Chidi Odinkalu

Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Chidi Odinkalu in 2018
Born12 June 1968
Ihiala, Anambra State
NationalityNigerian
Alma materImo State University, University of Lagos, London School of Economics and Political Science
Known for
  • Activism
  • Human activism
  • Writing
  • Public Interest Law
TitleProfessor
PartnerIheoma Obibi
Parents
  • Augustine Chukwuma Odinkalu (father)
  • Anthonia Ihunna Odinkalu. (mother)
AwardsUSIA Fellowship

Chidi Anselm Odinkalu (b. June 12, 1968) is a Nigerian human rights activist, lawyer, professor and writer. He was the former chairman of Nigeria's National Human Rights Commission (Nigeria) and was recently the senior team manager for the Africa Program of Open Society Justice Initiative.[1]

He has worked as an advisor for the Ford Foundation New York, World Bank, African Union, International Council for Human Rights Policy, Geneva; and many others.[2] August 2021, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University appointed Odinkalu a Professor in Human Rights Law.[3]

In 2018, he co-authored a book titled Too Good to Die with Ayisha Osori.[4]

  1. ^ Open Society, Foundations. "Chidi Odinkalu". www.opensocietyfoundations.org. OSJI. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  2. ^ Ajaero, Chris (1 September 2005). "Chidi Anselm Odinkalu". Online Nigeria. Online Nigeria. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Human Rights Activist Chidi Odinkalu joins The Fletcher School". The Fletcher School. Tufts University. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Too Good to Die: Third Term and the Myth of the Indispensable Man in Africa by Chidi Odinkalu and Aisha Osori". Ivory-Ng.com. October 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.