Mashood Baderin is currently Professor of Law and Head of the School of Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. He was formerly Professor of Law at the Brunel Law School, Brunel University, Uxbridge, West London; Reader in International Human Rights Law and Director of the International Law and Human Rights Unit, School of Law, University of the West of England, Bristol. He had also previously taught law at the School of Law, University of Nottingham, and the School of Law, University of Southampton. He has also been a Visiting Professor to the American University of Paris, Paris, France, and the Islamic Science University of Malaysia, Nilai, Malaysia. He is a qualified and experienced Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He is founding co-editor of the Muslim World Journal of Human Rights (http://www.bepress.com/mwjhr/). Mashood researches in the areas of Islamic Law, International Law, International and Comparative Human Rights Law, Human Rights and Islamic Law, with particular interest in the interaction between International Law, Human Rights Law and Islamic Law in Muslim States. He has been a consultant on Human Rights and Islamic Law for different government departments and institutions, and has been invited to present papers in his area of research at many national and international conferences, workshops and seminars. His publications include International Human Rights and Islamic Law (OUP, 2003, 2005), Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Action (OUP, 2007), International Law and Islamic Law (Ashgate, 2008), International Human Rights Law: Six Decades after the UDHR and Beyond (Ashgate, 2010), and several articles in different international academic journals.
Articles
Religion and International Law: Friends or Foes?, European Human Rights Law Review (2009)
This article addresses the relationship between international law and religion. The author considers the different...
Islam and the Realization of Human Rights in the Muslim World: A Reflection on Two Essential Approaches and Two Divergent Perspectives, Muslim World Journal of Human Rights (2007)
This article argues that while Islam may not be the sole factor for ensuring the...
Effective Legal Representation in 'Shari'ah' Courts as a Means of Addressing Human Rights Concerns in the Islamic Criminal Justice System of Muslim States , Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (2006)
This article argues that ensuring effective legal representation for accused persons under the Islamic criminal...
A Comparative Analysis of the Right to a Fair Trial and Due Process under International Human Rights Law and Saudi Arabian Domestic Law, International Journal of Human Rights (2006)
Editors' Note to the Special Issue (with Shadi Mokhtari, Mahmood Monshipouri, and Lynn Welchman), Muslim World Journal of Human Rights (2005)
Books
International Human Rights Law: Six Decades after the UDHR and Beyond (with Manisuli Ssenyonjo) (2010)
This timely and valuable book explores the development of international human rights law over the...
Islam and Human Rights: Selected Essays of Abdullahi An-Na'im (2010)
The relationship between Islam and human rights forms an important aspect of contemporary international human...
International Law and Islamic Law (2008)
The relationship between modern international law and Islamic law has raised many theoretical and practical...
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Action (with Robert McCorquodale) (2007)
On 16 December 1966 the United Nations adopted the International Covenant on Economic, Social and...
Contributions to Books
Abdullahi An-Na'im's Philosophy on Islam and Human Rights, Islam and Human Rights: Selected Essays of Abdullahi An-Na'im (2010)
This prologue is not intended to be a critical analysis or a critique of An-Na'im's...