- Human Rights Officer, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva 1994-2001)
- Coordinator, UN Human Rights Council's Group of Experts on Darfur, Geneva (2007)
- Expert consultant for UNOHCHR, UNDEF, UNDP, UNU, UNHCR, UNITAR, UNESCO, UNODC, ILO
- International human rights law
- International humanitarian law
- International criminal law
- Transitional Justice
academic credentials
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- Visiting Professor, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Lund, Sweden
- Visiting Professor, The American University of Rome, Italy
- Visiting Professor, Strathmore University Law School, Nairobi, Kenya
professional
Profile
Lyal S. SUNGA
international legal expertise
Over 25 years' high-level experience in human rights, humanitarian law and international criminal law in some 55 countries
- BA - Bachelor of Arts (Carleton Univ., Ottawa)
- LLB - Bachelor of Laws (Osgoode Hall,Toronto)
- LLM - Master of Laws (University of Essex, Colchester)
- PhD - Docteur ès sciences politiques en droit international (Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland)