Biography

Abdulraheem-Mustapha Mariam Adepeju is an Associate Professor of Law and former Head of the Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin in Nigeria. She also teaches a number of law courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She has published on various aspects of vulnerable persons in Nigeria including Child Justice Administration in Africa, The Rights of Juveniles in Custodial Institutions, Rights of Persons with Disability in Nigeria, and a co-author of a Gender Aware Perspectives on Human Rights and Economic Inequality in Nigeria and Impact of the Boko Haram Insurgency to Displaced Children’s Rights to Education in Nigeria: Lessons from Ghana. Her educational background includes a PhD from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, and an LLM from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. She also holds an LLB from Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Nigeria, and has been admitted to the Nigerian Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.