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Francis M. Ssekandi

Address: 

530 Alosio Drive
River Vale, New Jersey 07675
USA

Phone Number: 
201-263-9219
Fax Number: 
201-263-9582
Email: 
fsseka@jurisafrica.org
Born: 
1940, Mbarara, Uganda
Languages: 
English French
Nationalities: 
Ugandan
Education: 
London University, LL.B (Hons.) 1965
Columbia Univ. NY. LL.M 1966
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Uganda Bar, 1966
New York Bar, 1981
Present Position: 
Prof. of Law Columbia Univ. Law School 2001−current
Judge, World Bank Administrative Tribunal, 2007–2013
Professional Experience: 

Judge/Justice of Appeal, Uganda High/Supreme Court 1974-1980, Dy. Director, General Legal Div. Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations 1981-1996; General Counsel, African Development Bank 1996-2000

Professional Associations: 

American Bar Association, American Association of International Law; New York Bar Association, Uganda Law Society

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Member, ICSID Panel of Arbitrators; Member, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Member, Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC)

Arbitration Experience: 

Panel Member appointed by LCIA: Arbitration No.7987 (Pioneer Natural Resources Nigeria LTD v. Orandi Petroleum Ltd; Counsel for the United Nations in several Mediation and Arbitral Proceedings over a period of 17 years; Represented African Development Bank in at least three arbitrations and settled amicably or through mediation several commercial disputes. Prohibited by United Nations from disclosing specific details

Areas of Specialization: 
International Arbitration
Foreign Investment & Joint Ventures
Public International Law
International Commercial Transactions
Oil & Gas
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 
  • The Lena Goldfields Arbitration: East African Law Journal 1967
  • Good Governance: The Way Forward in The Future of Africa, 2003 (p.93)
  • Law and Development in Liber Amicorum – Ibrahim Shihata
  • Protection of Fundamental rights in the Uganda Constitution, Colum. Human Rights L.R.191 (1994) vo,26
  • The Pursuit of Transitional Justice and African Traditional Values: SUR International Journal on Human Rights, 2007 p.101
  • Editor: T.O. Elias: New Horizons in International Law Second Revised Ed.