
Dr Edwin Egede
Reader in International Law & International Relations
- Email:
- egedee@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2087 4237
- Location:
- 0.07, Law Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX
- Media commentator
My research interests include:
- International Law and International Relations
- International Organisations
- Ocean Law, Governance and Politics
- Boundary Delimitation, especially Maritime Delimitation, and Global Politics
- Human Rights & Civil Liberties
- Regulation of the Control and Use of Natural Resources, especially in Global Commons
- Constitutionalism and Democracy in Africa.
I am interested in supervising research projects in any of my research interests.
Background information
- Programme Director, Politics, Cardiff School of European Languages, Translation and Politics (2010 to 2013)
- Convenor, Msc International Relations Programme, Cardiff School of European Languages, Translation and Politics(2008 to 2010)
- An International lawyer engaged in interdisciplinary teaching and research in International Law and International Relations
- Lectured on International Law and Human Rights & Civil Liberties both in Nigeria and the United Kingdom
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)(September 2009 to date)
- Won prestigious United Nations/ United Nations Institute for Training and Research Fellowship in international Law and attended courses at the renowned Hague Academy of International Law (July 2000)
- A Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
- An Ordained Minister in His Church
Memberships
- International Law Association (British Branch)
- Academic Council on the United Nations Systems(ACUNS)
- Association of Attendees and Alumni of the Hague Academy of International Law (AAA)
- Nigerian Society of International Law (NSIL)
- Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
Confrences/Courses attended
- International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO)/International Association of Geodesy (IAG) Advisory Board on the Law of the Sea(ABLOS) Conference 2010, Monaco (October 2010)
- African Studies Association of the UK(ASAUK) 2010 Conference, Oxford University(September 2010)
- Academic Council on the United Nations System(ACUNS) 2010 Conference, Vienna, Austria(June 2010)
- Socio-Legal Studies Association(SLSA) 2010 Annual Conference(March 2010)
- Effective International Dispute Settlement for Public and Private Actors, World Legal Forum, The Hague, Netherlands(December 2007)
- Third J.H.W. Verzijl Memorial Symposium â Stability and Change in the Law of the Sea: Selected Issues, Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands. (December 2004)
- UN/UNITAR fellowship programme in International Law, the Hague, Netherlands. (July/August 2000)
- Summer Course on Private and Public International Law, Hague Academy on International Law, the Hague, Netherlands. (July/August 2000)
Papers presented
- Paper on: Are there commonalities between the European Union and African Union Approaches to the Definition of Terrorism? Presented at a Public Lecture of the European Governance, Identity & Public Policy Research Unit, Cardiff University School of European Studies(June 2011)
- Paper on: Compliance with Article 76 of the Law of the Sea Convention (LOSC) 1982: A Burden for Developing States? â An African Perspective, presented at the 6th International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO)/International Association of Geodesy (IAG) Advisory Board on the Law of the Sea(ABLOS) Conference 2010, Monaco (October 2010)
- Paper on: the Right to the Enjoyment of the Common Heritage of Mankind under the African Charter: Legal Right or Political Rhetoric?, presented at the African Studies Association of the UK(ASAUK) 2010 Conference, Oxford University.(September 2010)
- Paper on: International Straits, Compulsory Pilotage and the Protection of the Marine Environment, presented at the Sixth International Colloquium of the Institute for International Shipping and Trade Law, Swansea University (September 2010)
- Paper on the Common Heritage of Mankind of Global Commons and Ownership under African Native Land Tenure System: Are there parallels?, presented at the Socio-Legal Studies Association(SLSA) 2010 Annual Conference(March 2010)
- Paper on World Organisations and International Law, presented at the Cardiff United Nations Association (February 2009)
- Paper on the United Nations and Terrorism, presented at the Cardiff University Model United Nations Conference held at the Welsh Assembly (April 2008)
- Paper on the Fundamental Right to a Clean Environment in the Niger Delta of Nigeria, presented at the Faculty Seminar, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, Nigeria(February 2001)
- Paper on the Relationship between International Human Rights Treaties and Nigerian Law, presented at the United Nations/ United Nations Institute for Training and Research(UN/UNITAR) International Law programme at the Peace Palace, the Hague Netherlands(July 2000)
Other scholarly and professional activities
- Refereed grant proposal for the Marsden Fund (administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand), a Fund established by the government of New Zealand to fund excellent fundamental research
- Alternate member of the International Law Association (ILA) international research Committee on Baselines under the International Law of the Sea (May 2011 to date)
- Affiliated Research Member of the Cardiff University Research Institute for Sustainable Places (November 2010 to date)
- Member of the Welsh Centre of International Affairs(WCIA) Legal Affairs Committee(August 2010 to date)
- Member of the Executive of Cardiff United Nations Association; (May 2009 to date)
- Member of the editorial board of the Nigerian Journal of Contemporary Law (1998 to 2001)
2020
- Egede, E. 2020. Maritime security and deep seabed beyond national jurisdiction. In: Banet, C. ed. The Law of the Seabed: Access, Uses, and Protection of Seabed Resources.. Brill, pp. 185-210.
2019
- Egede, E. 2019. Historic rights in African state practice. Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law 7(2), pp. 166-188. (10.1163/22134484-12340123)
- Egede, E., Pal, M. and Charles, E. 2019. A study on issues related to the operationalization of the enterprise in particular on the legal, technical and financial implications for the international seabed authority and for states parties to the United Nations convention on the law of the sea. Technical Report.
- Egede, E. 2019. The outer limit of the continental shelf in Africa: present situation and prospects. Presented at: Workshop for the promotion of sustainable development of Africa’s deep seabed resources in support to Africa’s blue economy, Pretoria, South Africa, 16-18 May 2019. pp. -.
- Egede, E. 2019. Myron H. Nordquist, John Norton Moore and Ronán Long, eds., Legal Order in the World’s Oceans: UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, Volume 21 (Leiden/Boston: Brill Nijhoff, 2018), 463 pp [Book Review]. Ocean Yearbook Online 33(1), pp. 598-601.
- Egede, E., Pal, M. and Charles, E. 2019. A study on issues related to the operationalization of the enterprise in particular on the legal, technical and financial implications for the international seabed authority and for states parties to the United Nations convention on the law of the sea. International Seabed Authority. Available at: http://ran-s3.s3.amazonaws.com/isa.org.jm/s3fs-public/files/documents/study-operationalization_enterprise.pdf
- Egede, E. 2019. Independent operation of the Enterprise: perspectives and challenges. Presented at: International Seabed Authority, African Union and South African Government Capacity Building Workshop for the Promotion of Sustainable Development of Africa's Deep Seabed Resources in Support of Africa's Blue Economy, Pretoria, South Africa, 16-18 May 2019.
- Egede, E. 2019. African blue economy and China's maritime silk road project: Opportunities for cooperation?. Presented at: International Symposium on Blue Economic Sustainable Development along the Maritime Silk Road, Lancashire Law School, University of Lancashire, Preston, UK, 9-10 May, 2019. pp. -.
- Egede, E. and Apaalse, L. 2019. Dispute concerning delimitation of the maritime boundary between Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire in the Atlantic Ocean - Lessons from another maritime delimitation case arising from the African region. Indiana International & Comparative Law Review 29, pp. 55-90.
- Egede, E. 2019. The Enterprise? Update on activities. Presented at: African Group of the International Seabed Authority Deep Seabed Mining Policy Capacity Building Workshop, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Accra, Ghana, 30-31 January, 2019. pp. -.
2018
- Egede, E. 2018. Maritime Security: Horn of Africa and Implementation of the 2050 AIM Strategy. Horn of Africa Bulletin 30(2), pp. 7-11.
- Egede, E. 2018. The Area: Common heritage of mankind, sponsoring states of convenience and developing states. Presented at: 3rd Hamburg International Environmental Law Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 15-16 April 2016 Presented at Kotzur, M. et al. eds.Sustainable Ocean Resource Governance: Deep Sea Mining, Marine Energy and Submarine Cables. Brill
- Egede, E. 2018. Nigeria-Sao Tome & Principe Joint Development Agreement (Nigerian Perspectives). Presented at: 2nd International Workshop of 'Beyond the Joint Development Agreement' Project, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, 2-4 May 2018.
- Egede, E. 2018. China's belt and road initiative: the Indian Ocean and African maritime security. Presented at: Maritime Security and the Belt & Road Initiative: European Perspectives, Lancashire Law School, University of Lancashire, 9-10 May 2018.
- Egede, E. 2018. African transboundary national resources management: Institutions and instruments (discussant paper). Presented at: United Nations Economic Commission(UNECA) Capacity Development Division High Level Policy Dialogue on Transboundary Natural Resource Disputes in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, 12-13 July 2018. pp. -.
2017
- Egede, E. and Igiehon, M. eds. 2017. The Bakassi dispute and the International Court of Justice: continuing challenges.. Routledge.
- Egede, E. 2017. The land and maritime boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria: Equatorial Guinea intervening) case: interrogating some ongoing law of the sea challenges. In: Egede, E. and Igiehon, M. eds. The Bakassi Dispute and the International Court of Justice: Continuing Challenges.. Routledge, pp. 117-137.
- Egede, E. 2017. The common heritage of mankind and its application in the new draft exploitation regulations. Presented at: Workshop for the African Group of Member States of the International Seabed Authority, New York, USA, 2-3 December 2017.
- Egede, E. 2017. Nigeria. In: Vrancken, P. and Tsamenyi, M. eds. The Law of the Sea: The African Union and its Member States.. Kenwyn, South Africa: Juta & Company Ltd
- Egede, E., Busia, K. and de Souza, K. G. 2017. The African Mineral Development Centre and the prospects for improving African participation in the deep seabed mining regime. Presented at: 23rd Session of the International Seabed Authority, Kingston, Jamaica, 7-18 August 2017.
- Egede, E. 2017. Africa's Lomé Charter on maritime security: what are the next steps?. [Online]. Piracy-studies.org. Available at: http://piracy-studies.org/africas-lome-charter-on-maritime-security-what-are-the-next-steps/
- Egede, E. 2017. Opportunities for improvement of the AIM Strategy and other related African legal regimes to support the sustainable development and coordination of activities in the Africa’s maritime domain and Africa’s Blue Economy. Presented at: Marine Mineral Resources of Africa's Continental Shelf and Adjacent International Seabed Area - Prospects for Sustainable Development of the African Maritime Domain, Kampala, Uganda, 2-4 May 2017.
- Egede, E. 2017. Africa's engagement with deep seabed mining. Presented at: The Deep Sea Mining Summit 2017, London, UK, 22-23 May 2017.
- Egede, E. 2017. A ‘new frontier’ for mining? Time for Africa's engagement with deep seabed mining. International Bar Association, Public Law Committee. Available at: https://www.ibanet.org/Article/NewDetail.aspx?ArticleUid=afdb69a8-7c83-4184-91b4-2a814556bef7
- Egede, E. 2017. African blue economy and deep seabed mining. Presented at: Capacity Development Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa(UNECA) Policy Dialogue on Governance of resources and maritime activities for sustainable development in Africa, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, 21-23 June 2017.
- Egede, E. 2017. Historic rights in African state practice. Presented at: 6th Zhejiang University, Guanghua Law School Annual Ocean Law and Governance International Conference, Hangzhou, China, 28-29 October 2017.
2016
- Egede, E. 2016. Institutional gaps in the 2050 Africa's Integrated Maritime Strategy. Iilwandle Zethu: Journal of Ocean Law and Governance in Africa 2016(1), pp. 1-27.
- Egede, E. 2016. Military uses of the seabed. Among others, the Seabed Arms Control Treaty. Presented at: University of Oslo, Faculty of Law - Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law Workshop on New uses and abuses of the seabed - legal challenges., Oslo, Norway, 3 June 2016.
- Egede, E. 2016. The area: sponsoring states of convenience and developing states. Presented at: 3rd Hamburg International Environmental Conference 2016 - A Sea Change for Sustainable Ocean Resource Governance, Hamburg, Germany, 15 - 16 April 2016.
- Egede, E. 2016. Africa and deep seabed mining in the area. Presented at: Africa Union Commission(AUC) Conference on Maritime Governance for Sustainable Development, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 25 July 2016.
- Egede, E. and Egede, H. 2016. The force of the community in the Niger Delta of Nigeria: propositions for new oil and gas legal and contractual arrangements. Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law 25(1), pp. 45-88.
2015
- Egede, E. 2015. Maritime security and oil bunkering in maritime zones within national jurisdiction: the Gulf of Guinea as a case study. Presented at: UBCEES Conference on Contemporary Opportunities and Challenges in Offshore Energy Exploitation, University of Buckingham, UK, 28 October 2015.
- Egede, E. 2015. Maritime security: a comparison of the African and Asian approaches. Presented at: Xiamen University- Cardiff University Maritime Security Workshop, Xiamen, China, 5 May 2015.
2014
- Egede, E. 2014. United Nations Secretary-General appointment process: Time for a female Secretary-General?. Academic Council on the United Nations System(ACUNS) Quarterly Newsletter 2014(3), pp. 7-10.
- Egede, E. 2014. The common heritage of mankind and the sub-Saharan African native land tenure system: A 'clash of cultures' in the interpretation of concepts in international law?. Journal of African Law 58(1), pp. 71-88. (10.1017/S0021855313000144)
- Egede, E. 2014. Piracy and the East African region. In: Koutrakos, P. and Skordas, A. eds. The Law and Practice of Piracy at Sea: European and International Perspectives.. Hart Publishing, pp. 249-265.
- Egede, E. 2014. Anglo-Nigerian relations: colonialism and social justice & development after 50 years. Presented at: British International Studies Association (BISA) Africa and International Studies working group: Public lecture on 'Britain and Africa after 50: Social justice and development', Cardiff, Wales, UK, 6 February 2014.
- Egede, E. 2014. Reform of the UN. Presented at: United Nations Cardiff and District Branch Public Lecture, Cardiff, Wales, 8th April 2014. pp. 1-16.
- Egede, E. 2014. Common heritage of mankind. In: Carty, A. ed. Oxford Bibliographies Online: International Law.. Oxford University Press, (10.1093/OBO/9780199796953-0109)
- Egede, E. 2014. Institutional gaps in AIM strategy. Presented at: 2014 Marine and Maritime Law Conference - "The 2050 African Integrated Maritime(AIM) Strategy: Legal Opportunities and Challenges", Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 13-14 November 2014.
2013
- Egede, E. 2013. Historic title, historic rights and their application in the South China Sea. Presented at: South China Sea: UNCLOS and State Practice Conference, Haikou, Hainan Island Province, China, 23-25 October 2013.
- Egede, E. and Sutch, P. D. E. 2013. The politics of international law and international justice.. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Egede, E. 2013. International straits, compulsory pilotage and the marine environment. In: Caddell, R. and Thomas, R. eds. Shipping, Law and the Marine Environment in the 21st Century: Emerging Challenges for the Law of the Sea - Legal Implications and Liabilities.. Lawtext Publishing Limited, pp. 35-52.
2012
- Egede, E. 2012. Africa and the Extended Continental Shelf under the Law of the Sea Convention (LOSC) 1982. The Journal Jurisprudence 14, pp. 173-200.
- Egede, E. 2012. The Hamburg Lectures on Maritime Affairs 2009 and 2010: Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs (vol.23), edited by Jurgen Basedow, Ulrich Magnus and Rudiger Wolfrum [Book Review]. The Journal of International Maritime Law 18(5), pp. 399-402.
2011
- Egede, E. 2011. Africa and the Deep Seabed Regime: Politics and International Law of the Common Heritage of Mankind.. London: Springer.
- Egede, E. 2011. Are there commonalities between the European Union and African Union approaches to the definition of terrorism?. Presented at: Public Lecture, European Governance, Identity & Public Policy Research Unit, Cardiff University School of European Languages, Translation & Politics, Cardiff, UK, 1 June 2011.
2010
- Egede, E. 2010. Compliance with Article 76 of the Law of the Sea Convention (LOSC) 1982: A burden for developing states? - An African perspective. Presented at: 6th International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO /International Association of Geodesy (IAG) Advisory Board on the Law of the Sea(ABLOS) Conference 2010, Monaco, 25-28 October 2010.
- Egede, E. 2010. The right to the enjoyment of the common heritage of mankind under the African Charter: Legal right or political rhetoric?. Presented at: The African Studies Association of the UK(ASAUK) 2010 Conference, Oxford, UK, 16 -19 September 2010.
- Egede, E. 2010. International straits, compulsory pilotage and the protection of the marine environment. Presented at: Sixth International Colloquium of the Institute for International Shipping and Trade Law, Swansea, UK, 9-10 September 2010.
- Egede, E. 2010. The common heritage of mankind of global commons and ownership under African native land tenure system: Are there parallels?. Presented at: Socio-Legal Studies Association(SLSA) 2010 Annual Conference, Bristol, UK, March 2010.
- Egede, E. 2010. Law of the Sea. In: Denemark, R. A. ed. The International Studies Encyclopedia., Vol. 8. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 4839-4855.
- Egede, E. and Apaalse, L. 2010. Ghana’s Extended Continental Shelf and Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf under Article 76 of the Law of the Sea Convention 1982. Sri Lanka Journal of International Law 22(1), pp. 141-172.
2009
- Egede, E. 2009. African States and Participation in Deep Seabed Mining: Problems and Prospects. International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 24(4), pp. 683-712. (10.1163/157180809X455601)
2008
- Egede, E. 2008. Bakassi: Critical look at the Green Tree Agreement [Newspaper Article]. Nigerian Daily Independent, pp. n/a.
2007
- Egede, E. 2007. Bringing human rights home: An examination of the domestication of human rights treaties in Nigeria. Journal of African Law 51(2), pp. 249-284. (10.1017/S0021855307000290)
- Egede, E. 2007. Human Rights and the Environment: Is there a Legally Enforceable Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment for the ‘Peoples’ of the Niger Delta under the framework of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria. Sri Lanka Journal of International Law 19(1), pp. 51-83.
2006
- Egede, E. 2006. Submission of Brazil and Article 76 of the Law of the Sea Convention (LOSC) 1982. International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 21(1), pp. 33-55. (10.1163/157180806776639493)
2005
- Egede, E. 2005. Who owns the Nigerian offshore seabed: federal or states? An examination of the Attorney General of the Federation v. Attorney General of Abia State & 35 Ors Case. Journal of African Law 49(1), pp. 73-93. (10.1017/S0021855305000069)
2004
- Egede, E. 2004. The Nigerian Territorial Waters Legislation and the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention. International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 19(2), pp. 151-176. (10.1163/1571808041220119)
- Egede, E. 2004. The outer limits of the continental shelf: African states and the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention. Ocean Development & International Law 35(2), pp. 157-178. (10.1080/00908320490434266)
2000
- Egede, E. 2000. The New Territorial Waters (Amendment) Act 1998 - Comments on the impact of international law on Nigerian law. African Journal of International and Comparative Law 12(1), pp. 84-104.
- Public International Law (postgraduate)
- Global International Organisations in World Politics (undergraduate)
- International Law in a Changing World (undergraduate)
- Introduction to International Relations (undergraduate)
I have supervised/co-supervised various Phd and Masters dissertation topics covering various of areas in international law and international relations, such as humanitarian intervention; responsibility to protect; the use of force under international law; united nations reforms; resource conflicts; e-waste and the right to a clean environment in Africa; attitude of the USA and China to Economic and Social Rights.