Justice Hansine Donli was a judge of the ECOWAS Court of Justice from 2001 to 2009, and President of the Court from 2001 to 2007. Ms. Donli was also the Court’s first member and first President and served as Dean of the Court from 2009. While serving at the ECOWAS Court, she was on the panel of judges that delivered several groundbreaking judgments. These included the SERAP vs. Nigeria case, which held the Nigerian government accountable for the environmental damage oil companies caused in its country.
Prior to serving as President of the Court, Ms. Donli was a High Court judge and served as Kaduna State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. She has attended international conferences in Seoul, Berlin, and Barcelona, and was an active participant in the International Conference on the Law of Evidence in Vancouver, Canada.