Dr. Francis Deng holds LL. B (honours) from Khartoum University, and LL. M and J.S.D. from Yale. He was Sudan’s Ambassador to the Scandinavian countries, Canada, and the United States, and State Minister for Foreign Affairs, and South Sudan’s first Permanent Representative to the UN. He also served the UN as Human Rights Officer, Representative on Internal Displacement, and Under-Secretary-General/Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide. Deng has written over forty books, held research positions in several US think tanks, and taught in several leading American Universities.
