Nwamaka Okany is a Lecturer in International Law at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and a Barrister admitted to the Nigerian Supreme Court Bar. She holds cum laude degrees from the University of Nigeria and Utrecht University. She is also a PhD candidate of the Department of International & European Law at the UvA. Prior to joining the University, Okany worked as a lawyer at the Enugu-based commercial law firm of C.H.C. Nwanya & Co. and the UN War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, The Hague.
