Dr Ahmed Shaheed
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 873383
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Location
5S.6.26, Colchester Campus
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Human Rights: Theories and Applications (HU901)
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Human Rights Clinic (HU902)
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Contemporary Issues in Human Rights and Cultural Diversity (HU921)
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Religion and Human Rights (HU924)
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Human Rights, International Relations and Diplomacy (HU925)
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Regional Human Rights Systems (LW515)
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International Human Rights Law: Law and Practice (LW901)
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International Human Rights: Theories and Institutions (LW924)
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Human Rights
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 22/5/2019
Publications
Journal articles (2)
Shaheed, A., (2021). Freedom of Religion: A Shield to Protect or a Sword to Harm?. Conscience: The News Journal of Catholic Opinion. XLII (1), 30-32
Shaheed, A., (2019). Protecting and promoting the right to freedom of religion and belief for all. Sur. 16 (29), 41-48
Book chapters (5)
Shaheed, A. and Greenacre, B., Binary Threat: How governments' cyber laws and practice undermines human rights in the MENA region. In: Cyberpolitics in the Middle East. POMEPs/Stanford University
Shaheed, A., (2021). Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion or Belief. In: Elgar Encyclopaedia on Human Rights. Editors: Nowak, M., . Elgar
Shaheed, A. and Richter, R., (2017). Coping Mechanisms for State Non-cooperation. In: The United Nations Special Procedures System. Brill/Nijhoff. 153- 187. 9789004304703
Shaheed, A. and Sanei, F., (2016). Outlier:Iran and its use of the death penalty. In: Death Penalty and the Victims. Editors: Simonovic, I., . United Nations. 9789210583954
Shaheed, A., (2013). Maritime Security Cooperation in South Asia: A Maldives Perspective. In: Cooperative Security Framework for South Asia. Editors: Nayak, N., . Institute of Strategic Studies. 100- 113. 8182747058. 9788182747050
Reports and Papers (4)
McGregor, L., Ng, V. and Shaheed, A., The Universal Declaration at 70: Putting Human Rights at the Heart of the Design, Development and Deployment of Artificial Intelligence
McGregor, L., Fussey, P., Murray, D., Fox, C., Alhelbawy, A., McDonald Maier, K., Shaheed, A. and Gilbert, G., ‘Written Evidence from Professor Lorna McGregor et al 0090): Urgent Need for Full Transparency and Human Rights Impact Assessment of the NHSX Contact Tracing App’
Shaheed, A., (2018). State-Religion Relationships and Impact on Freedom of Religion or Belief
Shaheed, A., (2017). An Agenda for Operationalising Freedom of Religion or Belief Within the UN System and Beyond
Media (1)
Pretty, J., Dixon, M., Tearne, R., Oliver, S., Shaheed, A. and Lichtenstein, J., Louder than Words Podcast: Migration. Audio
Other (4)
Shaheed, A., (2021).There is no legal defence of LGBT+ conversions
Shaheed, A. and McGregor, L., (2020).The COVID-19 pandemic: Five urgent principles for leaving no one behind through technology,Universal Rights Group
Shaheed, A., (2020).Covid-19 and Freedom of Belief,Just Security
Shaheed, A. and Richter, R., (2018).Is 'Human Rights' a Western Concept?,International Peace Institute/The Global Observatory