Tibaruha Lucian

Profile of Mr. Tibaruha ltibaruha@justice.go.ug Educational Qualifications: LL. B (Makerere University, Kampala) Diploma In Legal Practice (Law Development Centre, Kampala)

Diploma in International Law and Economics Relations, New Delhi, India, 1987

Certificate, Negotiating, Interpreting and Monitoring Performance of Multilateral Trade Agreements, Harare, Zimbabwe, 4990

Certificate Implementation of International Humanitarian Law, Harare, Zimbabwe, 1994.

Certificate International Trade Agreements and Commercial Transactions, Kampala, June 1995.

Certificate Human Rights Education and Training, Oxford University, U.K, September, 1995

Certificate, Results Oriented Management, UMI, Kampala, 1997.

Certificate, Senior Crisis Management Course on Antiterrorism Washington, USA,1999.

Tasks in the Current Position:

Render legal advice to ministries/allied institutions and local governments.

Render legal advice to government delegations in local and international negotiations

Undertake negotiations and drafting of contracts on behalf of ministries/allied institutions.

Represent ministries/allied institutions in arbitration proceedings.

Handling negotiations, ratification and implementation of Conventions, Treaties and other agreements.

Any other duties assigned by the Solicitor General.

Profile/Career Achievements

Coordinator, Human Rights Desk 1992-1996
Member Uganda Delegation to the World Conference to on Human Rights, Vienna, June 1993

Member Uganda Delegation to the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Vienna, April, 1994

Member Uganda Delegation to the UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders, Cairo, May, 1995

Successfully defended Government’s human rights record against accusations of Human Rights Violation by Amnesty International to the UN Commission on Human Rights, Geneva, 22nd February, 1195.

Uganda’s representative to the 52nd (1996) 53rd and 54th (1998) Sessions of the UN Commission on Human Rights, Geneva.

Member, Uganda’s Delegation to the African Ministerial Conference on the Establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Addis Ababa, December, 1997.

Member Uganda Delegation to the UN Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of the International Criminal Court, Rome, June/July, 1998

Represented Uganda at the Commonwealth Convention on Advancing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Accra, December, 1998

Other Particular Assignments

Member, Committee of Legal Experts of the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern Africa (PTA) 1989-1993

Member Committee set up to review the status of Constitutional Commissions, 1999.

Member Inter-Institutional Steering Committee on the Implementation of the Land Act, 1998.

Member panel of Experts (Riparian Countries) Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework Project, 1997-1999.

Member Transitional Committee, Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework 2000 (Negotiating Team of Riparians for a Regional Convention on Nile River Waters Resources).

Member Inter-Institutional Committee on the Implementation of WTO Agreements.

Member, Uganda Delegation to International Conference on WTO Agreements, Seattle, USA, November 1999.

Member, Uganda Delegation for the Nile 2002 Conference on the Nile River Water Resources Management (1997 Addis Ababa, 1998 Kigali, and 1999 Cairo).

One of the Counsels representing Uganda in the Case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Vs Uganda, 1999 at the International Court of Justice, at the Hague, in the Netherlands.

Puplications and Consultation

International Commercial Arbitration: Establishment of a Regional Commercial Arbitration Centre for the Preferential Trade Area of Eastern and Southern Africa (PTA), New Delhi, India, 1987.

The Study of Trade and Investment Laws of the Preferential Trade Area of Eastern and Southern Africa (PTA), Kampala, 1991.