Mashood Baderin is currently Professor of Law and the 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 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 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.
Articles
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)
Recent Developments in the African Regional Human Rights System, Human Rights Law Review (2005)
Books
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...
International Human Rights and Islamic Law (2003)
The book examines the important question of whether or not international human rights and Islamic...
Contributions to Books