Dr. Abdelrahman Ibrahim Elkhalifa
Mahgoub & Abdelrahman Law Firm
MAJOR Areas OF STUDY
Development and Future of English Law and Islamic Law in the Sudan (PH. D.thesis).
Analysis of Aircraft Purchase Contracts (Master’s THESIS).
Manufacturer’s Liability.
International Commercial Contracts.
Tortious Liability.
Arbitration, Commercial or otherwise.
CAREER RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Currently
1-Advocate, Consultant and Commissioner for Oaths.
2-Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Khartoum.
3- President of the Sudanese Bar Union (SBU)
4- Chairman of the Lawyers Admission Committee.
Previously
Director of Public Prosecution – Ministry of Justice
and Attorney General’s Chambers, Sudan.
Lecturer at Faculty of Law, Khartoum University
(part-time).
Lecturer at Faculty of Arts, Diplomatic Studies Unit, Khartoum University –(Part-time)
1990
Commercial Registrar –Ministry of Justice & Attorney General’s Chambers.
1988
Worked for Gowling and Henderson- A major legal firm in Ottawa, Canada .
1981
Senior Legal Advisor- Technical Bureau Ministry of Justice & Attorney General’s Chambers Khartoum –Sudan.
1978
Legal Advisor – Civil Aviation – Khartoum – Sudan.
1976
Legal Advisor – Criminal Administration – Ministry of Justice & Attorney General’s Chambers- Khartoum – Sudan.
1973
Assistant Counselor – Khartoum Attorney- Ministry of Justice & Attorney General’s Chambers.
1973
Student at law (Trainee) Atabani and Mohamed Yusuf Mohamed, legal firm.
Other Experience:-
1-Chairperson for the committee to establish a unified Ministry of Interior.
2-Chairperson for the Committee to amalgamate Azza Air Cargo Company and Sudan Airway’s Cargo Department.
3- Membership of different committees to review the curriculum of the law faculty, University of Khartoum, University of shendi (Sudan).
4- Legal Advisor for Sudatel. board of Directors 1999-2003.
5- Legal Advisor for DAL Group.
6- Legal Advisor for Canar Telecommunication Company
7- Legal Advisor for White Nile Sugar Company.
8- Previous General Secretary of the SUDAN BAR UNION (SBU).
9- In charge of the Foreign Relations for the SUDAN BAR UNION (SBU).
10- Judge of the Arab Investment Court – The Arab League 2004 – 2007.
11- Member of the International Court of Arbitration, Hague 2008 – 2014.
12- Co-agent; arbitration on the issue of Abyei -International Court of Arbitration. Den Hag; 2009.
13- Co- chair to the ad-hoc Constitutional Review Commission 2005.
14- Member of the Permanent Constitutional Review Commission.
15- Member of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) for the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA).
16- President of the Sudan Bar Union (SBU).
Publications: -
1- The Genesis of Islamic Law in Sinnar Sultanate.
2- The Judicial Evolution of the concept of sharia as the source of law in the Sudan.
3- Reforms of the Penal Law and the Procedure thereof in the Sudan.
4- The International Criminal Court (ICC) on the scale.
PAPERS:-
1- Human Rights in Islam.
2- Assylum in Islam.
3- Affidavit.
4- English Law as a means of Westernization and Secularization in the Sudan.
5- The Manufacturer’s Liability for Defective Products.
6- The Public Prosecution system in Some Arab Countries.
7- Constitution Making Process.
CONFERENCES: -
1-African Aviation and Airlines Conference. Addis Ababa.
2-WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) Conference. (Twice) Geneve.
3-ARIPO (African Intellectual Property Organization) Conference- Zembabwi.
4-UNAFRI (United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders) Conference – Kampala.
5-East African Preferential Trade Organization Conference- Zimbabwi.
6-Justice & Legal Reform Conference, Khartoum.
7-International Trade Conference, Vienna.
8- United Nations Commission’s Conference on the Prevention of Crime & the Treatment of Offenders-Italy.
9-United Nations 9th – Conference on the Prevention of Crime & Treatment of Offenders-Cairo.
10-Fifth Meeting of the Committee on Crime Prevention, Vienna.
11- Member of the Arab League, Experts Committee on combating terrorism.
12-5th U.N. Preparatory Committee on the International Criminal Court.
13- Symposium on Governance and Constitutional guarantees (the Conflict of the Southern Sudan), under the auspices of the European Commission, Citta Di Castello, Italy. 19-25 July,1998.
NEGOTIATIONS:-
1- Bilateral Air Agreement between the Sudan and South Korea.
2- Bilateral Air Agreement between the Sudan and Nigeria.
3- Bilateral Air Agreement between the Sudan and Holland.
4- Bilateral Air Agreement between the Sudan and Switzerland.
5- Bilateral Air Agreement between the Sudan and Italy.
6- Peace Talks between the Government of the Sudan and the Rebels Movement, (Abuja 11),1992.
8- Two Rounds of Peace Talks in Nairobi.
9- Boundary Dispute between the Sudan and Egypt.
10- Boundary Dispute between the Sudan and Chad.
11- Loan Agreement between the Sudan and the African Development Bank.
12- IGAD Peace Talks on the Conflict of the Southern Sudan, Addis Ababa, 4-6 August 1998.
13- 2nd Round of the IGAD Political Secretarial Peace Talks on the Conflict of the Southern Sudan, Nairobi, Kenya.
14- 3rd. Round of the IGAD Political Secretarial Peace Talks on the Conflict of the Southern Sudan, Nairobi, Kenya.
15- 4th . Round of the IGAD Political Secretarial Peace Talks on the Conflict of the Southern Sudan , Nairobi, Kenya.
16- 5th Round of the IGAD Political Secretarial Peace Talks on the conflict of the Southern Sudan, Nairobi, Kenya.
17- 6th Round of the IGAD Political Secretarial Peace Talks on the Conflict of the Southern Sudan, Machakos, kenya.
18- 7th Round of the IGAD political Secretarial peace talks on the conflict of the Southern Sudan. Naivasha, Kenya.
19- Deputy co-chair of the National Constitutional Review commission (NCRC) 2005.
21- The 7th. Round of Abuja Peace Talks on Darfur.
22- Asmara Peace Talks on Eastern Sudan.
23- Sert – Lybia, Peace Talks on Darfur.
24. Doha – Qatar – Peace Talks on Darfur.
