Olabisi D. Akinkugbe
@akinkugbe.bsky.social
Associate Prof. |Purdy Crawford Chair in Business Law, Schulich School of Law |Founding Editor: @afronomicslaw.bsky.social | Editor, Int’l Decisions Section - @ajil.bsky.social |Vice President @sielnet.bsky.social
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📚📖📖New Forthcoming Short Essay in the #CPUS section of @ajil.bsky.social now on #SSRN.
“Entrenching Inequality or Opportunities to Forge New Pathways: Implications of U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts and Reciprocal Tariffs for African Countries”.
Download via link⬇️
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
“Entrenching Inequality or Opportunities to Forge New Pathways: Implications of U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts and Reciprocal Tariffs for African Countries”.
Download via link⬇️
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
October 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
📚📖📖New Forthcoming Short Essay in the #CPUS section of @ajil.bsky.social now on #SSRN.
“Entrenching Inequality or Opportunities to Forge New Pathways: Implications of U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts and Reciprocal Tariffs for African Countries”.
Download via link⬇️
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
“Entrenching Inequality or Opportunities to Forge New Pathways: Implications of U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts and Reciprocal Tariffs for African Countries”.
Download via link⬇️
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
It was worth at the time at UM6P - Faculté de Gouvernance, Sciences Economiques et Sociales, UM6P - Uni Mohammed VI Polytechnic, in Rabat,🇲🇦
My thanks to Sa Benjamin Traore again for the invitation. Jonathan Kabre,all involved with the landing of the conference, merci beacoup!
My thanks to Sa Benjamin Traore again for the invitation. Jonathan Kabre,all involved with the landing of the conference, merci beacoup!
May 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It was worth at the time at UM6P - Faculté de Gouvernance, Sciences Economiques et Sociales, UM6P - Uni Mohammed VI Polytechnic, in Rabat,🇲🇦
My thanks to Sa Benjamin Traore again for the invitation. Jonathan Kabre,all involved with the landing of the conference, merci beacoup!
My thanks to Sa Benjamin Traore again for the invitation. Jonathan Kabre,all involved with the landing of the conference, merci beacoup!
📸On May 20 & 21, I joined colleagues in Rabat, Morocco 🇲🇦 to assess the first years of the implementation of the #AfCFTA.
I offered the #Keynote speech at the conf. & also participated in a High Level panel that reflected on Morocco’s efforts in implementing the AfCFTA../1
@afronomicslaw.bsky.social
I offered the #Keynote speech at the conf. & also participated in a High Level panel that reflected on Morocco’s efforts in implementing the AfCFTA../1
@afronomicslaw.bsky.social
May 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
📸On May 20 & 21, I joined colleagues in Rabat, Morocco 🇲🇦 to assess the first years of the implementation of the #AfCFTA.
I offered the #Keynote speech at the conf. & also participated in a High Level panel that reflected on Morocco’s efforts in implementing the AfCFTA../1
@afronomicslaw.bsky.social
I offered the #Keynote speech at the conf. & also participated in a High Level panel that reflected on Morocco’s efforts in implementing the AfCFTA../1
@afronomicslaw.bsky.social
Looking forward to being & delivering the #keynote in Rabat, Morocco 🇲🇦 for the conference on “First Years of Functioning of the AfCFTA: Challenges & Prospects” organized by Sâ Benjamin Traoré & his team.
Check out the program ⬇️.
Thank you for the invitation.
www.afronomicslaw.org/category/new...
Check out the program ⬇️.
Thank you for the invitation.
www.afronomicslaw.org/category/new...
May 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Looking forward to being & delivering the #keynote in Rabat, Morocco 🇲🇦 for the conference on “First Years of Functioning of the AfCFTA: Challenges & Prospects” organized by Sâ Benjamin Traoré & his team.
Check out the program ⬇️.
Thank you for the invitation.
www.afronomicslaw.org/category/new...
Check out the program ⬇️.
Thank you for the invitation.
www.afronomicslaw.org/category/new...
📢 Join us for the next @sielnet.bsky.social Conversation:
“The Second Tariff War and the International Trade Regime”
🗓 7 May 2025
🎙 Speakers:
- James T. Gathii
- Simon Schropp
- Anna Jerzewska
- Joel Trachtman
Moderator:
- Iana Dreyer
🔗 Register here: sielnet.org/siel-convers...
“The Second Tariff War and the International Trade Regime”
🗓 7 May 2025
🎙 Speakers:
- James T. Gathii
- Simon Schropp
- Anna Jerzewska
- Joel Trachtman
Moderator:
- Iana Dreyer
🔗 Register here: sielnet.org/siel-convers...
April 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
📢 Join us for the next @sielnet.bsky.social Conversation:
“The Second Tariff War and the International Trade Regime”
🗓 7 May 2025
🎙 Speakers:
- James T. Gathii
- Simon Schropp
- Anna Jerzewska
- Joel Trachtman
Moderator:
- Iana Dreyer
🔗 Register here: sielnet.org/siel-convers...
“The Second Tariff War and the International Trade Regime”
🗓 7 May 2025
🎙 Speakers:
- James T. Gathii
- Simon Schropp
- Anna Jerzewska
- Joel Trachtman
Moderator:
- Iana Dreyer
🔗 Register here: sielnet.org/siel-convers...
ID No 3️⃣ by @OriPomson reflects on Arbitral Award of 3 October 1888 - Monetary Gold Principle (Guyana v. Venezuela) #ICJ Preliminary Opinion.
The IDs section is #OpenAccess!
Get in touch with me if you are keen to write an ID.
Submissions by and from #globalsouth final court/tribunal.
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The IDs section is #OpenAccess!
Get in touch with me if you are keen to write an ID.
Submissions by and from #globalsouth final court/tribunal.
…/3.
April 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
ID No 3️⃣ by @OriPomson reflects on Arbitral Award of 3 October 1888 - Monetary Gold Principle (Guyana v. Venezuela) #ICJ Preliminary Opinion.
The IDs section is #OpenAccess!
Get in touch with me if you are keen to write an ID.
Submissions by and from #globalsouth final court/tribunal.
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The IDs section is #OpenAccess!
Get in touch with me if you are keen to write an ID.
Submissions by and from #globalsouth final court/tribunal.
…/3.
ID No 2️⃣ by Diego Meiji-Lemos reflects on Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC v. Government of Canada. 🇨🇦
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April 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
ID No 2️⃣ by Diego Meiji-Lemos reflects on Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC v. Government of Canada. 🇨🇦
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Check out the International Decisions Section of @ajil.bsky.social which in this #April Issue features 3️⃣ IDs
1️⃣ by Marco Longobardo reflects on the Legal Consequences Arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel 🇮🇱 in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including Jerusalem. #ICJ #AO
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1️⃣ by Marco Longobardo reflects on the Legal Consequences Arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel 🇮🇱 in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including Jerusalem. #ICJ #AO
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April 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Check out the International Decisions Section of @ajil.bsky.social which in this #April Issue features 3️⃣ IDs
1️⃣ by Marco Longobardo reflects on the Legal Consequences Arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel 🇮🇱 in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including Jerusalem. #ICJ #AO
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1️⃣ by Marco Longobardo reflects on the Legal Consequences Arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel 🇮🇱 in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including Jerusalem. #ICJ #AO
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#Webinar #Invitation:
The Canadian Yearbook of International Law is pleased to invite you to join their inaugural Webinar
- Theme: "International Economic System in a State of Flux: In Search of a Way Forward"
- Date: April 11, 2025
- Time: 9-10:30am (EST)
- Zoom Reg: lnkd.in/eyYCgvn7
The Canadian Yearbook of International Law is pleased to invite you to join their inaugural Webinar
- Theme: "International Economic System in a State of Flux: In Search of a Way Forward"
- Date: April 11, 2025
- Time: 9-10:30am (EST)
- Zoom Reg: lnkd.in/eyYCgvn7
April 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
#Webinar #Invitation:
The Canadian Yearbook of International Law is pleased to invite you to join their inaugural Webinar
- Theme: "International Economic System in a State of Flux: In Search of a Way Forward"
- Date: April 11, 2025
- Time: 9-10:30am (EST)
- Zoom Reg: lnkd.in/eyYCgvn7
The Canadian Yearbook of International Law is pleased to invite you to join their inaugural Webinar
- Theme: "International Economic System in a State of Flux: In Search of a Way Forward"
- Date: April 11, 2025
- Time: 9-10:30am (EST)
- Zoom Reg: lnkd.in/eyYCgvn7
It was a great opportunity to share my ongoing research & learn from colleagues at the #Berle Symposium 2025. My thanks to @catsncakes.bsky.social for the invitation & the entire team of staff & editors of the Seattle University Law Review for the organization and support.
March 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
It was a great opportunity to share my ongoing research & learn from colleagues at the #Berle Symposium 2025. My thanks to @catsncakes.bsky.social for the invitation & the entire team of staff & editors of the Seattle University Law Review for the organization and support.
In “The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Europe”, Makane Mbengue and I contributed a Chapter that engages with Eurocentrism and International Law.
Pre-pub on SSRN here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Congrats @avanaaken.bsky.social & the other Editors.
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Pre-pub on SSRN here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Congrats @avanaaken.bsky.social & the other Editors.
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
March 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
In “The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Europe”, Makane Mbengue and I contributed a Chapter that engages with Eurocentrism and International Law.
Pre-pub on SSRN here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Congrats @avanaaken.bsky.social & the other Editors.
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Pre-pub on SSRN here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Congrats @avanaaken.bsky.social & the other Editors.
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Looking forward to joining colleagues this weekend at #BerleXVII on “Int’l Business Transactions in a Fragmented World: National Security, Geopolitics, and Corporate Governance”
Learn more about #bearleconference: law.seattleu.edu/centers-and-...
@schulichlaw.bsky.social; @catsncakes.bsky.social
Learn more about #bearleconference: law.seattleu.edu/centers-and-...
@schulichlaw.bsky.social; @catsncakes.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Looking forward to joining colleagues this weekend at #BerleXVII on “Int’l Business Transactions in a Fragmented World: National Security, Geopolitics, and Corporate Governance”
Learn more about #bearleconference: law.seattleu.edu/centers-and-...
@schulichlaw.bsky.social; @catsncakes.bsky.social
Learn more about #bearleconference: law.seattleu.edu/centers-and-...
@schulichlaw.bsky.social; @catsncakes.bsky.social
On Feb. 7, I joined @mccourtschool.bsky.social & @georgetownlaw.bsky.social for a critical discussion on challenges facing democracy & the rule of law after a year of decisive elections around the world.
Thank you @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social & Daniel Kelemen for having me.
#RuleOfLaw #Africa
Thank you @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social & Daniel Kelemen for having me.
#RuleOfLaw #Africa
February 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
On Feb. 7, I joined @mccourtschool.bsky.social & @georgetownlaw.bsky.social for a critical discussion on challenges facing democracy & the rule of law after a year of decisive elections around the world.
Thank you @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social & Daniel Kelemen for having me.
#RuleOfLaw #Africa
Thank you @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social & Daniel Kelemen for having me.
#RuleOfLaw #Africa
I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social 2025 Spring International Law Colloquium where I got to share my ongoing work.
My thanks again to @desireelc.bsky.social , Tim Sample (both ⬇️), students and staff who showed up or involved in the planning. 🙏🏿
My thanks again to @desireelc.bsky.social , Tim Sample (both ⬇️), students and staff who showed up or involved in the planning. 🙏🏿
February 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social 2025 Spring International Law Colloquium where I got to share my ongoing work.
My thanks again to @desireelc.bsky.social , Tim Sample (both ⬇️), students and staff who showed up or involved in the planning. 🙏🏿
My thanks again to @desireelc.bsky.social , Tim Sample (both ⬇️), students and staff who showed up or involved in the planning. 🙏🏿
🔊🔊Extremely thankful for the authors and reviewers that made Issue 4 of the African Journal of International Economic Law (#AfJIEL) a reality!🙏🏿
Congratulations to all authors!!!
#AfJIEL is jointly edited by James T. Gathii & I.
Download all articles ⬇️
www.afronomicslaw.org/journal/volu...
Congratulations to all authors!!!
#AfJIEL is jointly edited by James T. Gathii & I.
Download all articles ⬇️
www.afronomicslaw.org/journal/volu...
January 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🔊🔊Extremely thankful for the authors and reviewers that made Issue 4 of the African Journal of International Economic Law (#AfJIEL) a reality!🙏🏿
Congratulations to all authors!!!
#AfJIEL is jointly edited by James T. Gathii & I.
Download all articles ⬇️
www.afronomicslaw.org/journal/volu...
Congratulations to all authors!!!
#AfJIEL is jointly edited by James T. Gathii & I.
Download all articles ⬇️
www.afronomicslaw.org/journal/volu...
‼️ Very happy to share my Chapter titled
“The Challenge of the Rule of Law & Democracy in Contemporary Africa” in
The Rule of Law Under Pressure…,(Shaffer & Sandholtz, Eds.)
#GlobalSouth friends, the📕 is #freeaccess: cup.org/3P7ik9o
Download my Chapter here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
“The Challenge of the Rule of Law & Democracy in Contemporary Africa” in
The Rule of Law Under Pressure…,(Shaffer & Sandholtz, Eds.)
#GlobalSouth friends, the📕 is #freeaccess: cup.org/3P7ik9o
Download my Chapter here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
January 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
‼️ Very happy to share my Chapter titled
“The Challenge of the Rule of Law & Democracy in Contemporary Africa” in
The Rule of Law Under Pressure…,(Shaffer & Sandholtz, Eds.)
#GlobalSouth friends, the📕 is #freeaccess: cup.org/3P7ik9o
Download my Chapter here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
“The Challenge of the Rule of Law & Democracy in Contemporary Africa” in
The Rule of Law Under Pressure…,(Shaffer & Sandholtz, Eds.)
#GlobalSouth friends, the📕 is #freeaccess: cup.org/3P7ik9o
Download my Chapter here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
If you are in #Lagos, Nigeria, next week, join and all at #PunukaAttorneys for the Grande Finale of the 100 years of celebration of the Hon. Justice Chukwunweike Idigbe, the Punuka Annual Lecture 2024.
My keynote will reflect on the practice & scholarship of international trade law in Nigeria.
My keynote will reflect on the practice & scholarship of international trade law in Nigeria.
November 29, 2024 at 2:11 PM
If you are in #Lagos, Nigeria, next week, join and all at #PunukaAttorneys for the Grande Finale of the 100 years of celebration of the Hon. Justice Chukwunweike Idigbe, the Punuka Annual Lecture 2024.
My keynote will reflect on the practice & scholarship of international trade law in Nigeria.
My keynote will reflect on the practice & scholarship of international trade law in Nigeria.
🔊🔊Call for Papers by the Academic Forum on ISDS:
“ISDS Reform: Past, Present, and Future”
Key Dates:
- Abstract submission by 31 Dec. 2024
- Speakers notified by 1 Feb. 2025
- Completed papers due by 15 April 2025
- Conference Date: 29 April 2025
www.afronomicslaw.org/category/new...
“ISDS Reform: Past, Present, and Future”
Key Dates:
- Abstract submission by 31 Dec. 2024
- Speakers notified by 1 Feb. 2025
- Completed papers due by 15 April 2025
- Conference Date: 29 April 2025
www.afronomicslaw.org/category/new...
November 18, 2024 at 9:25 PM
🔊🔊Call for Papers by the Academic Forum on ISDS:
“ISDS Reform: Past, Present, and Future”
Key Dates:
- Abstract submission by 31 Dec. 2024
- Speakers notified by 1 Feb. 2025
- Completed papers due by 15 April 2025
- Conference Date: 29 April 2025
www.afronomicslaw.org/category/new...
“ISDS Reform: Past, Present, and Future”
Key Dates:
- Abstract submission by 31 Dec. 2024
- Speakers notified by 1 Feb. 2025
- Completed papers due by 15 April 2025
- Conference Date: 29 April 2025
www.afronomicslaw.org/category/new...
Being back at the Research Forum of @asilorg.bsky.social this weekend at the University of Chicago has prompted me to reflect publicly (Pic 2 ⬇️) on my 10-year membership & leadership journey with #ASIL & @ajil.bsky.social.
Hope it inspires someone out there to keep going.🙏🏿 🇳🇬/🇨🇦
Hope it inspires someone out there to keep going.🙏🏿 🇳🇬/🇨🇦
November 17, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Being back at the Research Forum of @asilorg.bsky.social this weekend at the University of Chicago has prompted me to reflect publicly (Pic 2 ⬇️) on my 10-year membership & leadership journey with #ASIL & @ajil.bsky.social.
Hope it inspires someone out there to keep going.🙏🏿 🇳🇬/🇨🇦
Hope it inspires someone out there to keep going.🙏🏿 🇳🇬/🇨🇦
📸 On November 9, David Hughes, John Packer & I had the pleasure of collaboratively hosting a half-day workshop on “Double Standards & International Law”.
It featured 3 panels at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre with a wide range of insightful discussions. Thanks to all participants.
It featured 3 panels at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre with a wide range of insightful discussions. Thanks to all participants.
November 12, 2024 at 2:16 AM
📸 On November 9, David Hughes, John Packer & I had the pleasure of collaboratively hosting a half-day workshop on “Double Standards & International Law”.
It featured 3 panels at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre with a wide range of insightful discussions. Thanks to all participants.
It featured 3 panels at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre with a wide range of insightful discussions. Thanks to all participants.
Really delighted to share the news of my appointment as the Purdy Crawford Chair in Business Law @SchulichLaw.
In this capacity, very glad to announce my workshop on “Rethinking the Dimensions of #IEL”.
More about both ⬇️. #weldonproud #thankful
bit.ly/3Tn1S7H
In this capacity, very glad to announce my workshop on “Rethinking the Dimensions of #IEL”.
More about both ⬇️. #weldonproud #thankful
bit.ly/3Tn1S7H
September 9, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Really delighted to share the news of my appointment as the Purdy Crawford Chair in Business Law @SchulichLaw.
In this capacity, very glad to announce my workshop on “Rethinking the Dimensions of #IEL”.
More about both ⬇️. #weldonproud #thankful
bit.ly/3Tn1S7H
In this capacity, very glad to announce my workshop on “Rethinking the Dimensions of #IEL”.
More about both ⬇️. #weldonproud #thankful
bit.ly/3Tn1S7H
An absolute honour to be the Allan Rock Visiting Prof. for the 2024-2025 academic year at the Faculty of Law, U of Ottawa (Common Law section).
Read more⬇️
EN: bit.ly/4gf27eM
FR: bit.ly/3ZcUrnh
Looking forward to my visits to my Alma mater & thanks to Dean Kristen Boon for the invitation.
Read more⬇️
EN: bit.ly/4gf27eM
FR: bit.ly/3ZcUrnh
Looking forward to my visits to my Alma mater & thanks to Dean Kristen Boon for the invitation.
September 8, 2024 at 10:26 AM
An absolute honour to be the Allan Rock Visiting Prof. for the 2024-2025 academic year at the Faculty of Law, U of Ottawa (Common Law section).
Read more⬇️
EN: bit.ly/4gf27eM
FR: bit.ly/3ZcUrnh
Looking forward to my visits to my Alma mater & thanks to Dean Kristen Boon for the invitation.
Read more⬇️
EN: bit.ly/4gf27eM
FR: bit.ly/3ZcUrnh
Looking forward to my visits to my Alma mater & thanks to Dean Kristen Boon for the invitation.
An honour to have been invited to serve our Int’l Economic Law community as a Member of the Editorial Board of @jwitbrill.bsky.social
My thanks to the journal’s new Editors-in-Chief, Julien Chaisse & Joanna Lam.
Looking forward to serving together with others in the team.
lnkd.in/gj3SBwNG
My thanks to the journal’s new Editors-in-Chief, Julien Chaisse & Joanna Lam.
Looking forward to serving together with others in the team.
lnkd.in/gj3SBwNG
January 17, 2024 at 8:41 AM
An honour to have been invited to serve our Int’l Economic Law community as a Member of the Editorial Board of @jwitbrill.bsky.social
My thanks to the journal’s new Editors-in-Chief, Julien Chaisse & Joanna Lam.
Looking forward to serving together with others in the team.
lnkd.in/gj3SBwNG
My thanks to the journal’s new Editors-in-Chief, Julien Chaisse & Joanna Lam.
Looking forward to serving together with others in the team.
lnkd.in/gj3SBwNG
Mbengue, Makane Moïse, & Olabisi D. Akinkugbe, 'The Criticism of Eurocentrism & International Law: Countering & Pluralizing the Research, Teaching, & Practice of Eurocentric Int’l Law', in Anne van Aaken & Ors (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Int’l Law in Europe.
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
December 19, 2023 at 1:38 AM
Mbengue, Makane Moïse, & Olabisi D. Akinkugbe, 'The Criticism of Eurocentrism & International Law: Countering & Pluralizing the Research, Teaching, & Practice of Eurocentric Int’l Law', in Anne van Aaken & Ors (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Int’l Law in Europe.
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
A heartfelt thanks to Lorenzo Gasbarri & the team @ScuolaSantAnna for the invitation to give the #opening #keynote at their China & Europe in the African Continent conference. A great opportunity to reflect on my work in progress:
‘Mega-Infrastructures in Africa as Technologies of Imperialism’.🙏🏿
‘Mega-Infrastructures in Africa as Technologies of Imperialism’.🙏🏿
December 1, 2023 at 10:32 PM