Dapo Akande
About/Bio
Dapo Akande is one of the editors of EJIL:Talk! He is Chichele Professor of Public International Law at the University of Oxford. He is also a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and Co-Director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law & Armed Conflict. Dapo is a member of the United Nations International Law Commission and a barrister at Essex Court Chambers.
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Our Most Read Posts in 2024 (and Au Revoir)
January 2, 2025
Dapo Akande
I would like to wish our readers a very Happy New Year! One cannot but also wish the world a 2025 that is more peaceful than 2024. Unfortunately, armed conflict continued to rage in many parts of the world and, sadly, the hope expressed in my Happy New Year post of a year ago that 2024 would…
Some Blog Statistics
The blog’s editors, with the help of our Associate Editor Tal Gross, prepared some statistics for the recent annual meeting of the EJIL Editorial and Scientific and Advisory Boards, which may also be of interest to our readers and authors. A summary of the salient points is as follows. In the August 2023-August 2024 period, the blog published…
Welcoming Nehal Bhuta as Editor
September 24, 2024
Marko Milanovic
Dapo Akande
Diane Desierto
Devika Hovell
Sarah Nouwen
Joseph Weiler
We are happy to announce that Nehal Bhuta will be joining us as the fifth co-editor of the blog. Nehal will be well known to our readers, especially because he had already edited the blog, back in its early days. Nehal holds the Chair of Public International Law at University of Edinburgh and is Co-Director of the Edinburgh…
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Popular articles by Dapo Akande
ICC Appeals Chamber Holds that Heads of State Have No Immunity Under Customary International Law Before International Tribunals
May 6, 2019
Dapo Akande
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has, this morning, issued what seems to be an extremely controversial decision on Head of State Immunity. At the time of writing, the full written judgment is not yet available in the appeal by Jordan against the decision of the Pre-Trial Chamber referring that state to the UN Security…
ICC Issues Detailed Decision on Bashir’s Immunity (. . . At long Last . . . ) But Gets the Law Wrong
December 15, 2011
Dapo Akande
This week the ICC issued two decisions regarding whether Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir is immune from arrest in ICC parties (see here and here). The decisions were issued in the context of proceedings considering whether Malawi and Chad had breached their obligations of cooperation under the Rome Statute by failing to arrest Bashir…
The Importance of Legal Criteria for Statehood: A Response to Jure Vidmar
August 7, 2013
Dapo Akande
Anyone who has studied a general course on international law will certainly be familiar with the criteria for Statehood contained in the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States: permanent population; defined territory; government; and capacity to enter into relations with other States. In addition, they may have learned of the argument, put forward most…