Dr Seun
Solomon Bakare

Commentary

Stuck in Between

The ICC, Nigeria, and the costs of procedural limbo

Books

Regional Complementarity in International Criminal Law

Making Sense of the Four-Tiered Justice Paradigm

Books

Key Populations, HIV and Human Rights in Nigeria

Scholarship

Regional complementarity in international criminal law

Doctoral thesis

Scholarship

Boko Haram and the child’s right to education in Africa

Examining the accountability of non-state armed groups

Scholarship

The impact of activities of armed groups on the realisation of the child’s right to education

LLM dissertation, with Boko Haram as the principal case study

Scholarship

Malawi: The impact of the African Charter and the Maputo Protocol

Book chapter co-authored with Sarai Chisala-Tempelhoff

Scholarship

Country Context Report: LGBT People in Lesotho

Country context report

Scholarship

Super-criminalisation of same-sex love in Africa through six legal strategies

Scholarship

Regional Legal and Policy Instruments for Addressing LGBT Exclusion in Africa

Co-authored peer-reviewed article

Scholarship

Modern Labor Law: A Review of Current Trends in Employee Rights and Organizational Duties

Co-authored with Nkechi Emmanuella Eneh, Adekunle Oyeyemi Adeniyi, and Chidiogo Uzoamaka Akpuokwe

Scholarship

Legal Frameworks and Tax Compliance in the Digital Economy: A Finance Perspective

Co-authored article

Scholarship

Parental Involvement Laws in Child Education: A USA and African Review

Co-authored article

Scholarship

The Impact of Judicial Reforms on Legal Systems: A Review in African Countries

Co-authored article

Scholarship

Gun Control Laws in the USA: A Comparative Global Review

Co-authored with Chidiogo Uzoamaka Akpuokwe, Adekunle Oyeyemi Adeniyi, and Nkechi Emmanuella Eneh

Scholarship

Migration Trends and Policies: A Review of African and USA Perspectives

Co-authored article

Scholarship

Legislative Responses to Climate Change: A Global Review of Policies and Their Effectiveness

Co-authored article

Scholarship

Gender Equality in the Workplace: A Comparative Review of USA and African Practices

Co-authored article

Scholarship

Corporate Law in the Era of Globalization: A Review of Ethical Implications and Global Impacts

Co-authored article

Scholarship

Data Privacy Laws and Compliance: A Comparative Review of the EU GDPR and USA Regulations

Co-authored with Adekunle Oyeyemi Adeniyi, Chidiogo Uzoamaka Akpuokwe, and Nkechi Emmanuella Eneh

Scholarship

Legal Challenges of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: A Comprehensive Review

Co-authored article

Scholarship

Data Privacy Laws and Their Impact on Financial Technology Companies: A Review

Co-authored article

Scholarship

Cross-jurisdictional Disaster Preparedness: A Nigeria-USA Data-Analytical Approach

Co-authored article

Scholarship

Evaluating Environmental Legislation on Disaster Resilience: Data Insights from Nigeria and the USA

Co-authored article

Scholarship

The Nexus of Law and Sustainable Development in South West Nigerian Public Policy

A review of multidisciplinary approaches in policy formation, co-authored article

Scholarship

Educational Empowerment in Community Development: A Review of Philosophical Approaches in Nigeria

Co-authored article

Scholarship

Promoting Values-Driven Leadership in the Corporate Sector in Ireland

Literature review co-authored with global management practices

Scholarship

Company Secretarial and Administrative Services in Modern Irish Corporations

Co-authored review of best practices and the impact on corporate governance

Scholarship

Innovative HR Practices in Nigeria’s Oil, Gas, and Renewable Energy Sectors

Co-authored review of organisational performance

Scholarship

Legal Advocacy and Environmental Conservation in South West Nigeria

A review of frameworks and milestones in sustainable development, co-authored article

Scholarship

Ethical Considerations in Community Engagement: A Literature Review of Practices in Nigerian NGOs

Co-authored article

Scholarship

Effective Strategies for Resolving Labour Disputes in the Corporate Sector

Lessons from Nigeria and the United States, co-authored article

Commentary

Introducing the Countering Anti-Rights Actors work

Law as a tool of resistance, co-authored with Sibusisiwe Ndlela and Lakshita Kanhaiya

Commentary

Ensuring the full, meaningful, and safe participation of diverse civil society in the UN crimes against humanity treaty process

Joint civil-society declaration signed as Seun Bakare, Leiden University

Commentary

In defence of the ICC: Rubio’s sovereignty argument is a demand for impunity

Commentary

The Sahel is leaving the ICC. Victims will pay the price

Commentary

The ICC’s Nigeria dilemma and the collapse of complementarity

Commentary

What Maduro’s abduction and Trump’s pressure on Nigeria reveal about the international legal order

Commentary

When power rewrites jurisdiction

Examining Maduro’s capture and Trump’s Nigeria playbook

Commentary

Genocide claims, US threats and Nigeria’s accountability crisis

Commentary

How an ECOWAS-backed Special Criminal Court in The Gambia can succeed

Commentary

How climate change is eroding the pillars of democracy

Co-authored with Temi Alalade

Commentary

At what cost: How violent conflicts worsen climate change effects

Co-authored with Nkem Agunwa

Commentary

Boiling earth, hotter battles: Examining the climate change-conflict connection

Co-authored with Nkem Agunwa

Commentary

SARS: Protectors or Predators?

Commentary

Still, Where Is Dadiyata?

Commentary

Another Year Gone By: Still, Where Is Dadiyata?

Litigation

Amicus curiae brief in SERAP and Others v Nigeria

Amnesty International submission on Nigeria’s suspension of Twitter

Litigation

Flywell Chikulukutu Banda v Republic of Malawi

Counsel for the applicant. Application registered 15 May 2024

Litigation

Counsel registered on the African Court’s legal aid roster

Official roster of counsel available to provide legal aid before the Court

Speaking

Multilateralism and the New World Order

Speaker at the ninth annual conference in Abuja

Speaking

International criminal law training for lawyers and magistrates

Faculty lead on international criminal law and a Boko Haram trial exercise

Speaking

Fear and courage in combating homophobia in Africa

TEDx talk

Speaking

PhD defence: Regional complementarity in international criminal law

Full doctoral defence recording

Speaking

About the Bridge to Justice Initiative

Introducing a network of movement lawyers designed to expand access to justice

Speaking

Bloodbath in Nigeria: What’s next for the anti-police protest?

Interview on #EndSARS and police violence

Speaking

Owo church shooting: accountability after the attack

Broadcast interview following the attack on St Francis Catholic Church

Speaking

Rights groups call for justice after Nigerian student killed over alleged blasphemy

Interview on Deborah Yakubu’s killing, accountability, and freedom of expression

Speaking

Media analysts welcome demand for Nigeria to repeal cybercrime law

Interview on press freedom and compliance with ECOWAS Court judgments

Speaking

Human rights groups criticise sentencing of Nigerian atheist for blasphemy

Interview on Mubarak Bala’s sentence and freedom of expression, thought, and belief

Speaking

Nigerian rights group sues authorities over Twitter agreement

Interview on freedom of expression and technology platforms

Speaking

Nigerian authorities lift seven-month Twitter ban

Interview on the undisclosed agreement with Twitter and freedom of expression

Speaking

Amnesty calls for release of more military detainees in northeast Nigeria

Interview on prolonged unlawful detention without trial

Speaking

Leaked report accuses Nigerian army and police of shooting #EndSARS protesters

Interview on the Lekki panel findings and implementation of human-rights recommendations

Speaking

Nigerian protesters demand justice a year after #EndSARS

Interview on accountability for police abuse

Speaking

Nigerian state closes schools after 140 students kidnapped

Interview on school attacks, closures, and the threat of a lost generation

Speaking

Three kidnapped students dead, eleven rescued in Nigeria’s Kebbi State

Interview on mass school abductions and the right to education

Speaking

Millions of Nigerian Twitter users blocked as ban takes hold

Interview on the Twitter suspension, civic space, and state responsibility

Speaking

Search underway for kidnapped students from Nigeria’s Kaduna State

Interview on impunity, recurring kidnappings, and school closures

Speaking

More than 100 Chibok girls still missing seven years later

Interview on missing schoolgirls, insecurity, and access to education

Speaking

Rights group demands release of former Nigerian presidential candidate

Radio interview on Omoyele Sowore’s arrest and freedom of assembly

Speaking

More bodies recovered after Boko Haram massacre

Interview on the Zabarmari attack, impunity, and accountability

Speaking

Rights group and Nigerian officials differ on Lekki shooting death toll

Interview on extrajudicial killings, investigation, and fair trials

Speaking

Amnesty says Nigerian forces fail to protect rural residents

Radio interview on killings in rural communities and failures of state protection

Speaking

Kiobel-Shell litigation interview

With Esther Kiobel, Victoria Bera, and Mark Dummett

Speaking

Lives at Risk: The Human Rights Consequences of U.S. Foreign Assistance Cuts

Recorded panel on the humanitarian and legal consequences of U.S. HIV/AIDS aid cuts

Speaking

Litigating SOGIE cases before the African human rights system

Opening remarks at a high-level side event during the 83rd ACHPR session

Speaking

Challenges facing the global LGBTIQ+ rights movement

Panel contribution on criminalisation, dignity, and LGBTQI+ inclusion

Speaking

The role of the African Union in combating SOGI-based human rights violations

Summer School on SOGI in International Law

Speaking

The role of the African Union in combating SOGI-based human rights violations

Summer School on SOGI in International Law

Speaking

The role of the African Union in combating SOGI-based human rights violations

Summer School on SOGI in International Law

Speaking

The role of the African Union in combating SOGI-based human rights violations

Faculty contribution at the Summer School on SOGI in International Law

Speaking

SOGI in International Law: Human Rights and Beyond

Teaching on the African Union and new criminal provisions affecting SOGI rights

Press

#EndSARS and the history of Nigeria’s failed police reform

Quoted: “If past promises to reform yielded nothing, there’s nothing concrete that shows this time around the government will do what it should do.”

Press

How kidnappers, zealots and rebels are making Nigeria ungovernable

Cited for an estimate of young Igbo people reportedly killed by police and military forces

Press

Centre alumni contribute as continental change agents

Featured among HRDA alumni contributing to regional human-rights work

Press

HRDA Alumni Diaries 2024

Listed as a Nigerian HRDA 2014 alumnus under placements at the African Commission

Press

Strategy consultation on litigating SOGIE before the African human rights system

Official communique naming Dr Bakare as ACR lawyer and consultation contact

Press

Leicester LGBT Centre annual report and accounts

Official filing records service as Chief Executive from February to October 2023

Press

Nigeria’s secret terrorism trials raise human-rights worries

Quoted on public hearings, judicial fairness, and scrutiny of terrorism trials

Press

The unresolved responsibility of Big Oil companies in Nigeria

Interviewed on delay, evidentiary burdens, and the Kiobel-Shell judgment

Press

How Amnesty International turns blind eye to human-rights abuses in Nigeria, bullies staff

Named as acting country director who approved the prisoners-of-conscience statement

Press

Nigerians raise alarm over controversial Social Media Bill

Quoted on free expression and Nigeria’s shrinking civic space

Press

Untold stories of missing persons found in DSS custody

Interviewed on arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, and Nigeria’s international obligations

Press

Ijegun: Authorities must investigate deadly pipeline explosion

Quoted on investigation, victim compensation, and pipeline safety

Press

Ten people killed in Nigeria’s protests over police brutality

CNN report quoting Seun Bakare

Press

Nigerians take to the streets in mass protests against police brutality

CNN report quoting Seun Bakare on failed police reform

Press

Nigerian lawyer Seun Bakare wins Salzburg Global Fellowship

Press

Adjudication of war crimes: Keeping sight of cultural sensitivities

PhD research feature and interview ahead of the doctoral defence

Press

Seun Bakare, guest researcher

Official academic profile at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies

Press

Boko Haram claims responsibility for kidnapping Nigerian schoolboys

Quoted on crimes under international law and the right to education

Press

In Nigeria, the fight for justice continues

Quoted on repeated and unsuccessful attempts to reform SARS

Press

Nigerian civil-society organisations oppose the Social Media Bill

Interviewed on the bill’s threat to freedom of expression

Press

Nigeria authorities must end deadly crackdown on Shia protesters

Official statement quoting Seun Bakare on reckless use of lethal force

Press

Miyetti Allah and farming group clash as Amnesty presents conflict report

Report launch contribution on communal conflict and government response

Press

ICC public annex identifying former Visiting Professional

Listed as a former Visiting Professional in the Victims Participation and Reparations Section

Press

GreenJustice Task Force

Listed as Executive Director of Climate Peace Alliance and a member of the HRDA Class of 2014

Press

Salzburg Global Asia Policy Leadership Forum, Cohort 1

Official fellowship cohort profile

Press

Housebuilder marks Pride Month with donation to Leicester LGBT Centre

Quoted as Chief Executive Officer of Leicester LGBT Centre

Press

Sowore, Bakare and Jalingo declared prisoners of conscience

Official statement quoting Seun Bakare

Press

Bills on hate speech and social media are dangerous attacks on freedom of expression

Official statement quoting Seun Bakare

Press

Seun Bakare, Senior Associate

Press

Dr Seun Solomon Bakare