Mr Kwame Mfodwo

Lecturer
LLB(Hons), MIntLaw,

Professional Profile

Kwame holds a Masters of International Law degree from the Australian National University (ANU) with a specialisation in fisheries and natural resources law. He also holds an Honours Degree in Law from the University of Ghana. Kwame has taught at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand; the University of Tasmania; the Australian National University; the University of Canberra, the University of Papua New Guinea and the University of Ghana. In the 1980s, he assisted the Government of Ghana with the negotiation and renegotiation of major natural resource agreements, including those related to the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO) project. In recent years, Kwame has provided training and consultancy advice to a range of government bodies and NGOs including: the SeaPower Centre of the Australian Navy; Environment Australia; the National Oceans Office; the South Pacific Forum, Fiji; the Forum Fisheries Agency, Honiara; The Pew Charitable Trusts, Philadelphia; The Packard Foundation, California; World Wildlife Fund-US, and World Wildlife Fund-International. He has also undertaken legislative policy development for various New Zealand ministries: the Ministry for Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry for Maori Development and the Department of Internal Affairs. Kwame is widely published in the fields of environmental law, fisheries law, law of the sea and international law. 

Areas of Expertise

Environmental Law and policy
Fisheries law and policy
Law of the Sea
Oceans governance
Migration law and policy
International law
European Union law
Comparative Pacific Law
Indigenous Rights Claims

Teaching Commitments

Legal Process (LAW1100)
Contract Law (LAW2100)
Pacific Comparative Law (LAW7118)
International Law of the Sea 1 - Marine Resource Management (LAW4180)