His Excellency Judge Bola Ajibola was formerly President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) as well as erstwhile Attorney – General and Minister of Justice. This national statesman and doyen of international law was in 1991 appointed to serve on the International Court of Justice in The Hague, The Netherlands. In April of 1994, he was appointed Judge ad-hoc to the Permanent Court of International Arbitration (also in The Hague) with regard to the land and maritime dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria. Judge Ajibola has served on various other international arbitration bodies and legal institutions which include the World Bank Administrative Tribunal; the UN International Law Commission, Geneva; as well as the Constitutional Court of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, in Sarajevo. He is the President of The World Association of Judges of the World Jurist Association (Washington DC). In 1995 he founded the African Concern, a non-governmental organisation that is dedicated to the promotion of peace and socio-economic development in Africa. He was at a time the High Commissioner representing the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.