Mrs Manjida Ahamed

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, The Failure of an Electoral Government to Protect Human Rights Led to the Emergence of People’s Uprisings: Bangladesh Context (Asian Yearbok of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Vol. 9, Forthcoming in 2025)

M.Ahamed, The July Revolution: Use of Lethal Force and Right to Life (Cambridge International Law Journal Blog, 2025) 

M.Ahamed, Individual Criminal Responsibility of the Former Prime Minister of Bangaldesh for Crimes against Humanity (Oxford Human Rights Hub, 2025)

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 (Cambridge International Law Journal Blog, 2022)

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