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Dr Hakeem Yusuf
Lecturer
Contact details
Email address h.yusuf@qub.ac.uk
Telephone Direct Line (+44) 028 9097 1364
(+44) 028 9097 1364
Room 30.LG.16 29 University Square
Degrees
LLB (Hons.), University of Lagos
BL, Nigeria Law School, Lagos
LLM, University of Ulster
PhD, University of Glasgow
Biography
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Prior to joining the Law School at Queen’s, Hakeem was an Undergraduate Tutor in Jurisprudence and International Law Tutor at the Glasgow Law School where he studied for his PhD which he completed in 2008. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws (Hons) degree from the University of Lagos in 1996. He qualified from the Nigerian Law School in 1997 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1998. After a two year stint in private practice, he worked as a barrister for five years in the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Lagos State Ministry of Justice. In this position, he acted as Counsel to a number of significant inquiries and task forces and was a Member of Lagos State Committee for Reform of Criminal Justice Administration (2002-2005). With scholarships from the Transitional Justice Institute, the Lagos State Government and the Planethood Foundation, New York, he obtained a Masters of Laws (Human Rights) degree from the Transitional Justice Institute (TJI), University of Ulster in 2006. At the University of Glasgow, he held the School of Law Scholarship, the Lagos State Government Foreign Scholarship and the Planethood Foundation, New York Scholarship. Hakeem has published his research in leading peer-reviewed journals, including the International Journal of Transitional Justice, International Journal of Constitutional Law, Law and Policy, and the African Human Rights Law Journal. His monograph, Transitional Justice, Judicial Accountability and the Rule of Law (2010) was the first book published in the Routledge Transitional Justice Series. His article ‘The Judiciary and Constitutionalism in Transitions: A Critique’ won the Silver Medal in the Global Jurist 2007 Awards. In 2009, won the Highly Commended Award, Emerald Literati Network Awards for his article ‘Democratic Transition, Judicial Accountability and Judicialisation of Politics in Africa: The Nigerian Experience’ published in (2008) 50 (5) International Journal of Law and Management 236-261.
Teaching
Postgraduate
• Human Rights Law
• Economic and Social Rights
• Transitional Justice
• Criminal Justice Process
Undergraduate
• Legal Theory
Research
Transitional Justice, Rule of Law, Judicial Constitutionalism, Human Rights, Legal and Political Theory.
Selected Publications
Hakeem Yusuf, Transitional Justice, Judicial Accountability and the Rule of Law (Routledge, 2010)
Hakeem O. Yusuf ‘The Judiciary and Political Change in Africa: Developing Transitional Jurisprudence in Nigeria’ International Journal of Constitutional Law 7 (4) (2009): 654-682.
Review of Antje du Bois- Pedain Transitional Amnesty in South Africa, Law and Politics in Africa and Latin America 42 (2) (2009): 295-297.
'Democratic Transition, Judicial Accountability and Judicialisation of Politics in Africa: The Nigerian Experience' International Journal of Law and Management (formerly Managerial Law) 50 (5) (2008): 236-261.
'Oil on Troubled Waters-Multinational Corporations and Realising Human Rights in the Developing World: A Nigerian Case Study' African Human Rights Law Journal 8 (1) (2008): 79-107.
'Robes on Tight Ropes: The Judicialisation of Politics in Nigeria' Global Jurist 8 (2) (2008): 1-31.
'Calling the Judiciary to Account for the Past: Transitional Justice and Judicial Accountability in Nigeria' Law and Policy 30 (2) (2008): 194-226.
'The Judiciary and Constitutionalism in Transitions: A Critique' Global Jurist 7 (3) (2007): 1-47
'Travails of Truth: Achieving Justice for Victims of Impunity in Nigeria' International Journal of Transitional Justice 1(2) (2007): 268-286.
Administration
Director of LLM Human Rights Programmes (2010-)
Belfast Director, European Masters Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation (E.MA)
