Professor Chinwe Kate Okoli

Professor of International Humanitarian Law, Refugee & Internally Displaced Persons Law (University of Jos) • Head, Gender Protection, IHL & Conflict Response, HURRAFORUM

Professor Chinwe Kate Okoli is a distinguished scholar and human rights advocate with specialization in International Humanitarian Law, Refugee Law, and the Law governing Internally Displaced Persons. She is a Professor at the University of Jos, where she has contributed extensively to teaching, research, and policy-oriented scholarship in humanitarian and conflict-related legal studies.

Her academic and professional work focuses on the protection of vulnerable populations in situations of armed conflict, forced displacement, and humanitarian crises, with particular emphasis on gender-based protection, access to justice, and accountability under international law.

Professor Okoli is the Chief Executive Officer of the ChinweOkoli Students Foundation, a non-profit initiative dedicated to supporting indigent university students through scholarships, mentorship, and academic empowerment programmes. The foundation reflects her lifelong commitment to education as a tool for social transformation and equality.

In her role as Head of Gender Protection, International Humanitarian Law & Conflict Response at HURRAFORUM, she provides strategic leadership on issues relating to the protection of women, children, and displaced persons, and contributes to research, advocacy, training, and policy development initiatives of the organization.

She has participated in and led numerous workshops, conferences, and capacity-building programmes at national and international levels, and her work continues to influence legal reform, humanitarian practice, and rights-based responses to conflict and displacement.

Through her scholarship, advocacy, and philanthropic efforts, Professor Chinwe Kate Okoli remains committed to advancing human dignity, gender justice, and the effective protection of vulnerable populations under international and domestic legal frameworks.