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Dapo Akande

Dapo Akande is a British-Nigerian academic and lawyer. Akande is the Chichele Professor of Public International Law at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and co-director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC). Akande was the first Black professor to be honoured with a portrait at St Peter's College, Oxford. Akande is a founding editor of ''EJIL:Talk!'', the scholarly blog of the European Journal of International Law. In November 2021, Akande was elected to the United Nations International Law Commission for the term 2023–2027 at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. He was co-nominated by the United Kingdom, Japan, Kenya, Slovenia and Nigeria making him the first candidate to be nominated by countries from four United Nations regional groups in the history of the International Law Commission.

In September 2024, the UK Government declared its intention to nominate Professor Akande for election as a judge to the International Court of Justice for the term 2027 - 2035. Provided by Wikipedia