Economic Prosperity

The International Law Association (Nigeria Branch) Africa Policy Dialogue will hold on the sidelines of the 82nd International Law Association Annual Conference in Vienna, Austria. The side event with the theme - Peace, Prosperity and the Future of International Law: Geopolitics and Geoeconomics in a Fragmenting World - was put together in collaboration with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Austria, the Federal Ministry of Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and Aluko & Oyebode (ALN).

From a human rights perspective, ‘a new normal’ like COVID-19 should generate tremendous change.  It is important that, in the midst of this crisis, we keep an eye on the future and begin to forge a better Nigeria that works for our vulnerable and marginalised citizens. Although we are uncertain of how the post- COVID-19 world will look like, our aim is to come out of it stronger and united.

Intra Africa trade remains at its lowest ebb and perhaps this sad state of affairs can only be remedied by the actualization of the envisaged Africa Economic Community (AEC). To this extent RIAs, such as those under study in this paper, offer viable building blocks and learning curves for negotiating in the much larger multilateral trade system.