Mohamed Chande Othman

The Hon. Chief Justice Mohamed Chande Othman
Chief Justice of Tanzania
In office 28 December 2010 – 18 January 2017
Appointed by	Jakaya Kikwete
Preceded by	Augustino Ramadhani
Succeeded by	Ibrahim Hamis Juma
2rd IJA Governing Council chairman
President	Benjamin Mkapa
Preceded by	Ambassador Paul Rupia
Succeeded by	John Mrosso
Personal details
Born	(1952-01-01) 1 January 1952 (age 73) Tanganyika Territory
Alma mater	UDSM Webster University Geneva The Hague Academy of International Law
Profession	Judge prosecutor author

Mohamed Chande Othman (born 1 January 1952) is a Tanzanian lawyer and a former Chief Justice of Tanzania.

Internationally he is highly respected for his deep understanding of political, legal and other dimensions relating to International Humanitarian Law, Refugee Law, Criminal Law and Evidence, and Peacekeeping. He held various positions as expert advisor and UN prosecutor at criminal tribunals such as the UNDP Cambodia, the East Timor (UNTAET), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), UN Human Rights Council for a) the Israel-Lebanon Armed Conflict and b) the Southern Sudan.

Currently he is head of the UN Independent Panel of Experts that examine new information on Dag Hammarskjölds death.^[1]