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Mosunmola Oluwatoyin IMASOGIE

Professor
college of LAW (COLAW)
Public and International Law Programme

Professor Mosunmola Oluwatoyin Imasogie was born on 29th August, 1961 in Lagos, Nigeria.  She attended Ogun State Polytechnic, Abeokuta where she read HND Secretarial Administration and graduated in 1982.  She wrote JAMB and went back to read Law at Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye.  She graduated at the top of her class in 1994. Her primary interest in human rights law and women’s rights, and by extension, through the legal profession, actually started to take shape after she received the De Beers Scholarship for LL.M in Human Rights and Constitutional Practice at the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, a predominantly white University, in 1997. She also received the Doctor of Laws (LL.D) in 2002, from the same University.

Education
  • Doctor of Laws (LL.D) (2002); University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • LL.M in Human Rights and Constitutional Practice (1997); University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Nigerian Law School, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria BL, Second Class Honours, Upper Division (1995)
  • LL.B (Hons) Second ClassHonours, Upper Division (1994); Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria.
  • HND, Secretarial Administration Upper Credit (1982); Ogun State Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Research

Completed 

  • M.O. Imasogie: A Compilation of Human Rights Instruments  ((In Press)
  • M.O. Imasogie: Ethics of Power, Influence and Persuasion.

In Progress

  • M.O. Imasogie: Religious Crisis and Women’s Rights: Jurisprudential Remarks.
  • M.O. Imasogie:  “Refugees and Internally Displaced persons in International Law.
  • M.O. Imasogie:  “Introduction to Human rights Law in Nigeria”.
  • M.O. Imasogie:   “Democracy, Freedom of Information and Good Governance”.
  • M.O. Imasogie:  “Corporate Social Responsibility as Human Rights”.\
  • M.O. Imasogie: International Abduction of Children by Parents

Thesis/Dissertation

  • M.O. Imasogie. Injunction: A Formidable Order in the Dispensation of Justice Submitted to Faculty of Law, Ogun State University (now OlabisiOnabanjo University), Nigeria. (1994)
  • M.O. Imasogie: A Comparative Study of the Right to Life under the Nigerian and the South African Constitutions Submitted to the University, of Pretoria, South Africa for the Award of LL.M. Degree (1997).
  • M.O. Imasogie. A Comparative study of Aspects of Gender Equality Under Nigerian and South African Law, Submitted to the University of Pretoria, South Africa for the Award of – LL.D Degree, (2002).
  • The entire thesis is now a published work.  It is available on the internet as online resource material on Women’s Rights in Nigeria, Women’s Rights in South Africa and Human Rights. URN: etd – 05102007-081035. (http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd – 05102007-081035) 
  • The following chapters are available (unrestricted access) on line (00front.pdf, 01 Chapter 1 – Chapter 10. Pdf, 11 appendices.pdf, and 12 bibliography.pdf.  (Attached as Appendix A)

Some of her publications consider proprietary rights of women under intestate succession.  Many women are denied the right to own and alienate property under customary law.  Many customs in Africa deprive women the right to inheritance of family property and most of them are denied access to land.  This is an area of law that is crying out for reform.  

Her paper on “Sexual Harassment and Female Students in Educational Institutions – Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye as a Case Study” is also a vital resource material on issues of Sexual Harassment.  It is widely quoted and cited up to the United Nations as a vital material on Sexual Harassment.  So many scholars in Nigeria and Overseas have referred to it. (It was published by the African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa).

She has written a number of articles on customary law.  She is generally seen as an Expert in Human Rights and Women’s Rights.  Several persons in Nigeria and abroad have quoted her articles.

Institutional Service
  • Head of Department and Chief Examiner, Jurisprudence and International Law.  February 2007 – August, 2011
  • Member, University Senate (January 2007 – August, 2011)
  • Sub-Dean, Postgraduate studies, Faculty of Law (2003-2007)
  • Represented the Dean of Law, at the University Law Review Committee (2001/2002 Session).
  • Represented the Dean of Law at the University Endowment Committee (2001/2002 Session).
  • Member, Management Board, Centre for Gender studies, Bowen University (2002-Date).
  • Member, OOU Primary School Pension Scheme (1996-2005).
  • Staff Adviser, OlabisiOnabanjo University Law students Association (2001-2010).
  • Member, OOU Consultancy Services Unit (2004).
  • Member, Student Disciplinary Committee, 2010 – 2012
  • Member, Senate Bowen University, Iwo. 2014-Date
  • Head of Department, Public and International Law, Bowen University, Iwo 2014-2018
  • Acting as Dean of Law, 2014 – 2018
  • Member, Development Committee 2014-2017
  • Dean, Faculty of Law 2018
  • External Examiner, University of Limpopo, South Africa\
  • External Examiner, Babcock University
  • External Assessor, Professorial Assessment, Nigerian Institute f Advance Legal Studies, Lagos
  • External Examiner, Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun State
  • Professorial Assessor, Babcock University, Ilishan Nigeira
  • External Examiner, Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria
  • Examiner, University of Ilorin, Ilorin Nigeria
  • Programme Coordiator, College of Law, 2018-2022
  • Committee of Provost and Dean 2014-2018
  • Committee of Provosts and Academic Directors March 2022 – Date
  • Director, Directorate ofEducational ServicesMarch 2022- Date
Professional Service
  • Member, Nigerian Bar Association (National).
  • Member, Nigerian Bar Association (Ijebu Chapter)
  • Member, Nigerian Association of Law Teachers (N.A.L.T.).
  • Member, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA).
  • Vice Chairperson, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), (Ogun State Branch) 2006 – May, 2011
  • Chairperson, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Ogun State Branch, May 2011 – Date).
  • Member, International Bar Association, (IBA).
  • Reviewer, African Human Rights Law Journal, South Africa.
  • Associate Editor, Labour Law Review, Nigeria
  • Reviewer, Journal of Social Sciences, Federal Polytechnic, Ede
  • Reviewer, Human Rights Journal, University of Lagos.
  • Reviewer, Journal of Management Sciences, MoshoodAbiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta.
  • Reviewer, University of Ibadan Journal of Law.
  • External Examiner, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Chairperson, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Ogun State.
  • Member, Advisory Board, Louisville Girls High School, Itele-Ijebu, Ogun State.
Selected Publications

Books already published:

  1. M.O. Imasogie (Ed.) : Essays On Human Rights A publication of Public and International Law, Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria 2020.

Chapters in books already published:

  1. M.O. Imasogie:  (2001) “Violence against Women: An International Perspective” Sokefun, J.A. (ed) Family and the Law, (Faculty of Law, OlabisiOnabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria, Pub., (2001) 21-59.
  2. M.O. Imasogie:(2002) Political Empowerment of Women: Implications for Basic Literacy, in Adesanya, L.A. (ed):  Functional Literacy for Empowerment –Perspectives and Issues; 79-130.
  3. M.O. Imasogie:(2003) “Interstate Succession and Widowhood rites in Nigeria and South Africa” Ogungbe, M.O. (ed) Nigerian Law: Contemporary Issues.(Faculty of Law, Igbinedion University, Pub. (2003) 21-50.
  4. M.O. Imasogie:(2004) “Reproductive Rights as Human Rights” Nwazuoke, A.N. (ed.) essays on Human rights, (Faculty of Law, Ebonyi State University, Pub. 2004) 98-123.
  5. M.O. Imasogie:(2004) “Death Penalty as a Violation of the Rights to Life” Nwazuoke, A.N. (ed) Essays on Human rights, (Faculty of Law, Ebonyi State university, Pub. 2004) 79-97. 
  6. M.O. Imasogie:(2006) “The Nigerian Judiciary and Women’s right” Fassy Yusuf (ed): The Nigerian Judiciary Perspectives and Profile, 497-517. 
  7. M.O. Imasogie:  (2015) “Customary Law and Freedom of Testamentary power” in The Eminent Jurist: Essays in Honour of Hon. Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour JSC, CFR.  The Prince Hub, Abuja. 278-298.
  8. M.O. Imasogie: Legality of Limitations and Derogation of Rights during Vovid-19 Pandemic – An Appraisal in M.O. Imasogie (Ed.)Essays In Human Rights  A publication Of Department pf Public and International Law, Bowen University. 2020 136-162.

Articles that have already appeared in Refereed Conference Proceedings:

  1. M.O. Imasogie, Lamina, A.T. and Nwazuoke, A.N: (1998)“Sexual Harassment and the Law”, Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria, Pub. 1998.
  2. M.O. Imasogie:(2003) “Customary Law and Women’s Rights to Inheritance in Nigeria” Available on the Internet http://www.amanitare.org/linked℅20documents/AMANITAREConferenceProgramme_final.doc.
  3. O.M. Oliyide, M.O. Imasogie& Others:  (2010) “ICT in the Twenty First Century Legal Education” Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Nigerian Association of Law Teachers held at Kogi State University, Ayingba, Nigeria, May 2010. 
  4. M.O. Imasogie:  Genocide as a Threat to the Nigerian Federation.  The North American Conferences on the Social Sciences (NACSS 2014) Conference.  Providence, Rhode Island, USA, September, 2014
  5. M.O. Imasogie: Cultural Impediments to the Domestication of Women’s Rights Instruments in Nigeria.  the North American Conferences on the Social Sciences (NACSS 2014) Conference, providence, Rhode Island, USA, September, 2014.

Articles that have already appeared in learned journals:

  1. M.O. Imasogie. (2001) “Socio-economic Rights – Lessons from South Africa” vol. 2, (2001) The Nigerian Journal of Private and Commercial Law, 1-27.
  2. M.O. Imasogie:(2005) Rights of women Under Customary Marriages in Nigeria and South Africa”, 2005 Gentlemen in SkirtQuarterly Publication of FIDA, OGUN, Vol. 1 No. 1 20 – 23.
  3. M.O. Imasogie:  “Women Rights are Human Rights” Gentlemen in Skirt, Quarterly Publication of  FIDA, Ogun State, Nigeria, 2006,  23 – 30. 
  4. M.O. Imasogie: (2008) Äfrican Peer Review Mechanism – An Appraisal Current Issues in Nigerian Law, Volume 1, 2008, 453 – 492. 
  5. M.O. Imasogie: (2009) “A Call for the Harmonisation of Spousal Rights to Citizenship 86. 
  6. M.O. Imasogie:  ‘Right to Food as Human Right’ OlabisiOnabanjo University Law Journal,  Volume 1, Number 2, 2009
  7. M.O. Imasogie: (2010) “Gender Sensitivity and Discrimination against Women Under Statute and Common Law in Nigeria” OIDAInternational Journal of Sustainable Development Vol. 2 No. 5 11-18, 2010. 
  8. M.O. Imasogie and Osehale B.M.O.: (2011) “Criminal Allegations in Election Petitions: The Necessity of Severing The Principle of Proof beyond Reasonable Doubt” Igbinedion University Law Journal, Vols 9&10, 102-113.
  9. M.O. Imasogie and Ochems C: (2011) A Critical Appraisal of Adoption in Africa and Other Countries, OlabisiOnabanjo University, Journal of Public Law, Volume 1, November, 2011, 86-109.
  10. M.O. Imasogie: (2012) Access to Justice for Women Married under Customary Law, in Nigeria. Annual Law Review Alexandria University Journal, 2012.
  11. M.O. Imasogie and O. Gbadamosi.: (2012) Comparative Perspectives of Protection of Human Rights of Victims of Trafficking in Italy and Nigeria. Caribbean Law Journal Online, 2012.Available on the internet http://www.caribbeanlawdigesonline.com/uploads/7/4/1/3/7413684/comparative_perpectives_of_the_protection_of_human_rights.pdf
  12. M.O. Imasogie:  (2015) Feminist Jurisprudence: An Appraisal, Ife Jurist Review Journal of Contemporary Legal and Allied Issues, Department of Jurisprudence and Private Law, Faculty of Law, ObafemiAwolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. IFJR 2015, Part 2.443-455.
  13. M.O. Imasogie and B.M.O. Osaghale: (2012) Deregistration of the Seven Political Parties by INEC in Perspective – The Constitutional Legal Implications with respect to the Right To Peaceful Assembly And Association. Journal of Public Law Igbonedion University, 2015.
  14. M.O. Imasogieand U.E. Okolocha: (2011) Constitutionality At The Local Government Level in Nigeria.Igbinedion Law Journal.(In Press)
  15. M.O. Imasogie:  (2012) Challenges of a Legal Draftsman under a Democratic Government: Legislative Practice Review, 2012. (In Press)
  16. M.O. Imasogie: Human Rights, Literature, The Arts and Social Sciences, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA. November 22-23, 2013.

Technical Reports and Monograph: 

  1. M.O. Imasogie: (2002) Sexual Harassment and Female Students in Nigerian Universities.  Paper Submitted to the African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa at the end of a 3 Months Fellowship. 

Conferences attended with papers read:

  1. M.O. Imasogie: “Sexual harassment and Female Students in Nigerian Universities” Paper presented at the National Conference on “sexism in Nigerian Education” organized by the Centre for Gender Studies, OlabisiOnabanjo University, Gateway Hotel, Ijebu-Ode, February 16 – 18, 2004.
  2. M.O. Imasogie:  Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in International Law, African Refugee Day, African Forum For Refugees, OlabisiOnabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye.  June, 2006.
  3. M.O. Imasogie: Access to Justice for Women Married Under Customary Law in Nigeria, Access to Justice Conference, December 19-20, 2012. Alexandria, Egypt
  4. M.O.Imasogie:   “Human Rights, Women’s Rights – So Long A Journey” Inaugural Lecture: Bowen University, 2017
  5. M.O. Imasogie, Adeoluwa R.A, Ojekunle A.O.: Administration of Criminal Justice Review in Nigeria: Mere Revision or Revolution?” Conference Proceedings on the theme LAW, JUSTICE AND SOCIETY,  organized by NALT 1st – 6th July, 2018 edited by Isa Hayatu Chiroma & Yusufu Y Dadem, Pp 334-354