Akinkunmi Abolade

Akinkunmi is a final year student of Law of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU). He is passionate about human rights, development and international trade. He believes that a human rights approach is one of the most effective means of achieving economic development.

He is currently the Chairman of the Academic Committee of the Law Student Society, OAU and the Vice President of the Mooting Society. He has represented his university in several advocacy competitions. In 2019, he represented his university in the African regional rounds of the John H. Jackson Moot on WTO laws and he has won 4 national legal advocacy competitions in Nigeria. 

He is also passionate about poverty alleviation in Nigeria and seeks to explore international trade, finance and technology as tools in this regard. It is in this wise that he acts as the student legal adviser of some students-led NGOs and technology platforms that are still in their earliest stages.

Trade sanctions and human rights enforcement

Trade sanctions and human rights enforcement: examining conformity with WTO laws

Trade sanctions are among the many tactics resorted to by the international community in order to compel a state to comply with its human rights obligation. 

Akinkunmi AboladeArticles, For Exporters, Free Trade, International Trade, International Trade Hub, Legal, Resources, Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Shipping, Supply Chain Finance, Supply Chain Finance Hub, supply chain management, Trade Finance, Turkey, World finance
Human rights Akinkunmi Abolade

Human rights due diligence in international trade: A practical approach to achieving SDGs

This article posits that human rights due diligence is the most practical approach to addressing climate change concerns and achieving other sustainable development goals.

Akinkunmi AboladeArticles, International Trade, International Trade Professionals Programme, ITPP2021, Legal, Risk, supply chain management, sustainability, United States
Back to Top