, 2013; “Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in Africa: the Present and the Future” (with L. Caflisch), African Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 20, 2013-2014; “Codification dans le domaine de la justice transitionnelle en Afrique”, Journal of the African Union Commission on International Law, 2nd Edition, 2015; “Cameroon’s Natural Trend in Internationalisation of Legal Education” (with P. Essama Mekongo), in: The Internationalisation of Legal Education, C. Jamin and W. van Gaenegem (eds.), Ius Comparatum – Global Studies in Comparative Law, Vol. 19, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2016; Questions de droit de la mer, du droit international humanitaire et tableau synoptique de la justice internationale sur le continent africain, Volume of synthesis of publications defended at the University of Paris Nanterre (France) in order to obtain the Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches in Public Law, 2017; “L’affermissement des principes juridiques applicables à l’exploitation des gisements pétroliers ou gaziers transfrontaliers en mer”, African Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 22, 2017; “Régionalisme et justice internationale en Afrique », in: Intégration et régionalisme africain: où en est l’Union africaine aujourd’hui?, R. Ben Achour and H. Gueldich (eds.), Simpact, Tunis, 2019; “Les aspects juridiques de la migration par voie maritime”, Journal of the African Union Commission on International Law, Juta Editions, Cape Town, 2020.