Javaid Rehman

Professor of Law

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Qualifications

BA (Punjab)
LLB (Hons) (Reading)
LLM (Hull)
PhD (Hull)
PGCert (Leeds)
Barrister & Advocate (Pakistan)

Prof Javaid Rehman is an internationally recognised legal scholar from Pakistan and an expert on Islamic Law, Muslim constitutionalism and International human rights law. He is willing to supervise research students in the field of Islamic Law, International Law and human rights law.

Javaid Rehman was born and brought up in Punjab, Pakistan. After having received his first University degree in History and English Literature (Government College Lahore, Punjab University), he came to the United Kingdom where he studied Law (LLB, Hons.) at the University of Reading. He completed a PhD in International Law in 1995 (Hull University, UK) and was appointed to his first full-time lectureship in September 1996 at the Law Department, Leeds University. He was invited to take up a Chair in Law at Ulster University in 2002. Since August 2005, Javaid Rehman has been a Professor of Islamic Law, Muslim constitutionalism and International Law at Brunel University. During 2006–2007, he was the Director of Research and led Brunel Law School to a highly successful RAE submission in 2008. During 2007–2009, he was the Deputy Head of Brunel Law School. Since August 2009, Javaid Rehman has been the Head of Brunel Law School. He is thefounding Director, Collaborative Research Network/University Research Network, Serity, Media and Human Rights, Brunel University (2008-).  He has been invited to provide legal opinion in a number of high profile cases involving Islamic law, international terrorism and human rights law  Professor Rehman has written extensively on the subject of Islamic Law, International human rights and minority rights, with over one hundred publications to his credit.  His recent works include International Human Rights Law (Longman, 2010), Islamic State Practices, International Law and the threat from Terrorism (Hart Publishing, 2005), and (with SC Breau) (eds) Religion, Human Rights and Interntional Law (ILA). He is on the editorial boards of several journals.  He was until recentlyutil recently the General Coordinating Editor of the Asian Yearbook of International Law (AYIL) and is currntly a joint co-editor of the journal of islamic State Practices in International Law (JISPIL).  Profesor Rehman has been involved at various levels of policy making and has also acted as an advisor to various governmental and non-governmental organisations on counter-terrorism issues as wel as civil liberties and human rights law. 

As a qualified lawyer, Professor Rehman also provides legal opinions pertaining to matters of international law, human rights, constitutional law, internatioanal terrorism, Islamic Law, and Islamic family law.

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I am Head of the Law School and I have overall responsibility for staff and student matters. I am particularly interested in your academic and professional development and my ambition is to ensure an excellent teaching and learning environment.

I always look forward to meeting our students and hearing about their experiences. You are always welcome to come and see me; I’m normally available Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during term time.

Teaching

European Union Law

Research Interests

Islamic Law, international human rights law and international terrorism (in particular terrorism emerging from Pakistan and Afghanistan)

Research Areas

Human rights
Islamic Law
Public law
Terrorism and the law

Research Groups

CIPL Centre for International and Public Law
LRRG Law and Religion Research Group
HRC Human Rights Centre

PhD Supervision

Islamic Law
International Law
International human rights law

External Activities

Policy Engagement

Member of International Bar Association (IBA) Taskforce on International Terrorism (2009–)

Founding Director, Collaborative Research Network, Security, Media and Human Rights, Brunel University (2008).

Invited speaker at the Islam in English Law Series: A Series of Public Discussions in the Temple Church. The series includes other speakers such as the Archbishop of Canterbury and Edward Fitzgerald QC. View more information.

Addressed: Senior members of the United Kingdom Judiciary on Islamic Family Law (London, June, 2006); Members of the United Kingdom, House of Commons and House of Lords (London, 2005); the Supreme Court Bar of Pakistan (Islamabad, 2005); and Members of National Parliament of Pakistan (Islamabad, December 2003).

Invited by the UK Foreign Office to visit Pakistan (December 2003).

Acted as consultant and advisor to Governments, Inter-Governmental Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations on International Legal Issues. Previous consultancies include European Commission, the United Nations (New York and Geneva) the World Bank (Washington D.C), Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (Belfast), Government of Pakistan, (Islamabad), Minority Rights Group, (London) etc.

Interviewed and Academic Work Reviewed in media in several countries e.g. detailed interview in the United Kingdom with the ITV programme (on Minorities in Northern Ireland, November 2005); Media coverage in newspapers and Radio (e.g. in the United Kingdom, BBC Radio Ulster; BBC World Service, Pakistan and India); Al-Jazeera etc.

Member Editorial Boards: Religion and Human Rights (Brill Academic Publishers); Asian Journal of International Law; Central European Journal of International and Security Studies (ECJISS); Editor Journal of Islamic State Practices in International Law (JISPIL).

Invited Member of the Board of Governors of the Foundation for the Development of International Law in Asia (DILA).

Assessor for Major Funding bodies–External Assessor for European Commission (FP 7 Project, 2006); Member of Commissioning Panel of Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), United Kingdom (Non-Governmental Public Action Programme). Regular reviewer for ESRC on international law, human rights and humanitarian law proposals; Reviewer for Austrian Science Fund (WFW)

Invited as Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (Japan) (2004); Fellow of the Transitional Justice Institute (University of Ulster) (January 2004 – July 2004).

Invited by prestigious publishers e.g. the Oxford University Press; Cambridge University Press; Routledge etc. to review manuscripts for suitability of publications; External Reviewer for leading international law journals e.g. the International and Comparative Law Quarterly (ICLQ); Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly (NILQ); Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal; Asian Journal of Comparative Law; Journal of Conflict and Security Law; Ethics and International Affairs.

External Examiner in Law, University of Reading (United Kingdom) (2003–2007), University of Manchester (United Kingdom) (2003–2007), Manchester Metropolitan University (2006–2009); Faculty Examiner for the Faculty of Economic and Social Science, University of Reading (United Kingdom) 2008 – ; Law Department, University of Sheffield (2009 – 2011); SOAS, London University (PG) 2009–2011.

Invited by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) to Review the Law Curriculum for Legal Education (LLB degrees) in Pakistan.

Invited to Judge prestigious human rights and international law competitions (e.g. Judge for the Graham Turnbull Essay Competition, organised by the Law Society of England and Wales, 2005/2006).

Publications

Journal Papers

(2011) Rehman, J., Position of Islam and Freedom of Religion in Europe, Irish Studies in International Affairs 22

(2011) Rehman, J., Religion and human rights law: Complexities in applying the Sharia in modern state practices, Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 62

(2008) Rehman, J. and Saptarshi, G., International law, US foreign policy and post-9/11 Islamic fundamentalism: The legal status of the “war on terror", Nordic Journal of International Law 77 (1-2) : 87- 103

(2007) Rehman, J., Islam, “war on terror” and the future of Muslim minorities in the United Kingdom: Dilemmas of multiculturalism, Human Rights Quarterly 29 (4) : 831- 878

(2007) Rehman, J., The Sharia, Islamic family laws and internatonal human rights laws: Examining the theory and practice of polygamy and talaq, International Journal of Law Policy and the Family 21 (1) : 108- 127

(2006) Rehman, J., Islamic criminal justice and international terrorism: A comparative perspective into modern Islamic state practices, Journal of Islamic State Practices in International Law 2 (3) : 18- 35

(2006) Rehman, J., Review of ‘freedom of religion: UN and European human rights law and practice (Cambridge, CUP, 2005)', Religion and Human Rights 1 (3) : 311- 312

(2005) Ali, SS. and Rehman, J., The concept of Jihad in Islamic international law, Journal of Conflict and Security Law 10 (3) : 321- 343

(1999) Rehman, J., Substantiating minority rights: The value of autonomy under International and European human rights law, Journal of Law and Society XXI (3) : 1- 13

Book Chapters

(2012) Walker, C. and Rehman, J., 'Prevent' responses to jihadi extremism. In: Ramraj, VV., Hor, M., Roach, K. and Williams, G. eds. Global Anti-Terrorism Law and Policy. Cambridge University Press

Books

(Forthcoming) Rehman, J., Islam, war on terror and the future of Muslim minorities in the UK. British Institute of International and Comparative Law

(Forthcoming) Rehman, J., International terrorism and Islam. Ashgate

(2011) Bates, ES., Goldstone, R., Cotran, E., de Vries, G., Hall, JA., Méndez, JE. and Rehman, J., Terrorism and international law: Accountability, remedies, and reform: A report of the IBA Task Force on terrorism. Oxford University Press

(2000) Rehman, J., Introduction to international human rights law: Texts and materials. University of Peshawar

Additional Publications

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