Dr Adedayo Akingbade

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Biography

Adedayo joined Manchester Law School as a Lecturer in September 2022. Previously, he had worked as a Teaching Assistant in Law and a Research Assistant in Human Rights on the Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF) and the Department for the Economy funded project titled ‘Witness Testimony, Support and Protection in Truth Commissions: The Gambian Experience’ at Queen’s University Belfast. In January 2019, Adedayo received a merit-based scholarship from The Hague Academy of International Law to attend its Winter Courses and present parts of his thesis at the Academy’s doctoral sessions.  

Adedayo holds a PhD in Law from Queen’s University Belfast, and an LLM in International Law and Security from the University of Dundee. He is a qualified Barrister and Solicitor in Nigeria. In addition, he is a co-founder/member of the Human Trafficking Research Network.

Interests and expertise

International Law and the protection of victims of trafficking in persons

Human Trafficking and Irregular Migration 

Adedayo’s research explores how international law and human rights law should respond to the harmful state behaviour of securitising migration, particularly within the context of protecting victims of trafficking. 

His broader research interests include due diligence and state obligations in human rights and international law, and border racialisation. 

Teaching

LLM Advanced Legal Systems, Skills and Research 

LLM International Human Rights Law

UG Criminal Law

UG Critical Approaches in Law

UG Contract Law

Research outputs

Adedayo Akingbade (2023) Due diligence in international law: cause for optimism? In: The Irish Yearbook of International Law, Volume 15, 2020. The Irish Yearbook of International Law (15). Hart Publishing (Bloomsbury), pp. 31-53

‘Draft Modern Slavery Strategy 2021-22: Response to the Department of Justice Public Consultation’ Human Rights Centre at Queen’s University Belfast

‘Transitional Justice in the Gambia: Right to the Truth,’ (Policy Brief 2019, Project funded by Department for the Economy (DfE) – Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF)

Career history

2014 - 2015

State Counsel, State Ministry of Justice, Nigeria

2016 - 2022

PhD Candidate | Teaching and Research Assistant, Queen’s University Belfast

2022 -

Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University