Nigerian Yearbook of International Law 2018/2019

Part I - International Law: New Reflections on Humankind as a Subject of International Law by Judge Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade.- Can the Law Respond to Threatened Apocalypse? by Judge David Baragwanath.- The Rule of International Law - Where Are We Going? by Judge Howard Morrison.- Part II - Environmental Law and Natural Resources Law: Coastal State Regulation of the Use of Arms in the Private Protection of Commercial Vessels in the Gulf of Guinea: A Nigerian Perspective by Osatohanmwen O. Anastasia Eruaga.- Joint Development of Transboundary Natural Resources - Lessons from the Nigeria-São Tomé e Príncipe Joint Development Zone by Adaeze Okoye, Mariam Masini, and Alache Fisho.- Implementing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)-based Electronic Waste Institutions in Nigeria: Lessons from the Global North by Irekpitan Okukpon.- Part III - Intellectual Property: The Participation of Pharmaceutical Drug Industry in Patent Governance and Law-Making: A Case Study of India and Nigeria by Amaka Vanni.- Part IV - International Criminal Law: The International Criminal Court - What Has It Accomplished? by Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji.- Improving the Efficiency of International Criminal Courts and Tribunals: The Paris Declaration on the Effectiveness of International Criminal Justice by Judge Ivana Hrdlicková, Adrian Plevin and Amanda Fang.- The International Criminal Court on the Rohingyas' Situation and the Early Scholarly Echo of the Decision by Judge Péter Kovacs.- The Law's Response to the Plight of Victims of Trauma in the Context of International Criminal Justice by Judge Daniel D. Ntanda Nsereko.- Part V - International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: TWAILing the Minimum Core Concept: Re-thinking the Minimum Core of Economic and Social Rights in the Third World by CarolineOmari Lichuma.- Health and Development in Africa: How Far Can the Human Rights Jurisprudence Go? by Olasupo Owoeye.- Determining the Termination of

Chile Eboe-Osuji, LLB, LLM, LLD, is the President of the International Criminal Court since 11 March 2018. Prior to joining the ICC, Judge Eboe-Osuji was the Legal Advisor to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, during which time he anchored the High Commissioner's interventions in cases involving human rights questions. In that capacity, he led the writing of amicus curiae submissions to the European Court of Human Rights and the United States Supreme Court. He served as principal appeals counsel for the Prosecution in the Charles Taylor Case at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and has held several posts at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, including Head of Chambers and Lead Prosecution Trial Counsel.

He practiced law as a barrister before trial courts in Nigeria and Canada; and conducted appeals before the Court of Appeal for Ontario (Canada) and the Supreme Court of Canada.

Judge Eboe-Osuji taught international criminal law as adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa. He served as legal expert to Nigeria's delegation to the ICC-ASP Special Working Group on the Definition of the Crime of Aggression.

He was called to the Bar in Nigeria (1986); Ontario, Canada (1992); and British Columbia, Canada (1982). Judge Eboe-Osuji received his PhD degree from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands (with thesis in international criminal law). He received his LLM degree from McGill University, Canada; and also did his Canadian law accreditation studies at McGill. He received the LLB degree from the University of Calabar, Nigeria.






Engobo Emeseh, LLB, LLM, MSc, PhD is Head of Law School, University of Bradford. She has extensive experience in higher education both within and outside the UK. Professor Emeseh has led the development of innovative market relevant degree schemes, portfolio reviews, and diversification of delivery