Achileus Tardzenyuy Dzevernyuy is a Cameroonian human rights practitioner and peace advocate with professional experience in legal research, academic research, judgement writing, access to justice, and women’s rights. Achileus also previously served as the first Human Rights Fellow at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Arusha, where he contributed to jurisprudence analysis, quality assurance processes, a practice guide on the jurisprudence of election disputes of regional and sub-regional courts in Africa, updated the frequently asked questions on the website of the Court, practice guides on reparations and electoral litigation, and case law reporting for Court stakeholders. He also leads the Maternal Health Empowerment Project at the Berine and Bokwe Foundation funded by Grand Challenges Canada advancing mobile maternal healthcare for women in remote and insecure communities. Achileus previously served as Human Rights Researcher & Grant Writer at Fondation Internationale pour la Paix, les Droits de l’Homme et le Développement (FIPADHD) where he trained over 150 young people on electoral participation, governance, and human rights advocacy and developed human rights advocacy projects at the national level. Previously, he also served as the Founder and Team Lead of Architect of Transforming Lives (ATL), a youth-led organization supporting marginalized communities in conflict-affected regions of Cameroon 

Achileus is an alumnus of the Yali Leadership Center, Accra, Ghana. He holds an LLB in Law and LL.M in Public Law. He is currently a Ph.D. Research Candidate in Public Law at the University of Buea, focusing on reparation litigation before African human rights bodies.