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Dr. Uzuazo Etemire

•    Full names: Dr. Uzuazo Etemire

•    Designation: Lecturer  I

•    Relevant qualifications: LLB (Benin), BL (NLS, Enugu), LLM (Nottingham), PG Cert. in Advance Academic Practice (Glasgow), PhD (Glasgow)

•    Job description: Teaching, research and community service

•    Areas of Specialization: Environmental Law; Natural Resource Law; Energy Law; Planning Law; and Human Rights Law (especially, but not only, in an environmental context)  

•    RESEARCH WORKS:
Book(s)
1.    Uzuazo Etemire, Law and Practice on Public Participation in Environmental Matters: The Nigerian Example in Transnational Comparative Perspective (London & New York: Routledge, 2015).
Chapters in Book(s)
2.    Uzuazo Etemire and Francesco Sindico, ‘Public Participation and the Guarani Aquifer Agreement’, in Mara Tignino and Komlan Sangbana (eds), Public Participation and Water Resources Management: Where Do We Stand in International Law? (Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 2015) 55 – 61. 
Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals
•    Articles
3.    Uzuazo Etemire, ‘Reflections on the Role of International Custom and Soft Law in Environmental Protection’ (2016) 1 (1) Uniport Journal of Public Law 51- 64. (Published by the Dept. of Public Law, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria)
4.    Ibibia Lucky Worika and Uzuazo Etemire, ‘Enhancing Good Governance for Africa’s Development: A Socio-Legal Perspective on Women Empowerment’ (2016) *** (***) International Journal of Gender Studies in Developing Countries *** - *** (in press – forthcoming). (Published by Inderscience, Switzerland)
5.    Uzuazo Etemire, ‘Access to Environmental Information: A Comparative Analysis of Nigerian Legislation with International Best Practice' (2014) 3 (1) Transnational Environmental Law 149 – 172. (Published by Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom.)
6.    Uzuazo Etemire, ‘The Status of Indigenous Peoples under the Convention on Biological Diversity Regime: The Right to Biological Resources and the Protection of Traditional Knowledge' (2014) 3 Environmental Law and Practice Review 1 – 36. (Published by NALSAR University of Law, India.)
7.    Uzuazo Etemire, ‘The Convention on Biological Diversity Regime and Indigenous Peoples: Issues on Participatory Rights and Impact Assessment' (2013) 4 City University of Hong Kong Law Review 1 – 20. (Published by the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
8.    Uzuazo Etemire, ‘Public Access to Environmental Information Held by Private Companies' (2012) 14 (1) Environmental Law Review 7 – 25. (Published by SAGE Publications, United Kingdom.)
9.    Uzuazo Etemire and Ikponmwonsa Omoruyi, ‘Planning Law Approaches to Environmental Protection and Improvement: A Nigerian Perspective' (2012) 2 University of Benin Journal of Private and Property Law 378 – 405. (Published by the Dept. of Private and Property Law, University of Benin, Nigeria.)
10.    Uzuazo Etemire, ‘Town Planning Implications in Certain Federal Legislation: A.G. Lagos v A.G. Federation and 35 Ors Revisited' (2009) 6 (1-2) Environmental and Planning Law Review 43 – 52. (Published by Reuben Theodore Okonkwo & Co, Nebo Chambers, Nigeria.)
•    Book Reviews
11.    Uzuazo Etemire, ‘Poor Numbers: How we are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to do about it, by Morten Jerven', (2013) 3 Journal of Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America 336 – 340. (Published by Nomos, Germany.)  
12.    Uzuazo Etemire, ‘The Aarhus Convention at Ten: Interactions and Tensions between Conventional International Law and EU Environmental Law, Marc Pallemaerts (ed)', (2013) 22 (3) Review of European Community and International Environmental Law 371 – 373. (Published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom.)
•    Country Reports
13.    Uzuazo Etemire, ‘The Cart before the Horse?: Biosafety Regulations and Modern Biotechnology Activities in Nigeria’ (2015) 6 IUCN Academy of Environmental Law eJournal 312 – 321. (Published by IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, Canada; available at: http://www.iucnael.org/en/e-journal/current-issue-.)
14.    Uzuazo Etemire, ‘The 2014 Nigerian National Conference and the Development of Environmental Law and Governance’ (2014) 4 Journal of Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America 482 – 490. (Published by Nomos, Germany.)

•    SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1.    Uzuazo Etemire, ‘Control, Transparency and Accountability in Public Spending in Nigeria: Judicial Enforcement of the FOI Act thus far – A Beacon of Hope?’, being a paper presented at the 49th Nigerian Association of Law Teachers Conference, held in Keffi, from 22 – 27 May, 2016.
2.    Urban Boije af Gennäs, Uzuazo Etemire, Christine Antoniette Ramos, Gergely Ferenc Simon and Hanna Skryhan, ‘Mitigating the Risks of Chemical use and the Precautionary Approach: A Stakeholder Analysis relating to PFOA ban under the Stockholm Convention’, a presentation at the Summer School themed The Precautionary Principle: Governance of Innovation and Innovations in Governance Summer School, Central European University, Hungary, 27 June – 4 July, 2015.
3.    Uzuazo Etemire, ‘Public Participation and the Aarhus Convention’, a presentation at the SCELG Environmental Law Roundtable on Critical Issues in International Environmental Law, Faculty of Law, University of Strathclyde, Scotland, 4 March 2014.
4.    Uzuazo Etemire, ‘The Formation and Adoption of the 2010 UNEP Bali Guidelines: Some Crucial Insights’, a presentation at the SCELG PhD Research Seminar Series, Faculty of Law, University of Strathclyde, Scotland, 26 February 2014.
5.    Uzuazo Etemire, ‘Thinking Transnationally: Improving the Law on Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making in Nigeria’, a poster presented at the Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 3-6 Sept 2013.
6.    Uzuazo Etemire, ‘Thinking Transnationally: Improving the Law on Public Access to Environmental Information in Nigeria', a poster presented at the Strathclyde Postgraduate Colloquium on Environmental Law and Governance, Faculty of Law, University of Strathclyde, Scotland, 6 June 2013.
7.    Uzuazo Etemire, ‘The Aarhus Convention: A Viable Model for Strengthening Public Participation in Environmental Matters in Africa', a paper presented at the UCL-KCL Postgraduates Environmental Law Symposium, Faculty of Law, University College London, England, 7 Nov 2012. 
8.    Uzuazo Etemire, ‘Public Participation in Environmental Matters in Nigeria: Lessons from International Initiatives', a presentation at the Joint Doctorial Seminar - Mock-up for a Dissertation, PhD School, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 14-16 June 2012.
9.    Uzuazo Etemire, ‘Public Access to Environmental Information Held by Private Companies', a paper presented at the Fourth Northumbria Information Rights Conference, School of Law, University of Northumbria, England, 6 June 2011.

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o    Website address: www.uniport.edu.ng 
o    Office block/ address: Faculty of Law, Abuja Campus, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
o    Consulting/ visiting time: By appointment

 

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