Events in the International Law Centre

Dr Christian Henderson (Department of Law, Oxford Brookes University) will be speaking on the topic “UN Security Council Resolution 1860 (2009) and the Contemporary Legal Nature of UN Security Council Resolutions” on Wednesday 8th December at 13.00.  All welcome.

This Seminar has been organised by Surrey International Law Centre (SILC) and forms part of the School of Law's Research Seminar Programme.

If you would like to attend this seminar, please RSVP to Chrissie Leveridge (fmlevents@surrey.ac.uk).

The Surrey International Law Centre and the Department of Politics of the University of Surrey join for a topical seminar where the key question that the international community is currently dealing with in regard to the situation developing in Libya will be dealt with: whether to intervene or not…

With support from the Institute of Advanced Studies, SILC is pleased to announce an international interdisciplinary seminar on cultural legitimacy and the international law and policy on climate change that will take place on 21 June 2011 at the School of Law, University of Surrey.

This seminar seeks to contribute to research on the international law and policy of climate change by focusing on the issue of cultural legitimacy.  Beginning from the premise that legitimacy critiques of international climate change regulation have the capacity to positively influence policy trends and legal choices, we seek a range of papers, from across all the disciplines that investigate the link between the efficacy of international legal and policy mechanisms on climate change and cultural legitimacy or local acceptance.

Visit the Institute of Advanced Studies page for more details on the seminar programme and registration!

Biography

Dr Mohamed Elewa Badar is a former Chief Judge for the Egyptian Ministry of Justice (2001-2006). During July-September 2011 he was appointed to work as a Senior Investigator to the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate various human rights abuses and to examine the causes of an estimated 36 deaths during the unrest in the Kingdom of Bahrain, as well as allegations of disappearances, unlawful arrests and detention, torture and other forms of mistreatment. In 2008-2009, Dr Badar worked as an international expert for the United Nations Interregional Crimes and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and in 2010 he was selected to work as an expert for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on the Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice. During 2004-2005 he worked as a Resident Representative of the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences (ISISC) (Siracusa-Italy) for the Interim Training for the Afghan Judiciary, Kabul, Afghanistan, where he lectured the Afghan magistrates on issues related to international human rights law, comparative criminal justice systems and Islamic law. In Year 2003 he had a position to work for six month period as an Intern with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Office of the Prosecutor/Appeals Section. He worked as a Senior Prosecutor at the Public Prosecution Office, Egypt, for several years (1997-2001). Prior to assuming these positions at the Ministry of Justice, he was a Police Captain at the Ministry of Interior - Public Property Investigation General Dept. (1991-1997). Dr Badar holds a PhD in international criminal law and LL.M. in international human rights (first class honours) from the Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway. He also holds a Diploma in international legal relations from Ain Shams University, Egypt. He received his first University degree – Bachelors of Law and Police Sciences – from the Police College, Police Academy, Egypt.

Abstract

The Arab Spring has witnessed popular uprisings against despotic regimes which have captured the imagination of the world. One of the main concerns from the outside observers, however, has been a potential islamisation of the region once the old regimes have fallen. I shall discuss this matter using the drafting of the Egyptian constitution as a case study, and provide a critique of potential outcomes drawing a conclusion from the experiences of other countries who in some way or another use Sharia Law as (a source of) domestic law.