She is only the second youngest person to achieve this in the
Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria since its establishment 107 years
ago. She distinguished herself by completing the LLD in under 3 years.
26-year-old Romola Adeola has emerged the youngest doctoral graduate at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
The Lagos State University alumnus was honored by Centre for Human Rights in the country.
On its website, the institution writes, “At
just 26 years of age, Romola has set a record in being the youngest
person to obtain a Doctor of Laws degree (LLD) in the 30-year history of
the Centre for Human Rights.
Furthermore,
she is only the second youngest person to achieve this in the Faculty
of Law, University of Pretoria since its establishment 107 years ago.
She distinguished herself by completing the LLD in under 3 years.
This
record is in keeping with a pattern of excellence which Romola has
maintained since her undergraduate years at Lagos State University
(LASU) where she was awarded the Taslim Olawale Elias Prize for the Best
Student in International Law.
Romola’s
relationship with the Centre for Human Rights began from her
participation in the 2008 African Human Rights Moot Court Competition.
In 2012, she was selected as a DAAD scholar to study for the LLM/MPhil
degree in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa. She graduated cum
laude, earning two awards: the Kéba M’Baye award for the overall Best
Dissertation and the Victor Dankwa prize for the Best Performance in the
module: Human Rights in Africa.
Her
excellent record earned her admission to the Centre’s doctoral programme
in 2013. Her thesis, supervised by Prof Frans Viljoen was titled
Development-induced displacement in Africa: Striking a balance between
the imperative of development and the rights of persons likely to be
displaced. In her thesis, Romola analyzed the obligation in article 10
of the African Union Convention in relation to the Protection and
Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa. Her study, one of
the first on this Convention, focused specifically on
development-induced displacement which is one of the root causes of
internal displacement in Africa.”
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