Douglas coat of arms      

 

Oronto Douglas

 

Oronto DouglasOronto Douglas, Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan and African Scholar in Residence at the International Forum on Globalisation.

"Oronto Douglas 42 (Aug 2009) is a leading human rights attorney in Nigeria, and served as one of the lawyers on the defence team for the Ogoni leader Ken Saro Wiwa, who was executed by Nigeria's military rulers in 1995. Douglas co- founded Africa's foremost environmental movement, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria and has served in the board of several non profit organisations within and outside Nigeria.

Though he has been arrested and tortured by successive military regimes, he continues to work for and speak out on issues of social justice in a corporate- military state. He was the first Niger Delta activist to be hosted by a serving American President – he presented the Niger-Delta struggle at the White House to President Bill Clinton.

Douglas who advises the Nigerian Vice President on strategic issues of community and the environment, is a fellow of both the George Bell Institute (England) and the International Forum on Globalisation (USA). Widely travelled, Douglas has presented papers in over 200 international conferences and has visited over 50 countries to speak and present on human rights and the environment.

He is the author of several works including the ground breaking WHERE VULTURES FEAST, Shell and human rights in the Niger Delta which he co-authored with his friend Ike Okonta.

 

 



 

 

Help wanted!

We would welcome biographical details for this person.

Click to contribute

 

 

Errors and Omissions

The Forum

What's new?
We are looking for your help to improve the accuracy of The Douglas Archives.

If you spot errors, or omissions, then please do let us know.		  

If you have met a brick wall with your research, then posting a notice in the Douglas Archives Forum may be the answer. Or, it may help you find the answer!

You may also be able to help others answer their queries.

Visit the Douglas Archives Forum.

  

We try to keep everyone up to date with new entries, via our What's New section on the home page.

We also use the Community Network to keep researchers abreast of developments in the Douglas Archives.

 
 
 

Click here to 
Print this page

Biography finder

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

 

 

Index of first names