Muyiwa Adigun is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. He earned his Ph.D in law from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he examined the principle of complementarity under the Rome Statute relative to Nigeria. As a legal researcher who specializes on the relationship between international law and domestic legal order, he will examine how transnational human rights litigation can be deployed to address land grab in Africa during his fellowship year.

Recent Publications

Muyiwa Adigun, “A Human Rights Approach to Climate Litigation before the ECOWAS Court” (2024) 26 (1) Environmental Law Review 16-32 

Muyiwa Adigun, “The Forgotten Legacy of Nuremberg” (2024) 84 Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg Journal of International Law 39-72 

Muyiwa Adigun, “Delegation of Legislative Power between Levels of Government in Nigeria and Kenya” (2024) 11 European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance 104-128 

Muyiwa Adigun and others, “Legal Issues in the Demands for Self-Determination in Nigeria” (2024) International Journal on Group and Minority Rights 1-27 

Muyiwa Adigun, “The Status of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights under the South African Legal System” (2023) 39 South African Journal on Human Rights 113-134 

Muyiwa Adigun, “Legal Remedies for Energy Injustice in the ECOWAS Sub-region: The Role of the ECOWAS Court” (2024) Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law (accepted for publication on 16 April 2024; copy editing completed; awaiting publication)

Muyiwa Adigun, “Companies Human Rights: Implications for a Human Rights Approach to Climate Litigation in South Africa” (2024) Nordic Journal of Human Rights 1-18 (accepted for publication on 13 May 2024; copy editing completed; awaiting publication)