Mrs Manjida Ahamed


Mrs Manjida Ahamed
NameMrs Manjida Ahamed
Job titleLecturer in Law
Research institute
Primary appointmentLaw and Social Sciences
Email addressM.Ahamed@mdx.ac.uk
Contact categoryAcademic staff

Biography

Biography

Manjida Ahamed is a 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
  • Response to Crimes in the 21st Century. 

Research Interests

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

Publications

·      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 (2022) Cambridge International Law Journal Blog. 

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

Employment

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

Education and qualifications

MSt in International Human Rights Law
04 Nov 2022
University of Oxford
PhD in International Criminal Law
07 Jun 2021
Middlesex University London
LLM in International Crime and Justice
20 Jul 2014
Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute and University of Turin
LLM
06 Jun 2012
University of Dhaka
LLB (Hons)
20 Dec 2011
University of Dhaka

Grants

CGS-Square Fellowship

I received the grant in the category of Junior Research Fellowship.

10 May 2015
Square Group Ltd, Bangladesh

Prizes and Awards

Research outputs

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 Business and Law
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