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- Phoebe Nyawade Okowa is a Kenyan Lawyer and Professor of Public International Law and Director of Graduate Studies at Queen Mary University of London. In 2021 she was elected to the International Law Commission for a period of five years, becoming the first African woman to serve as a member of the commission. In 2017 she was nominated as an arbiter to the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague. An advocate of the High Court of Kenya, she has acted as counsel and consultant to governments and non-governmental organisations on questions of international law before domestic and international courts including the International Court of Justice. The International Law Commission (ILC) is a body of experts responsible for helping develop and codify international law. It is composed of 34 individuals recognized for their expertise and qualifications in international law, who are elected by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) every five years. The government of Kenya nominated Professor Phoebe Okowa for the UN International Law Commission in May 2021. (en)
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- Member Elect to the United Nations International Law Commission (en)
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- Wadham College, Oxford (en)
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- Phoebe Nyawade Okowa (en)
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- State Responsibility for Transboundary Air Pollution in International Law
Environmental Law and Justice in Context (en)
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- Lawyer, Legal Academic, Author (en)
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- Member Elect to the United Nations International Law Commission (en)
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- Phoebe Nyawade Okowa is a Kenyan Lawyer and Professor of Public International Law and Director of Graduate Studies at Queen Mary University of London. In 2021 she was elected to the International Law Commission for a period of five years, becoming the first African woman to serve as a member of the commission. In 2017 she was nominated as an arbiter to the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague. An advocate of the High Court of Kenya, she has acted as counsel and consultant to governments and non-governmental organisations on questions of international law before domestic and international courts including the International Court of Justice. (en)
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