Professor Dapo Akande elected as judge to the International Court of Justice

We are delighted to share that our former colleague, Professor Dapo Akande, Yamani Fellow in Public International Law at St Peter's College from 2004 to 2018, has been elected as judge to the International Court of Justice. The UK has not had a judge on the International Court of Justice for almost a decade, but following a campaign backed by the Prime Minister, Ministers and diplomats across the world, Prof Akande will now be a judge at the Court for the next 9 years.

Prof Akande has been Chichele Professor and Fellow of All Souls since 2023. Prior to taking up the Chair, he was Professor of Public International Law at the Blavatnik School of Government from 2018 to 2023, and Yamani Fellow in Public International Law at St Peter's College from 2004 to 2018. Dapo is also Co-Director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, Co-General Editor of the British Yearbook of International Law, a trustee of the Rhodes Trust, and a barrister in practice at Essex Court Chambers. Since 2021, he has been a member of the International Law Commission.

Prof Akande has held visiting professorships in the United States, Europe and Australia, and has been a board member for a range of scholarly and civil society organisations. He has acted as advocate, counsel, adviser or expert in cases before international tribunals, including the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the European Court of Human Rights, the African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights, the International Criminal Court, and World Trade Organization panels.

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