Dapo Akande delivers the inaugural Thornberry Lecture in International Law and Human Rights

On April 22, Dapo Akande delivered the inaugural Thornberry Lecture in International Law and Human Rights at the University of Keele and on the topic: 'The Application of Human Rights Law in Time of Armed Conflict'.

The Thornberry Lecture in International Law and Human Rights is an annual lecture established in 2015 by the Keele Law School and the School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy in honour of Patrick Thornberry CMG - Emeritus Professor of International Law at Keele. From 2001-2014, Professor Thornberry was a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), and acted as Rapporteur of that Committee from 2002-2008. In 2006, he was awarded a CMG – Companion of St Michael and St George – for services to international human rights, on the nomination of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs