Professor Edwin Egede

Professor of International Law & International Relations

: egedee@cardiff.ac.uk
: +44 (0)29 2087 4237
: 0.07, Law Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX

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Professor Edwin Egede is a Professor of International Law & International Relations. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Public Law, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa. Additionally, he is one of the editors of a six-volume book project on The Law of the Sea - Contemporary Norms and Practice in Africa and a member of the Advisory Board of the Brazilian Yearbook of Law of the Sea(BYLOS).

Prof Egede, having a fine blend of experience in academia and practice, undertakes interdisciplinary teaching and research in the areas of Public International Law, Law of the Sea, International Relations and International Organizations, especially as regards the United Nations. He has published widely in these areas and has also made academic and policy presentations at various international conferences. He has contributed to national and international law & policy development through his involvement in policy workshops and appointment as consultant to various entities, such as the United Nations (UN), International Seabed Authority (ISA) and African Union (AU).

His 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.

He is interested in supervising research projects in any of the above research areas.

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)

Conferences/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)

2021

Egede, E. 2021. Gulf of Guinea and maritime (in)security: musings on some implications of applicable legal instruments.. Brooklyn Journal of International Law 46

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.
Egede, E. 2020. Strategic roadmap for the development of deep seabed mining (DSM) regulations in the framework of the African blue economy. United Nations Economic Commision fo Africa (UNECA).

2019

Egede, E. 2019. Law of the sea. In: Marlin-Bennett, R. ed. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies.. Oxford: Oxford University Press, (10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.254)
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. 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(1), pp. 55-90.
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. 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. -.
Egede, E. 2019. Balancing geopolitical economic and geostrategic interests in maritime security initiatives in the Gulf of Guinea - Way forward: the 3 Cs. Presented at: Global Maritime Security Conference, Abuja, Nigeria, 7-9 October 2019.

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. In: Kotzur, M. et al. eds. Sustainable Ocean Resource Governance: Deep Sea Mining, Marine Energy and Submarine Cables. Brill, pp. 155-184.
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. 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. E. and Igiehon, M. O. eds. The Bakassi Dispute and the International Court of Justice: Continuing Challenges. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 117-137.
Egede, E. and Igiehon, M. eds. 2017. The Bakassi dispute and the International Court of Justice: continuing challenges. Routledge.
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. 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.
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.

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. 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. Oxford: Hart Publishing, pp. 249-265.
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. 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
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.

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.