Dr. Gaston Kenfack Douajni

Dr. Gaston KENFACK DOUAJNI is a Magistrate, currently the Director of Legislation at the Ministry of
Justice in Cameroon; he has obtained a Doctorate of International Economic Law at the University of
Paris I (Pantheon Sorbonne) in 2005, a Certificate on trade, negotiations and settlement of trade
disputes at the Kennedy School of Government –Harvard University (USA) in 2004 and an Habilitation
to Direct Researches at the University of Pau in France. He is the Editor of the “Revue Camerounaise
de l’Arbitrage”, the President of the Association for the Promotion of Arbitration in Africa (APAA),
registered on the list of arbitrators and conciliators at ICSID, at the OHADA Commun Court of Justice
and Arbitration and Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).
In addition, Gaston KENFACK DOUAJNI is a member of the Board of Directors of the Cairo Regional
Center for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) and of the International Federation of
Arbitration Centers and Associations (IFCAI).
President of the 49th Session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
(UNCITRAL), he teaches business law at universities (in Africa and Europe) and is the Past Chair of
the Management Board of the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF).
Gaston KENFACK DOUAJNI sits as Mediator more often in Ad-hoc Mediation.He also sits as President
of Arbitral Tribunal, Arbitrator, co-arbitrator in ICC, ICSID, CCJA and ad hoc arbitrations.