Javaid Rehman
United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran
Assumed office
7 July 2018
Preceded byAsma Jahangir[1]
Personal details
BornFaisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Alma materGovernment College, Lahore
University of the Punjab
University of Reading
University of Hull

Javaid Rehman (Urdu: جاوید رحمان) is a British-Pakistani legal scholar and Professor of Islamic Law and International Law at Brunel University London.

Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran

On 7 July 2018, he was appointed as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran.[2] On 6 August 2018, Javaid Rehman, wrote to the Iranian Government expressing his interest in visiting Iran. He said he had already received a number of reports raising concerns about alleged violations of human rights in the country. He commenced his duties officially on 13 July 2018.[3]

Works

  • Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities of Pakistan: Constitutional and Legal Perspectives (2013) ISBN 9781136778681

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