Professor James Mouangue Kobila is a prominent Cameroonian legal scholar and academic who currently serves as the President of the Cameroon Human Rights Commission (CHRC), a position he was appointed to by presidential decree in February 2021. Born in 1967, he is a Full Professor of Public Law, having earned his aggregation from the CAMES in 2009, and has held several key academic leadership roles at the University of Douala, including Head of the Public Law Department and Vice-Rector. Beyond his extensive academic contributions to international economic and human rights law, his career spans significant institutional consulting for Cameroon’s electoral body (ELECAM) and sports arbitrage, though his recent tenure has been heavily marked by high-profile legal controversies, including ongoing court proceedings regarding allegations of sexual harassment made by a former collaborator.