Specialization: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Status: Visiting Faculty
H.E. Judge Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua is Judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (The Hague), former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Professor for International Law at the Geneva School of Diplomacy.
Education
- 1976-1982: Bachelor’s and Master` s degrees in Law; Private and Criminal Law (Kinshasa, DRC);
- 1988-1990: Advanced University Degree obtained after Master`s degree in European Politics and Law (Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures), (Nancy, France);
- 1989-1990: Diploma in International and Comparative Human Rights Law (Strasbourg, France);
- 1989-1990: Advanced University Degree obtained after Master’s degree in European Community Law (Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies), (Nancy, France);
- 1990-1992: Advanced University Degree obtained after Master’s degree in Public International Law (Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures), (Geneva, Switzerland);
- 1992-1995: Doctorate in Public International Law (Geneva, Switzerland).
Professional experience
- 1983-1985: Legal Officer to the Police Headquarters (Garde Civile) and Assistant Legal Adviser at the Office of the President of the Republic (Kinshasa, DRC);
- 1985-1988: Assistant Representative and Legal Adviser to the Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Citizens Rights and Freedoms (Kinshasa, DRC);
- 1997-2001: Chief of the Judicial Proceedings Support Unit at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (Arusha, Tanzania);
- 1999-2004: Visiting Lecturer at the University of Geneva for Public International Law and International Humanitarian Law (Geneva, Switzerland);
- 2001-2006: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations (Geneva, Switzerland); Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation in Bern (Bern);
- 2004-Present: Professor of Public International Law at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations (Geneva);
- 2006- Present: Judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (The Hague);
- 2009-Present: Visiting Lecturer at the International Institute of Human Rights of the University of Strasbourg (Strasbourg, France).
Courses taught
- Special Issues in Public International Law
- International Criminal Law
International meetings
Judge Mindua has attended and / or chaired various international meetings, seminars and workshops all over the world.
Publications
Judge Mindua has contributed to legal journals and other publications in both English and French.