Justice, Supreme Court and National Courts, Papua New Guinea

Oagile Bethuel Key Dingake is a distinguished jurist serving as a judge of the Supreme Court and the national courts of Papua New Guinea; he is the first African to hold this position. In 2013 he was appointed by the UN secretary-general to be a judge of the Residual Special Court of Sierra Leone, and in 2020 he became a justice of the Seychelles Court of Appeal. Previously, Justice Dingake served as a judge of the High Court and Industrial Court of Botswana and taught law at the University of Botswana. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Pretoria, the University of Cape Town, and the Institute of Development Labour Law in Italy. Justice Dingake holds a PhD in law from the University of Cape Town, an LLM from the University of London, and an LLB from the University of Botswana. He also earned postgraduate certifications from the University of Oslo and the London School of Economics. An honorary professor of public law at the University of Cape Town and an adjunct professor at James Cook University, Australia, he has authored several books on law and justice. He is a leading figure in African judicial and human rights initiatives.