IHRALS Faculty
Expertise. Experience. Applied Knowledge.
The Faculty of the Institute for Human Rights and Applied Legal Studies (IHRALS) brings together experienced academics, legal practitioners, judges, researchers, human rights professionals and other specialists whose expertise contributes to the Institute's educational, research, capacity-building and knowledge-development activities.
The Faculty is an important part of the Institute's commitment to ensuring that human rights education is not confined to abstract legal instruction. Faculty members bring together academic knowledge, professional experience, judicial practice, human rights practice, research and experiential learning to support the Institute's programmes and activities.
The Faculty may participate in teaching, curriculum development, research, public lectures, seminars, workshops, professional training, case-study development, simulations, experiential learning, institutional capacity building and other activities undertaken by the Institute.
Role of the Faculty within IHRALS
The Faculty performs a number of complementary functions within the Institute
1. Human Rights Education and Training
Faculty members contribute to the design and delivery of the Institute's courses, certificate programmes, executive education and specialised training programmes. Their role is not limited to conventional lectures. Depending on the programme, Faculty may employ case studies, simulations, role play, problem-based learning, practical exercises, facilitated discussions, group work, scenario-based learning, moot and mock exercises, reflective learning and other forms of experiential education.
2. Curriculum Development
The Faculty contributes to the development and periodic review of the Institute's curricula and educational materials. This includes identifying emerging human rights issues, relevant legal developments, jurisprudential developments, practical institutional challenges, appropriate learning outcomes and effective methodologies for particular categories of participants.
3. Research and Knowledge Production
Faculty members contribute to the Institute's research agenda through research projects, scholarly publications, policy research, legal analysis, comparative studies, case-law analysis, conferences and seminars and other knowledge-production activities. Their work may also contribute to the development of the IHRALS Human Rights Library and other institutional knowledge resources.
4. Applied Legal Studies
Consistent with the Institute's mandate, the Faculty contributes to the application of legal knowledge to real-world institutional and societal problems. This includes examining how human rights norms operate within courts and justice institutions, government, law-enforcement institutions, correctional institutions, traditional institutions, communities, civil society and other settings in which decisions affecting human rights are made.
5. Capacity Building
Faculty members may provide specialised capacity-building programmes for institutions and stakeholders whose responsibilities have a direct bearing on human rights. This is particularly important to IHRALS' commitment to reaching stakeholders who do not ordinarily participate in conventional human rights workshops, including actors within traditional and community institutions and other informal structures.
6. Public Engagement and Knowledge Exchange
Faculty may participate in public lectures, dialogues, conferences, seminars and other programmes designed to promote informed discussion about human rights and legal development. The Faculty therefore serves as an important bridge between academic knowledge, professional practice, institutions and the wider public.
7. Contribution to Human Rights Implementation
Faculty expertise may also support the Institute's Human Rights Implementation Monitoring Centre (HRIMC), Human Rights Implementation Observatory and Observatory of Human Rights Impact. Faculty members may contribute to analysis of human rights decisions, implementation research, assessment of legal and institutional compliance, thematic monitoring, jurisprudential analysis, development of implementation indicators and interpretation of emerging human rights developments.
IHRALS Faculty
The Institute's Faculty includes scholars, judges, practitioners and professionals with expertise across different areas of law, human rights, legal education and applied legal studies.
Prof. Yemi Akinseye-George
Prof. Elijah Oluwatoyin Okebukola
Prof. Olubayo Oluduro
Prof. Olugbenga Oke-Samuel
Hon. (Justice) Sunday Olorundahunsi
Dr. Victor Oluwasina Ayeni
Dr. T. O. Shemudara
Dr. Akin Olawale Oluwadayisi
Dr. Alaba Ibironke Kekere
Dr. Samson Ayobami Joshua
Dr. Ololade Olateru-Olagbegi
Dr. Victoria Banke Olagbegi-Oloba
Dr. John Oluwatomisin Akinselure
Mr. Matthew Godfrey
Mrs. O. O. Mohammed
And many other distinguished academics, practitioners, judges, researchers and specialists.
A Multidisciplinary Faculty
The Institute recognises that effective human rights education requires more than knowledge of human rights law alone. Accordingly, IHRALS draws on expertise from law, judicial practice, legal education, human rights practice, public policy, research, institutional development and related disciplines. Faculty composition may therefore vary according to the requirements of particular programmes, courses, research projects and institutional engagements. The Institute may also appoint or engage visiting faculty, adjunct faculty, guest lecturers, specialist resource persons and international experts where their expertise will strengthen a particular programme or activity. The Faculty of IHRALS brings together knowledge and experience to transform human rights principles into understanding, practice and institutional change.