Dr Muhammad Abdullah Fazi
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Lecturer, Accounting, Finance & Economics Department Location: Room 42, Heron 2 |
Academic qualifications
Ph.D. International Law
LLM Human Right
LLB (Hons)
Employment history
- Lecturer, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Faculty of Business, Curtin University Malaysia, Aug 2022 – present
- Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Multimedia University, Malaysia, Jun 2020 – Jun 2022
- Graduate Research Assistant, University of Malaya, Malaysia, 2019- 2020
Unit taught
- BLAW2006 Company Law for Business, Semester 2022
- International Law, Environmental Law, Advanced Research Methodology, Jurisprudence
Research interests
- Global Human Rights Regime
- International Laws
- Law and Technology
- Feminist Legal Theory
- Islamic Jurisprudence
Publications
Academic journal articles
- Discrepancies in transgender persons (protection of rights) act, 2018: a comparative study of transgender’s rights in Pakistan and India, International Journal of Law & Management (2020) Emerald (Scopus)
- Enforced Disappearances and Constitutional Guarantees in Pakistan: A Human Rights Perspective, European Journal of Social Sciences. Vol.59, No3 (2020)
- Bangladesh’s approach towards the international criminal law: A case study of international crimes tribunal Bangladesh, Journal of Politics & Law. Vol. 12, No.3 (2019) Canadian Centre of Science and Education, Canada (WoS)
- Historical Background of the International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh Unveiling he Truth, Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society, (2018) The University of Punjab
- The right to marry in Islam: Scrutinizing customs of marriages in the Pashtun belt of Pakistan, Annual Research Journal, (2017) The University of Peshawar
- ICTB and violations of right to fair trial, (2017) Help University Law Review, Malaysia
- International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh and violations of right to fair trial a comparative study, Maarif Research Journal (2014) Karachi
- Post 9/11 the U.S. immigration laws and its implications on Muslims, Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences, No. 57, 2021
Conference proceedings and presentations
- Moderator: Understanding Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Background and Implications for Asia, Research Webinar 2022, Multimedia University Malaysia
- Moderator: Global Governance & Human Rights, Webinar 2021, Multimedia University Malaysia
- Presenter: An understanding of Transgender’s rights under the purview of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018, Webinar on Global Governance and Human Rights 2021, Multimedia University, Malaysia
- Keynote: The lego-political context of 1971 war: answering the issue of state apology, 2021, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Pakistan
- Presenter: International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh, violating the international guarantees of right to fair trial. HELP University Law Conference 2018, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
- Presenter: Khurshid Ahmed’s perspective of Islamic education, Conference on Islamic education 2018, Marmara University Istanbul, Turkey
Industry/Contract research reports
Research projects/ research grants (external – internal)/ Research and development – Competitive Research Grants
- IR FUND: Socio Economics Rights of Transgenders in Muslim Majority Countries: A Comparative Study of Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia
- SATU Joint Research Scheme JRS: Reconstructing Personal Data Protection and Information Security of Wearable Healthcare Devices under the Concept of Free Flow of Data
Supervision of Higher Degree by Research
- Student: Partesh Royal (contributed), PhD 2021
- Student: Ma Jiao (contributed), LLM 2021
Professional affiliations
- Member of European Society of International Law, Italy
- Member of Islamabad Bar Council
Professional certifications
- Certification: Human rights and international law from the European University Institute. Florence, Italy
- Certification: Law and Technology at University of Pavia, Italy
- Certification: Human Rights & Development at German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy & Governance, Thammasat University, Bangkok Thailand.
- Certification: Islamic Banking and Finance with the collaboration of department of Shariah and department of Islamic Banking and Finance IIUI.
Other academic roles
- Reviewer, Islamic Studies (2020-2023) IRI, International Islamic University
- Reviewer, Fikr-o-Nazar (2020-2023) IRI, International Islamic University
- Reviewer, International Criminal Law Review 2018-2019 Brill | Nijhoff
- Student Editor, University Official Magazine “SPECTRUM” 2008-2010 IIUI
Leadership and services
Head of Corporate Governance Research Cluster, Faculty of Business, Curtin University Malaysia, August 2022 – Present