Dr Eghosa Ekhator (University of Derby): The enforcement of transnational climate litigation cases in Africa: Any role for Private International Law?
Private International Law in Africa
- Date: Jul 10, 2023
- Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Location: online
About the speaker:
Dr Eghosa Ekhator is a senior lecturer in law at the University of Derby, United Kingdom. His main research areas include International Environmental Law, African International Legal History, and Natural Resources Governance. Dr Ekhator has published extensively on his research areas and his academic papers have been cited by a plethora of organisations and international agencies including the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Swiss Refugee Council, and the United Kingdom Parliament's International Trade Committee's inquiry - UK trade approach towards developing countries.
About the topic:
The use of climate change litigation is soaring globally, and it has become key slant of the emergent transnational litigation. Thus, in the last decade, climate change litigation has gone beyond the walls of scholarly discourse and has gained traction in different countries or jurisdictions (Wegener, 2020). Dr Eghosa Ekhator will reflect on how the various transnational climate litigation cases can be enforced in African countries and the potential of private international law as one of the tools to aid in the implementation of climate cases.
About the virtual workshop series:
There is a growing interest in the study of private international law in Africa. In an environment of growing international transactions in both civil and commercial matters, private international law can play a significant role in Africa in addressing issues such as globalization, regional economic integration, immigration, etc. The series intends to discuss new scholarly work on private international law in Africa and advance solutions on how the current framework of that field can be improved on the continent.
Dr Eghosa Ekhator is a senior lecturer in law at the University of Derby, United Kingdom. His main research areas include International Environmental Law, African International Legal History, and Natural Resources Governance. Dr Ekhator has published extensively on his research areas and his academic papers have been cited by a plethora of organisations and international agencies including the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Swiss Refugee Council, and the United Kingdom Parliament's International Trade Committee's inquiry - UK trade approach towards developing countries.
About the topic:
The use of climate change litigation is soaring globally, and it has become key slant of the emergent transnational litigation. Thus, in the last decade, climate change litigation has gone beyond the walls of scholarly discourse and has gained traction in different countries or jurisdictions (Wegener, 2020). Dr Eghosa Ekhator will reflect on how the various transnational climate litigation cases can be enforced in African countries and the potential of private international law as one of the tools to aid in the implementation of climate cases.
About the virtual workshop series:
There is a growing interest in the study of private international law in Africa. In an environment of growing international transactions in both civil and commercial matters, private international law can play a significant role in Africa in addressing issues such as globalization, regional economic integration, immigration, etc. The series intends to discuss new scholarly work on private international law in Africa and advance solutions on how the current framework of that field can be improved on the continent.