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Dr Saeed Bagheri

Dr Saeed Bagheri portrait
  • Co-convenor for Foundations of International Law (LW2FIL)
  • Director of Academic Tutoring (PGT)
  • Provides students with academic support during assigned hours and classes.
  • Teaches and researches in public international law, the use of force, international humanitarian law, international human rights law, public law, peacebuilding and post-conflict justice.

Areas of interest

  • Public international law
  • Use of force
  • International humanitarian law
  • International human rights law
  • International criminal law
  • Peacebuilding and post-conflict justice

Postgraduate supervision

Saeed welcomes proposals from prospective doctoral students with an interest in international humanitarian law, the law on the use of force, and international human rights law.

Teaching

Saeed currently teaches the following modules on the LLB and LLM programmes:

  • LLB: International Human Rights Law; Public Law I; Public Law II; Legal Skills; Foundations of International Law; Research Project
  • LLM: Law of Armed Conflict (International Humanitarian Law); The Use of Military Force; Dissertation

Research centres and groups

Background

Dr Saeed Bagheri is Lecturer in International Law at the ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø School of Law, where he has also held a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from 2019-2021. He is the Director of Academic Tutoring (PGT). Prior to joining the ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, Dr Bagheri was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the European University Institute (EUI) from 2017-2019. He conducts research in the law on the use of force, international humanitarian law, and international human rights law and has widely published on these topics in leading academic journals, including the International Review of the Red Cross, Journal of Conflict and Security, Irish Yearbook of International Law, Journal of Human Rights Practice, Nordic Journal of International Law, European Yearbook on Human Rights, etc. He is the author of  (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 1st edition, 2021). 

Dr Bagheri’s scholarship has been cited in academic resources and official documents, including the House of Lords of the United Kingdom (Order of Business: Economic Activity of Public Bodies - Overseas Matters) Bill Debate (17 April 2024), Vol. 837, No. 78, p. 229; the Scientific Services of the German Federal Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag, WD2 - 3000 - 031/22, 2022), the Sexual Rights Initiative’s Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Unilateral Coercive Measures and the Right to Health (March 2023), the U.S. Peace Action Policy Briefing (2020), etc. His research has also been featured in the bibliography of the International Court of Justice (2014-16 and 2020-22), The International Committee of the Red Cross (2017 and 2021), The European Court of Human Rights (2021) and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) (2018). He has been interviewed with and provided insights to several media outlets, including The Guardian, The Royal Borough Observer, The Conversation, The New Arab, Western Morning News, BBC Farsi, Euronews, Articles of War, Informed Comment, Daily Bulletin, Hamburg Global, Ecocide Law, Newsweek, Lawfare, Opinio Juris, Foreign Affairs (NZ), Head Topics, Climate Scepticism, Web Times, News Now, New Daily, News Break, and Royal United Services Institute of Nova Scotia (RUSI(NS)).

Dr Bagheri has held visiting positions, including Visiting Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge (Summer 2018), Visiting Lecturer at the University College London (Spring 2018), and Visiting Fellow at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University Law School (Spring 2018). Prior to his postdoctoral position, he was an Assistant Professor at Akdeniz University from 2015-2017. He is Co-Convener of the Interest Group on Peace and Security of the European Society of International Law (ESIL), Co-Convenor of the International Law Section of the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS), and a member of the British Branch of the International Law Association.

Academic qualifications

  • DPhil (Ankara)
  • LLM (Tehran)
  • BA (Tabriz)

Awards and honours

  • The Best Article Prize (administered by Hart Publishing and the Irish Yearbook of International Law) for the article ‘Military assistance and state responsibility for ‘in bello’ violations during non-international armed conflicts’ (April 2023).
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, School of Law (2019-2021)
  • Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow, European University Institute (EUI) (2017-2019) 
  • Visiting Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge (2018)
  • Visiting Fellow, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University (2018)
  • Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Public International Law - The Scientific, and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) (2011-2014)

Professional bodies/affiliations

  • Co-Convener of the Interest Group on Peace and Security of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) (2022 - present)
  • Member of the 
  • Member of 
  • Regional Correspondent for the , University of Oxford
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the 
  • Fellow, Higher Education Academy (HEA)
  • A Europe Regional Coordinator for the Journal on the Use of Force and International Law’s Digest of State Practice (2022 - present)

Further publications

2022

  • Bagheri, S. (2022) , Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog.

2020

  • Bagheri, S. (2020) , Harvard International Review.
  • Bagheri, S. (2020) , Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog.
  • Bagheri, S. (2020) ,International Observatory Human Rights.
  • Bagheri, S. (2020) , Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog.

2019

  • Bagheri, S. (2019) , Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog.
  • Bagheri, S. (2019) , Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog.

2018

  • Bagheri S. (2018) The Constitutional Referendum to Create the New Republic of Artsakh in Nagorno-Karabakh: An International Law. European University Institute Max Weber Working Paper.
  • Bagheri, S. (2018) ,Euronews.
  • Bagheri, S. (2018) , Leiden Law Blog.
  • Bagheri, S. (2018) , Australian Outlook.
  • Bagheri, S. (2018) , Cambridge International Law Journal

2017

  • Bagheri, S. (2017) . Russian Law Journal, 5 (1) pp. 79-97.
  • Bagheri, S. (2017) , Völkerrechtsblog.
  • Bagheri, S. (2017) , Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog.
  • Bagheri, S. (2017) ‘, Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog.
  • Bagheri, S. (2017) , Denver Journal of International Law and Policy (online).
  • Bagheri, S. (2017) , Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog.
  • Bagheri, S. (2017) , Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog.
  • Bagheri, S. (2017) , Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog.
  • Bagheri, S. (2017) , Denver Journal of International Law and Policy (online).
  • Bagheri, S. (2017) , Völkerrechtsblog.
  • Bagheri, S. (2017) , Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog.
  • Bagheri, S. (2017) , EJIL: Talk!

2016

  • Bagheri, S. (2016) . Adalet, Ankara, ss230. ISBN 605146705X, 9786051467054 (in Turkish).
  • Bagheri, S. (2016) , Foreign Policy Association.
  • Bagheri, S. (2016) , Foreign Policy Association.

2015

  • Bagheri, S. (2015) , Global Research: Centre for Research on Globalization (23 October 2015).
  • Bagheri, S. (2015) The Legal Framework of the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy: The Possibilities and Limitations. Energy and Diplomacy Journal, 1 (4). pp. 116-141.

2014

  • Bagheri, S. (2014) International Humanitarian Law and the Use of Nuclear Weapons against Terrorism. Gazi University Faculty of Law Review 18, (3-4). pp. 931-954.

2013

  • Bagheri, S. (2013) Evaluating the Decision of International Court of Justice Concerning the Oil Platforms. Gazi University Faculty of Law Review, 17 (1-2). pp. 1155-1180.
  • Bagheri, S. (2013) Extradition and the Obligation to Prosecute of Offenders in International Law (aut dedere aut judicare). Ankara University Faculty of Law Review, 62 (1). pp. 1-40.
  • Bagheri, S. (2013) Iran and the Law of the Sea: Current Debates. Erzincan University Faculty of Law Review, 17 (3-4). pp. 155-182.

2012

  • Bagheri, S. (2012)  Journal of Legal Research, 11 (2). pp. 25-52 (in Persian).

Selected conference papers and presentations

  • “The Pursuit of Sovereignty and Armed Conflict”, 61st Conflict Research Society Annual Conference, University of Edinburgh, 5 September 2024 (chair)
  • “Non-international armed conflict and the sovereignty of Sates”,  the 61st Conflict Research Society Annual Conference, University of Edinburgh, 5 September 2024
  • “The Continuity and Rupture of Politico-Legal Debates on States’ Consent to Foreign Military Intervention”, 18th Max Weber Conference on Continuity or Rupture: Towards an Interdisciplinary Inquiry, European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy (June 12, 2024).
  • “The Return of Displaced Persons to Conflict-affected Territories”, 2022 London International Boundary Conference, King's College London, London, December 13, 2022.
  • “Structural Inequalities in Conflict-Affected Societies”, 16th Max Weber Conference on Perspectives on Global Crises: Challenges and Opportunities, European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy, June 16, 2022.
  • “Iran and Child Soldiers in the Syrian Civil War: A Study on the Refugee Children Recruited by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps”, 14th Max Weber Conference on a Time for Anxiety - Mobility and Immobility across Societies, European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy, 19 June 2020.
  • “The Role of the Kurdish Women in Decision-Making Process in Post-Islamic State Iraq: A Case for Gender Equality in Post-War Societies”, presented at the Inaugural Edinburgh-Glasgow International Law Workshop, Edinburgh, UK, 8-9 April 2019.
  • “The Role of the Kurdish Identity in Falling the Islamic State War in Iraq and the Peace-Building Process in the Post-Islamic State Iraq”, presented at the International Conference on “Identity and Memory in War and Peacebuilding”, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK, 2nd July 2018.
  • “The Legal Aspects of War to Peace Transitions in Post-Islamic State Iraq”, presented at the 12th Max Weber Conference on the States, Societies and Crises Across Time and Space, European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy, 13 June 2018.
  • “From the Failed Disarmament Policy of the Non-Proliferation Regime to the Rise of New Nuclear Powers”, presented at the International Peace Studies Conference, Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS), Vienna, Austria, 29 May 2018.
  • “The Peace-Building Role of the Natural/Energy Resource Management in Post-Islamic State Iraq”, presented at the Conference on the Nature of Peace, Pufendorf Institute of Advanced Studies, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 26 April 2018.
  • “The Quest for Energy Resources as a Source of Armed Conflicts in the Middle East: An International Law Perspective”, presented at the Max Weber Lecture/Presentations, European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy, 12-21 September 2017. 

Recent events organised

  • “Posthumanism, technology, and peace and security”, Interest Group on Peace and Security of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) pre-conference workshop at Vilnius University, Lithuania, 4 September 2024 (co-organiser)
  • “Learning from Others: International and Comparative Perspectives”, the 115th Annual Conference of the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) International Law Section, 3-4 September 2024 (co-organiser)
  • "Non-State Actors in International Law”, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)/Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Annual Workshop, 28 November 2023 (co-organiser & chair).
  • "The Changing Perceptions of the Use of Force in the Contemporary World", Interest Group on Peace and Security of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) pre-conference workshop in Tartu, Estonia, 24 April 2023 (co-organiser).
  • UN Involvement in Afghanistan: Where Next for the International Community, Global Law at ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø and the Afghan and Central Asian Association, 16 May 2022 (chair).
  • 27th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law on “International Law Futures: The Intersection of Law with Knowledge, Information and Expertise”, Crawford School of Policy, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 4-6 July 2019 (co-organiser).
  • Multidisciplinary Workshop on “The Role of Image Making in the Prevention of Violence”, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 7 May 2018 (co-organiser).
  • 4th Annual International Peace and Security Interest Group (IPSIG) Workshop, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2 April 2018 (co-organiser).
  • 25th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law on “Sustaining the International Legal Order in an Era of Rising Nationalism”, Canberra, Australia, 29 June -1 July 2017 (co-organiser).

Invited talks and lectures

  • Invited Talk: Roundtable discussion on ‘Walk the Academic Walk in Times of Rupture’, at the European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy (June 12, 2024).
  • Invited Talk: Panel discussion on 'The Use of Force and International Law’, BUL International Law Group, Brunel University London (January 18, 2023).
  • Invited Talk: Guest speaker on ‘Protests in Iran’, Oxford Human Rights Hub’s Right Up, The University of Oxford Faculty of Law (November 25, 2022).
  • Invited Talk: Roundtable discussion on ‘The Iranian Uprising’, Manchester International Law Centre (MILC), The University of Manchester Law School (November 15, 2022).
  • Invited Talk: Panel discussion on 'Women, Life, Freedom' in Iran: From Protest to Revolution?’, Nottingham Trent University School of Social Sciences and Nottingham Law School (November 2, 2022).
  • Guest Lecture: ‘Use of Force in International Law’, University College London (UCL) (May 15, 2018).

Other activities

  • Blog contributor, 
  • UA Judge,  (2021- 22)

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