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the South African Law Reform Commission (Project 25: Minerals &
Energy Affairs). An inquisitive scholar, Professor Olowu has participated
in various learned conferences connected with his teaching and research
interests around the world. He has also authored some 100 learned
publications through reputable legal and interdisciplinary outlets in Africa,
the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. The South African National
Research Foundation (NRF) currently rates Professor Olowu an
‘Established Researcher’ for his interdisciplinary work (2009-2014). In
recognition of his keen research acumen, Professor Olowu serves on the
Academy of Science South Africa (ASSAf)’s Peer Review Panel for
Scholarly Journals in the Law and Related Fields.
Diala Anthony Chima is on the teaching staff of Madonna University,
Okija, Nigeria. An advocate of Nigeria’s Supreme Court, he holds law
degrees from Enugu State University and the Nigerian Law School, a
Diploma in French from Makerere University, Uganda, and an LLM in
Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa from the University of
Pretoria, SA. Mr Diala has worked in the International Criminal Court,
the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative, Uganda, the International
Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the Justice and Peace Commission,
Ekiti, Nigeria. His research interests are in international law, human
rights, and good governance.
Horace Sègnonna Adjolohoun is currently a Doctoral Candidate and
Researcher at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of
Pretoria, where he also completed a Master of Laws (LLM) Human Rights
and Democratisation in Africa. Prior to studying in South Africa, he
received a BA in Public Administration and Law from the National School
of Administration and Judicial Training and a Licence in Law from the
Université d’Abomey-Calavi and Université de Sciences Appliquées et de
Management in Benin. Before joining the Centre, Mr Adjolohoun worked
as Programme Officer with the International Foundation for Electoral
Systems, and the Francophone Africa Supreme Courts Association. He
also worked with the United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights and has consulted with various organisations and
institutions such as the International Commission of Jurists, the
ECOWAS Court of Justice, Global Rights Nigeria, and the Media
Foundation for West Africa. Mr Adjolohoun was also involved in human
rights litigation in the ECOWAS Court of Justice. He has contributed to
academic research through publications including books, books chapters
and commentaries, and presented papers at several international
conferences. His areas of expertise include the judicial and constitutional
protection of human rights, human rights in African regional integration,
the application and litigation of human rights in domestic courts, human
rights litigation in regional courts, state compliance, the impact of
international law on domestic systems, and constitutionalism in Africa.
Kofi Quashigah is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law,
University of Ghana and Dean of the Faculty. He had his undergraduate
law degree from the University of Ghana and his LLM and PhD Degrees
from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the
Harvard Human Rights Program between 2001/2002 and a McArthur
Foundation Visiting Scholar at the University of Wisconsin at Madison,
US in 1992. His teaching and research interests include Jurisprudence,
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