Toks Hussain is a multi-award-winning British-Nigerian international lawyer (Bar of England & Wales) and creator and host of ‘Law Talks With Toks’.
He currently works at the International Criminal Court in The Hague (Appeals Chamber). Prior to working at the ICC, Hussain worked at the United Nations and also for Cherie Blair KC, CBE (wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair) on international litigation and investor-state arbitrations.
Hussain was born in Warsaw in Poland to a Nigerian family. Although he moved around before settling in London where he grew up. His alma mater is the University of Oxford Brookes, where he was twice elected President of the Law Society.
Hussain undertook his Bar Professional Training Course (on a Black Heart Foundation scholarship) and LLM in International Dispute Resolution at BPP Law School, where he graduated as the top student. He was a Sir Geoffrey Nice KC scholar (international criminal law) and also graduated from the European Academy of Diplomacy in Warsaw, as a Casimir Pulaski scholar specializing in International Security.
Regarding international criminal justice, Hussain was inspired by Justice Robert Jackson, who opened the Nuremberg Trials, after World War II, and the UK’s Lady Brenda Hale, former President of the Supreme Court.
Hussain is a seasoned speaker and guest lecturer who has given talks all over the world in places such as Harvard Law School, the International Criminal Court, Facebook etc. He was formerly the head of the British Nigeria Law Forum, Junior Lawyers Division (BNLF JLD), where he oversaw and spearheaded international justice initiatives and directed a film about the BNLF and contributions of black lawyers in the UK.
Some of Hussain’s other notable awards include the BNLF Rising Star in Law award and the Best Defense Oralist award by the Association of Defense Counsel Practicing before the International Courts and Tribunals.
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