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Addo-Obeng

Opoku-Agyeman

Addo-Obeng is a recent law graduate, public international law researcher and speech
and debate coach whose work explores the intersection of law, sustainable
development and youth empowerment. His recent research focuses on the legal and
institutional responses to environmental degradation in Ghana, such as illegal artisanal
mining, and the implications for regional water security, equity and cross-border legal
cooperation. He is especially interested in the role of legal personhood of nature,
customary law and constitutional environmental rights in enhancing accountability for
transboundary water governance. He has been a champion and award-winning
speaker in a number of prestigious moot and debate tournaments such as the Philip
C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, the Accra Open Debate, the
Kumasi Debate Open, Sofia Online Open and the Pan-African Universities Debate
Championship. In these contexts, he has explored questions of transboundary

governance, sovereignty and the role of women in legal and policy frameworks. He has
gone on to coach the KNUST Faculty of Law Moot Court Team and has trained the
KNUST Debate Society on multiple occasions, where he has placed particular
emphasis on the inclusion, visibility and excellence of female debaters and mooters.
He currently serves as the Team Lead at Forensic Forum, where he not only
champions transboundary water causes, but actively recruits and empowers women
in both leadership and operational roles.

Women are not only victims of environmental harm but
also vital agents of change in conservation, advocacy
and community resilience. Ignoring their voices weakens
the impact and legitimacy of any intervention.

Founder / Team Lead
Forensic Forum