Global InformationDamilola Sunday Olawuyi information
Damilola Sunday Olawuyi SAN | |
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| Assumed office October 1, 2019 | |
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| Born | Damilola Sunday Olawuyi August 28, 1983 Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria |
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University of Calgary
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| Website | www |
Damilola Sunday Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb, is an international jurist, professor of law, arbitrator, author and policy consultant, with expertise in petroleum, mining, energy and environmental law.[1] He is the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria.[2] Professor Olawuyi was promoted to the rank of Full Professor of Law at the age of 32 years, becoming one of the youngest full professors of law in Nigerian history.[3] He became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (Queen's Counsel eqv.) in 2020, aged thirty-seven, becoming the youngest academic ever elevated to the rank of a senior advocate of Nigeria.[4][5][6]
He is Vice Chair of the International Law Association.[7] He has served as a BOK Visiting International Professor (VIP) at the University of Pennsylvania Law School,[8] visiting professor at Columbia Law School, New York,[9] China University of Political Science and Law, IAS Vanguard Fellow at the University of Birmingham,[10] and senior visiting research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.[11] In 2019, he was a Herbert Smith Freehills visiting professor at Cambridge University.[12] He has delivered lectures on energy law in over 40 countries. In 2020, he was appointed as an Independent Expert on the African Union's Working Group on extractive industries, environment and human rights.[13] In 2021, he was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as a member of the Governing Board of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.[14][15] In 2022, he was appointed by the President of the United Nations Human Rights Council to represent Africa as an Independent Expert on the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights.[16] He holds the UNESCO Chairs on Environmental Law and Sustainable Development at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar.[17]
- ^ "Olawuyi: 'International law emphasizes need for consent of communities that may be affected by activity or project'". Guardian Newspaper. Guardian Newspaper. March 5, 2019.
- ^ Nigerian Lawyers News (October 12, 2019). "Professor Damilola S Olawuyi appointed as Deputy Vice Chancellor at Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti". Nigerian Lawyers News. Nigerian Lawyers News.
- ^ "PROFILE: Meet Olawuyi, Nigeria's youngest SAN who became a law professor at 32". TheCable. November 21, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Nations Newspaper (2020). "NBA hails LPPC as Ahonaruogho, Alabi, Olawuyi, 69 others make SAN list". No. 17. Nation News. Nation News. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ Nigerian News, Nigerian Lawyers (November 15, 2020). "Meet The Youngest Academic To Become A Senior Advocate Of Nigeria". No. 112. Nigerian Lawyers. Nigerian Lawyers. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ The Gazelle, Newspaper (November 17, 2020). "Oyetola Congratulates Prof. Olawuyi, Adesina, Hussein On Their Elevation To SAN". No. 172020. The Gazelle News. The Gazelle News. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ "Patrons & Officers". International Law Association. International Law Association. International Law Association. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- ^ "Bok VIPs". www.law.upenn.edu. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
- ^ "DR. DAMILOLA OLAWUYI JOINS SABIN CENTER AS VISITING SCHOLAR". Columbia Law School. Sabin Centre for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School.
- ^ "IAS Vanguard Fellow 2019". University of Birmingham. Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Birmingham. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ "Damilola Olawuyi, Senior Visiting Research Fellow". Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.
- ^ "HBKU faculty member bags Cambridge fellowship". Qatar Peninsula News. Qatar Peninsula. August 13, 2018.
- ^ The Nations Newspaper, The Nation Newspaper (September 22, 2020). "Olawuyi Joins AU Working Group". No. 9. The Nation Newspaper. The Nation Newspaper. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
- ^ TNL, Newspaper (2021). "Buhari Appoints Olawuyi, 14 Others Into NEITI Board". TNL. No. 7. TNL. TNL. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
- ^ Vanguard, Newspaper (July 22, 2021). "Buhari tasks NEITI's new board on accountability of natural resource revenues". Vanguard. Vanguard Newspaper. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
- ^ Online, Tribune (July 14, 2022). "Olawuyi to represent Africa in United Nations Working Group". Tribune Online. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "HBKU establishes Unesco Chair on environmental law and sustainability". Gulf-Times (in Arabic). May 22, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.