Mrs Manjida Ahamed


Mrs Manjida Ahamed
NameMrs Manjida Ahamed
Job titleSenior Lecturer in Law
Research institute
Primary appointmentLaw and Social Sciences
Email addressm.ahamed@mdx.ac.uk
Contact categoryAcademic staff

Biography

Biography

Manjida Ahamed is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the School of Law, Middlesex University, London. She joined Middlesex University in 2021 on a full-time basis and previously taught at Middlesex University as an Hourly Paid Lecturer. Before taking up this position, she was a Lecturer in Law at the Department of Law, Daffodil International University, Bangladesh (2012-2021). She was also a Junior Research Fellow at the Centre for Genocide Studies, University of Dhaka (2015-2016). Her research interests focus mainly on international criminal law, customary international law and international human rights law. She also worked as a visiting Lecturer at the Catholic University of Lille, France.

MSt in International Human Rights Law ( University of Oxford - 2022) PhD in International Criminal Law (Middlesex University, United Kingdom - 2021); LLM International Crime and Justice (University of Turin, Italy and United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute - 2015); LLM (University of Dhaka Bangladesh - 2012); LLB (Hons) (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh - 2011)

Teaching

Manjida leads two modules:

  • Criminal Law

Research Interests

  • International Criminal Law
  • Customary International Law
  • International Human Rights Law

Publications

M.Ahamed, The Failure of an Electoral Government to Protect Human Rights Led to the Emergence of People’s Uprisings: Bangladesh Context (Asian Yearbok of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Vol. 9, 2025)

M.Ahamed, The July Revolution: Use of Lethal Force and Right to Life (Cambridge International Law Journal Blog, 2025) 

M.Ahamed, Individual Criminal Responsibility of the Former Prime Minister of Bangaldesh for Crimes against Humanity (Oxford Human Rights Hub, 2025)

M. Ahamed, Rape and Other Forms of Sexual Offences as International Crimes and the Impact of Human Rights Law in the Book ‘Human Rights after 75 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Reflections from the South’ (BRILL, 2024)

 M.Ahamed, International Crimes Tribunals Bangladesh and the Application of Customary International Law (Cambridge International Law Journal Blog, 2022)

 M. Ahamed, Lack of Civilian Protection in 1971 (2017) Centre for Genocide Studies, CGS Paper 1

Supervision

Employment

Lecturer in Law
Middlesex University
30 Sept 2021
Lecturer in Law
Daffodil International University
09 Oct 2012
01 Sept 2021

Education and qualifications

Grants

Prizes and Awards

Research outputs

Breaking the monolith: incorporating epistemically diverse perspectives in international criminal law [Presentation]

Ahamed, M. 2026. Breaking the monolith: incorporating epistemically diverse perspectives in international criminal law [Presentation]. 23rd Annual ASLI Conference: Empowering Asia's Rise: Legal Knowledge for Sustainability, Justice and Regional Integration. Indonesia 03 - 04 Jun 2026

The failure of an electoral government to protect human rights led to the emergence of people’s uprisings: Bangladesh context

Ahamed, M. and Abid, F.A. 2025. The failure of an electoral government to protect human rights led to the emergence of people’s uprisings: Bangladesh context . in: Vanhullebusch, M. and Stanford, B. (ed.) The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Brill | Nijhoff. pp. 3-34

Use of lethal force and the right to life

Ahamed, M. 2025. Use of lethal force and the right to life . University of Cambridge.

Individual criminal responsibility of the former prime minister of Bangladesh for crimes against humanity

Ahamed, M. 2025. Individual criminal responsibility of the former prime minister of Bangladesh for crimes against humanity. Oxford Human Rights Hub.

Rape and other forms of sexual offences as international crimes and the impact of human rights law

Ahamed, M. 2024. Rape and other forms of sexual offences as international crimes and the impact of human rights law. in: Khan, B.U. and Bhuiyan, J.H. (ed.) Human Rights after 75 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Reflections from the South Brill | Nijhoff. pp. 279-300

The contribution of customary international law to the development of international crimes: the role of international courts and tribunals

Ahamed, M. 2021. The contribution of customary international law to the development of international crimes: the role of international courts and tribunals. PhD thesis Middlesex University

Symposium on Bangladesh genocide and international law: International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh and the application of customary international law

Ahamed, M. 2022. Symposium on Bangladesh genocide and international law: International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh and the application of customary international law. University of Cambridge.
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