Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, is a Law Professor, the Dean of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria (UNN) until 1st August 2020 and currently the Head, Department of Public Law. She specializes on human rights, public international law, in particular, the rights of women and children in Africa. Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, the winner of the National Human Rights Award (2019) holds a Ph.D. (Nig.), LLM (London), LL.B. (Nig.), BL, Diploma, Peace & Conflict Resolution (Uppsala).