Funmilola Abioye LLB, LLM, LLD

• LLD (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
• LLM (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
• LLB (University of Lagos, Nigeria)

Funmilola Abioye holds a LLM (cum laude) (2007) and a LLD (2011) from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Her undergraduate degree, LLB is from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Prior to joining the College of Law, University of Saskatchewan, she was an Associate Professor at the College of Law, University of South Africa. She harnesses these diverse academic and professional experiences in her current role.

Dr. Abioye currently teaches Legal Research Writing (LRW) and Property Law. She has taught Conflict of Laws and Tort Law. Her research engages with themes pertaining to the use of force in conflict situations, rule of law, legitimacy of legal systems, climate litigation, and international migration. Her publications in peer-reviewed journals and edited works, and her other research activities reflect these interests.

She served on various committees and governance structures at her former university and was Editor-in-Chief of the Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa from 2017 to 2021. She holds memberships of a number of international associations, including the International Law Association (ILA), where she serves on the Committee on International Migration and International Law. She held the role of co-rapporteur on this committee for four years and has contributed to the 1^st and 2^nd interim reports of the Committee.

Current

• Legal Research and Writing
• Property Law

Previous

• Comparative Law
• Conflict of Laws / Private International Law (undergraduate and graduate)
• Public Law
• Research Methodology
• Historical Foundations of Law
• Legal Skills
• Social Dimensions of Justice
• Social Welfare Law
• Legal Research and Writing
• Tort Law

Full list of publications available at https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6274-6308

Journal Articles

• Abioye Funmi & Nyawo Pamela ‘Women in nation building: breaking down barriers, building bridges’ 2020 Agenda, 34(4), 45–54; DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2020.1774399.
• Abioye FT and Okpaluba C, ‘Consultation as the hallmark of South Africa’s participatory democracy’ (2020) 2 Speculum Juris 1-16.
• Abioye FT, ‘COVID-19, women’s rights and the rule of law in Africa: muddying the waters’ 37(1) (2022) South African Public Law Journal DOI: https://doi.org/10.25159/2522-6800/10281.
• Abioye Funmi & D’Orsi Cristiano, (2025) ‘Deportation of Aliens from South Africa: state practise and state power’ Griffith Law Review, 1–18, <https://doi.org/10.1080/10383441.2025.2477943>

Chapters in Books

• Abioye Funmi ‘Governance in Pre-colonial African Societies: Extracting Lessons for Today’ in Andrews, Khalema, Oriola & Odoom (eds) Africa Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Exploring the Multi-dimensional Discourses on Development (2013) Cambridge Scholars Publishing: Newcastle, United Kingdom. Chapter 5 at 80-97.
• Abioye FT, ‘Advancing Human Rights through Environmental rule of law in Africa' in Addaney M & Jegede AO (ed) Human rights law and the environment under African Union Law (2020, Springer Publishing AG, Cham), Chapter 4, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-46523-0_4
• Abioye FT, ‘The judiciary and environmental protection in Africa in pursuit of sustainability: creating an environmental rule of law jurisprudence in response to climate change imperatives’ in JC Ashukem & SM Sama (ed) Human Rights and the Environment in Africa: a research companion (2024, Routledge, United Kingdom), Chapter 11 at 197.
• Abioye FT, ‘Centre for Oil Pollution Watch (COPW) v Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC): Locus Standi and the Emerging Trends in Climate Litigation in Nigeria’ in Elgar Cases in Context book on Climate Litigation (forthcoming)

International Committee Work

• Contributor and co-rapporteur, 1^st Interim Report, International Law Association (ILA) Committee on International Migration and International Law, “The Right to Enter” available at <https://www.ila-hq.org/en_GB/documents/committee-migration-int-law-interim-report-athens-2024-1>
• Contributor, 2^nd Interim Report, ILA Committee on International Migration and International Law (forthcoming)