Obiora C. Okafor

Edward B. Burling Chair in Int’l Law and Institutions, Johns Hopkins SAIS in Washington DC | Former UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and Int’l Solidarity.

[Obiora C. Okafor @obioraokaforc]

Today, I delivered my report to the UN Human Rights Council making the case for the adoption and endorsement of a UN Declaration on the Right to International Solidarity.

I presented a revised draft of the declaration along with my report. Here are my main points [thread]
#HRC53

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

Two brothers in whom we are very pleased: @ObiAginam & @obioraokaforc in New Delhi where Prof Okafor has just delivered the Distinguished Lecture at the @UNESCO_MGIEP, directed by Prof Aginam.

[Obiora C. Okafor @obioraokaforc]

Delighted to contribute to this symposium: The Legal & the Illegitimate - Lessons frm ECOWAS Law & Praxis. My essay reflects on the r/ship btw legality, legitimacy, & regional gov, & wat the ECOWAS experience reveal abt law in shaping political communities https://t.co/ZCS4n6ExpA

[Afronomicslaw @afronomicslaw]

#NEW Book Review Symposium:

“Economic Sanctions from Havana to Baghdad: Legitimacy, Accountability, and Humanitarian Consequences” - By Joy Gordon @LoyolaChicago Philosophy Dept.

Read the “Introduction to Symposium” and the excellent reviewers ⬇️.

https://t.co/oGtGsye3HZ

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📚Book Review Symposium I:

“These sanctions are not applied proportionately worldwide. Despite a lack of clarity about their moral & legal legitimacy, one region remains overwhelmingly and disproportionately sanctioned: Africa.” -Chukwuebuka E. Madu.

https://t.co/ZUJRAYBYqf

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#EVENT #Registration Now Open:

Theme: “Peace, Prosperity and the Future of International Law, Geopolitics and Geoeconomics in a Fragmenting World”

📆: August 20, 5p.m - 9p.m (CEST)

📍 Vienna Austria

https://t.co/UMcPsD0G7V

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#ECOWAS @51 Symposium V: In “Unfinished Business of Gender Equality in #ECOWAS”, Dr. Asubiaro-Dada “explores the duality of #ECOWAS as both a site for advancing gender equality and a spectre of the unfinished business of gender equality.”

Read more ⬇️

https://t.co/iMQq1j4Ra3

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#ECOWAS Symposium I:

“… challenges remain…what is agreed at the policy level is not always implemented or takes a very long time…, leading to fragmentation & loopholes in efforts to safeguard the resources in the region and the marine environment.”⬇️

https://t.co/yosWNSN6YD

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📣📚Kofi O. Kufuor “explores the growth & development of administrative power in ECOWAS [&] contributes to the current limited body of knowledge on this aspect of ECOWAS by sketching … the ideas that have moulded the ECOWAS administrative apparatus.”

https://t.co/5z2m5DNzhU

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📚#ECOWAS Symposium post III by Juliet Ogbodo reflects “on an increasingly important and arguably underexplored aspect of ECOWAS’s economic development agenda: intellectual property rights (#IPR) protection.”

Check out her contribution ⬇️.

https://t.co/fq9qrYyFy4

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📚Symposium IV: The Economic Community of West African States in its Fifties – Looking Back, Look Forward

“ECOWAS in the Next 50 Years: Advancing Regional Community Law through Digital Justice and Online Dispute Resolution” by @effodu. ⬇️

https://t.co/dvzwUbbDu3

[Afronomicslaw @afronomicslaw]

📣New Symposium: We are glad to share the collection of essays on #ECOWAS at 51!

Theme: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in its Fifties – Looking Back, Looking Forward

Convenors: @bisi_akins & @obioraokaforc!

Read Introduction⬇️

https://t.co/X9nWL7BgKe

[Guillaume Long @GuillaumeLong]

14/ Los firmantes de la carta son: Raúl Zaffaroni, Baltasar Garzón, Luis Eduardo Montealegre, Paulo Abrão, Patricio Pazmiño, Ramiro Ávila, Tarso Genro, Héctor Arce Zaconeta, Emilio Camacho, Juarez Tavares, David Boyd, Olivier De Schutter, Ian Fry, Michael Fakhri, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Obiora Okafor

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@ObioraOkaforC

[Guillaume Long @GuillaumeLong]

13/ The letter’s signatories are: Raúl Zaffaroni, Baltasar Garzón, Luis Eduardo Montealegre, Paulo Abrão, Patricio Pazmiño, Ramiro Ávila, Tarso Genro, Héctor Arce Zaconeta, Emilio Camacho, Juarez Tavares, David Boyd, Olivier De Schutter, Ian Fry, Michael Fakhri, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Obiora Okafor.

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@ravila67
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@tarsogenro
@ArceZaconeta
@jxtavares
@EnvirOptimist
@MichaelFakhri
@rajonlaw
@ObioraOkaforC

[Olabisi D. Akinkugbe @bisi_akins]

📚Looking forward to joining colleagues at the African Legal Studies Workshop on “Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa” from March 16-18 in Antwerp where I will deliver an opening #keynote.

#africa #sociolegalapproaches #lawanddevelopment

https://t.co/D7jEnnewBW

[Godwin Dzah @GodwinDzah]

There were also 2 stellar book reviews by Endalew Lijalem Enyew & Elisabeth Lopez Desvars published in @RECIELjournal (https://t.co/HfSnDYwxBl) & @BritishYearbook (https://t.co/KzTdDQv5fJ). Other notable devts include speaking at @SAISHopkins at the invitation of @obioraokaforc.

[Afronomicslaw @afronomicslaw]

📚📣CfP : @af_ieln 8th Biennial Conference, Rabat, Morocco!

“Africa & the Future of International Economic Law: Navigating Geopolitical Realignments, Sustainability Imperatives, & Technological Disruptions”

Submissions in EN/FR encouraged!!

More ⬇️

https://t.co/rdDJyHnoBr

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📚 We are very pleased to announce the publication of:

- Volume 5, #AfJIEL, (2025).

- This Issue contains the #SpecialIssue of the @af_ieln 2023 Conference on “Int’l Econ. Law in an Era of Multiple Crises: Opportunities and Challenges for Africa”.

➡️ https://t.co/r3xf9I4uJg

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📚📖📘📙NEW Book Review Symposium

Book: “Taxation, Human Rights and Sustainable Development: Global South Perspectives (Routledge, 2025)”

“Symposium Introduction” by Convenors & Authors - @Goser_ovbiedo, @honnewman & @ChisaOnyejekwe

https://t.co/s0KxQB8tVF

[Obiora C. Okafor @obioraokaforc]

Honoured to have contributed to the new @AJIL_andUnbound vol. on Africa’s Int’l Law of Democracy.

Grateful to my brilliant co-editors and co-authors for curating and contributing to such an important collection that deepens global convos on democracy, solidarity, & governance!

[Obiora C. Okafor @obioraokaforc]

Open access here: https://t.co/WMe1SFwEpH

[Obiora C. Okafor @obioraokaforc]

Honoured to have contributed to the new @AJIL_andUnbound vol. on Africa’s Int’l Law of Democracy.

Grateful to my brilliant co-editors and co-authors for curating and contributing to such an important collection that deepens global convos on democracy, solidarity, & governance!