Dr. Charles R. Majinge was appointed by the Governing Board as the inaugural Executive Secretary of the Pan African Alliance for Transparency and Rule of Law (Patrol-Africa), effective 1st September 2026. An Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania, senior legal scholar, and international lawyer, he brings extensive policy and leadership experience spanning the United Nations, academic institutions, and global governance and policy bodies. His career centres on advancing public international law, international criminal justice and human rights law, the rule of law and transitional justice, conflict prevention, and humanitarian-development-peacebuilding initiatives in complex settings.

Charles’ extensive international career includes key coordination, policy, and legal advisory roles across Africa and the Middle East. He served as Senior Strategic Planner and Coordination Officer in the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Khartoum (Sudan) and Head of the UN Joint Resident Coordinator’s Office in Abyei (Sudan/South Sudan), driving UN development reforms and recovery support for displaced populations. He also held senior roles as Legal Adviser on Justice and Rule of Law for UNDP Ethiopia, Legal Adviser for the UN Commission of Inquiry for South Sudan, Political Affairs Officer with UN Mission in Baghdad (Iraq), and Legal Officer in the Office of the Registrar at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda-a role in which he advised on public international law, witness protection, privileges and immunities, and judicial communications.

A major milestone in his career was serving as Senior Legal Expert Consultant for the African Union Commission, where he conducted comparative research and directly helped draft the legal framework for the historic Kampala Convention on internally displaced persons. In academia, Charles served as Legal Adviser and research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg-Germany), training parliamentarians, judges and prosecutors on constitutional and legal reform across Sudan, South Sudan, and Somalia, and was a Visiting Assistant Professor in a joint program between Arcadia University and the East African Community’s Nyerere Peace Research Centre.

Charles earned his Master of Laws (LL.M.) with Distinction from Northwestern University School of Law (Chicago-USA), specializing in International Human Rights Law, and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) with Honours from the University of Dar es Salaam-Tanzania. He holds a PhD in public international law from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), under the supervision and advice of Prof. Chaloka Beyani and Prof. Christine Chinkin.

To complement his academic foundation, he completed high-level executive and specialized training courses, including: Leadership and Public Policy (Harvard Kennedy School of Government), Investigation of Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes (Institute for International Criminal Investigations-The Hague), Advanced Public International Law Course (The Hague Academy of International Law), International Law Seminar (UN International Law Commission in Geneva), and Global Governance and Transnational Human Rights Obligations (the European University Institute-Florence/Italy).

Charles has authored over 20 peer-reviewed articles and edited a volume published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. His publications have appeared in top-notch international law journals, including the African Yearbook of International Law, Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Canadian Yearbook of International Law, German Yearbook of International Law, South African Yearbook of International Law, The Hague Yearbook of International Law and Melbourne Journal of International Law.

His publications cover topics such as: The Kampala Convention and international displacement frameworks, territorial disputes and state secession, peaceful settlement of disputes and the role of the International Court of Justice, regional security, and the AU Peace and Security Council, progressive development of international law and the AU Commission on International Law, rule of law, human rights and international criminal justice, and the doctrine of permanent sovereignty over natural resources.

Fluent in English and Kiswahili, Charles combines strategic policy acumen, academic expertise, and proven operational leadership across complex multi-stakeholder and international environments.