Shaheen Sardar Ali

TITLE

Professor of Law

CONTACT

Law
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL

Tel: 024 76524954
Fax: 024 76524105
Email: S.S.Ali@warwick.ac.uk

RESEARCH PROFILE

My teaching and research interests include International Law of Human Rights, Women's Human Rights, Children's Rights, Public International Law, Islamic Law and Jurisprudence, Gender and the Law, Constitutional Theory and Alternate Dispute Resolution.

BACKGROUND

Formerly Professor of Law, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. I regularly act as a consultant for a range of international bodies, including DFID, NORAD, UNICEF, UNIFEM, to name a few. I was also a member of the British Council Task Force on Gender and Development and have served on the National Commission of Inquiry on Women as well as the Prime Minister's Consultative Committee on Women in Pakistan. I have served as Minister for Health, Population Welfare and Women's Development in the Government of the North West Frontier Province (Pakistan) and Chair of the National Commission on the Status of Women of Pakistan. I am one of the founder members and Co-ordinator of the South Asian Research network on Gender, Law and Governance (SARN).

DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS

Awarded the British Muslims Annual Honours achievement plaque in the House of Lords in May 2002

Awarded the Star Woman Award of the Year (1996) in the field of Law, Pakistan by The Star Girls and Women Foundation, Karachi, Pakistan

Awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship for Doctoral Studies at the Law School, University of Hull, England. (1995-1998)

Awarded Aizaz-i-Fazilat (Presidential Award) 1992 for contribution to higher education and research in Pakistan

Honourable mention in the UNESCO Prize for development of the teaching of Human Rights 1992 by an international jury in Paris, November, 1992

Josephine Onoh Memorial Award, University of Hull for outstanding performance in LLM. (1991)

Won a Foreign and Commonwealth Scholarship for LLM. studies at University of Hull, England. 1990-91

Was an International Visitor under the USIA Programme to study the American Legal System, 1988

MEDIA WORK

I regularly contribute Radio and televsion programmes and appear as commentator/disscussant on current affairs/Islamic Law/Muslim World/Pakistan/South Asia/Human Rights.

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RESEARCH PROJECTS

There are no current research projects

Further Research Projects

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Ali S S (2008) Indigenising Development Processes: Some experiences on development and good governance in the NWFP of Pakistan , Oxford University Press
Ali, S.S. (2008) 'Disability, human rights and redistributive justice. Some reflections from the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan on popular perceptions of disabled people.' in Disabled People and the Right to life. The protection and violation of disabled peoples? most basic human rights, Editors: L. Clements J. Read, Abingdon: Routledge
Ali S S (2007) 'Where is the Toilet? Getting Down to Basics of Women's Human Rights' in Human Rights, Plural Legalities and Gendered Realities: Paths are Made by Walking , Editors: Hellum A, Ali S S, Stewart J, Tsanga A, Weaver Books
Ali S S (2007) 'Religious Pluralism, Human Rights and Citizenship in Europe: Some Preliminary Reflections on an evolving Methodology for Consensus' in Religious Pluralism and Human Rights in Europe, 57 - 79, Editors: Leonon T, Goldschmidt J, Utrecht: Intersentia
Ali S S (2007) 'The Twain Doth Meet! A Preliminary Exploration of the Theory and Practice of as-Siyar and International Law in the Contemporary World' in Religion, Human Rights and International Law: a critical examination of Islamic State Practices, Editors: Rehman J, Breu S, Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff

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