OYEBODE, Prof. Akindele Babatunde

LL.M, D.Jur; lawyer, academic, administrator, b:December9,1947; p:Ado-Ekiti; ht: Ikole-Ekiti; Iga: Ikole; so:Ekiti; m:Joaquin Morenike Abosede, February 24,1979;nc:twos,one d;ed: Ikeja District Council School, 1953-57; St. Savior's School, Ado- Ekiti 1958; St. Peter's School, Ikole-Ekiti, 1959; Christ's School, Ado- Ekiti, 1960-66; KievState Univereity, 1967-73; Harvard UwSchool, 1974- 75; Osgoode Hall Uw School, York Univereity, Toronto, Canada, 1981 -88; Nigerian Uw School, Ugos, 1990-91; en Studio mgr. NBC, Ibadan, 1966- 67; asst Ucturer, Univereity ofUgos,Akoka(Unilag), 1973-76; Ucturer 11, Unilag, 1976-78; Lecturer I,Unilag, 1978-81; snr. Lecturer, Unilag, 1981- 91; Pioneer prot/Dean, Faculty of Uw, Ondo State University (now Univereity ofAdo-Ekiti), 1992-97; prof. UniversityofUgos,since 1998; vc Univereity ofAdo-Ekiti, 2000-04; pror/Head ofDepartment Jurisprudence and International Uw, Univereity ofUgos,since 2004; mm:Univereity of Ado-Ekiti: Development Committee, 1992-97; Committee of Deans, 1992- 97;Senate, 1992-97; Appointments andPromotions Committee, 1992-97; Joint Committee for the Appointment of Vice-Chancellor, 1993; Sub- Committee onPlanning Unit Structure, 1993; GoverningCouncil, 1994-97; Finance&General Purposes Committee, 1994-97; Senior StaffDisciplinary Committee, 1994-97; ch: Security Committee, 1994-97; Committee on Financing a Functional Health Centre, 1994-95; Committee on Excess Workload 1995-96;mm:UniversityofUgos: Faculty AdmissionsCommittee, 1979-81; Univereity LibraryCommittee, 1981 -83; Representative, Faculty/ Dept atPostgraduate Board ofStudies, 1986-90; Univereity Publications Committee, 1988-90; Advisory Committee onStudents'Feeding, 1988-89; Senate, 1988-90, since1998; Postgraduate School AdmissionsCommittee, 1989-90; Committee on Sexual Harassment, 1990; Five-year LL.B. Curriculum Committee, 1990; Central Research Committee, 1999-2000; Appointments and Promotions Committee, 1999-2000. since 2006; Senate Committee for theAppointment ofUnivereity Registrar, 1988,2005; Senate Honours Committee,since 2006; Board,School of Postgraduate Studies, 2004-06;Academic ProgrammesCommittee, School of Postgraduate Studies, 2004-06; Coordinator, Faculty LLM. Programme, 1989-90; ch: Faculty CommitteeonAdmission Requirements; 1989; Faculty LL.M.Programme, 1999-2000; International School Management Board, 2000; Postgraduate Students* DisciplinaryCommittee, 2005-06; PublicationsVetting Committee, since 2006; mm:American Society of International Uw,since 1974; Nigerian Society International Uw.since 1976; International UwAssociation; Nigerian Association ofUwTeachere; Nigerian BarAssociation, 1991; Nigerian Institute ofManagement Board ofDirectors,African and African-American Foundation onScience, Education and Economic Development INC, NewYork; Editorial Board: UgosState University Uw Journal; Univereity ofJosUw Journal; Journal ofHuman Rights Uwand Practice; Editorial AdvisoryCouncil, 77k? News; Advisory Board, Centre for Human Rights and Development; Board of Trustees, National Association of Democratic Uwyers; Board of Directors, Centre forAdvancedSocial Science; AdvisoryBoard, Leadership Watch; Board of Directors, l-Trans UgisticsCo. Ltd.; Editorial Board, GALAXY TV; ch: Board ofTrustees,WARDC; International Advisory Board, Institute ofInternational andHumanitarian Uw, Consultant,UNOfficeonOuterSpace Affairs; ch7Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Board, Nigerian Journal ofContemporary Uw, International Advisory Board, Institute ofHuman Rights and Humanitarian Uw, Board ofGovernors,Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre; Catholic Secretariat ofNigeria Think-Tank; Board ofTrustees, Ekitipanupo Community Development Association; Board Directors, Value Assets Management Co. Ltd.; Contributing edit. Environment Network; Expert Consultant, National Boundary Commission; Consultant, Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO); Editorial Consultant, The Guardian Newspapers; award: Distinguished Jurist Award, National Association of Democratic Uwyers (NADL), 2002;UngService Award, Nigerian Association ofUwTeachere, 2004; OutstandingUwTeacher Award, Justice Chamber, Obafemi Awolowo Univereity, Ile-Ife, 2005; BestLecturerAward, Final Year Students, Faculty ofUw,UniversityofUgos,2005,2006,2007; ah: Winner, JFK School Essay Competition, 1966; Soviet Institute ofWorld Economy and International Relations Scholarship; Harvard University Tuition Fellowship; Ford Foundation/International Ugal Center Fellowship; First Foreign Graduate inducted tothePermanent Roll of Honours, Kiev State University, 1973; UN Travel Grant forthe International Uw Commission Seminar, Geneva, 1976; Juche Academy of Science Study Tour of North Korea, 1989; publ: Author, Is the Judiciary Stilt the Last Hope ofthe Common Man? 1992; Redressing ViolationsofPress Freedom inNigeria: Nigeria, the MediaandtheInternationalCriminalCourt. 1999; International Law andPolitics: An African Perspective. Bolabay Publications, Ikeja, 2003; LawandNation-Building inNigeria: SelectedEssays. CEPAR, Ugos, 2005; University Governance andAdministration in Nigeria in the 21" Century, 2005; LawandManagement ofa Petroleum Economy: Revisiting the. Nigerian Crisis, 2005; International Law and World Peace, 1988; Treatiesandthe Colonial Enterprise: the Case ofNigeria, 1990; Federalism andSustenance ofDemocracy inNigeria. 2005; 77k; Press andthe Third Term Agenda, 2006; Nigeria's Maritime Boundaries: Uw ofthe Sea and Diplomatic Rekations inAfrican Integration: Images and Perspective University ofUgos, press, 2006; TheScourge of Impurity and theSearch for aLiberal Democratic Society in Reporting Impunity: Giving Voice totheVoiceless, Nigerian Coalition onthe International Criminal Court, 2007; The Press and theThird Term Agenda, 6theConstitution 78,2006; TheSearch for World Peace: Problems and Prospects Lecture Delivered to theAssociation of Muslim Uw Students, Univereity of Ugos Chapter, 2008; The Nigerian Constitution: Conflicts andConsensus, paper delivered attheColloquium on the Nigerian Constitution: The June 12 Perspective, June 12 Coalition, 2008; The Limitsof Activism in Uw: Some Reflections on Chief Gani Fawchinmi in Fawehinmism: The Challenges of Ugal Activismin Nigeria, NBA,Ikeja and Nigerian Uw Publications, 2005; Human Rights, Democracy andthe RuleofUw Lecture, Delivered attheUgos StateHouseofAssembly, 2007;TheNiger Delta: Bridging theGap, Lecture Delivered attheFirst NTA National Lecture Series, N1IA, 2006;authorandco-authorof numerousbooks and articles inlearned journals; sc: Senior StafTClub, UniversityofUgos; hob: table tennis, jazz; off: Faculty of Uw, Univereity of Ugos,Akoka, Ugos; tel: 08034035308, 08055216540; res: 4, Alvan lkoku Crescent Univereity of Ugos, Akoka, Ugos; pha: I Market Street PO. Box 208, Ikole-Ekiti, Ekiti State;e-m: [email protected].