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Professor Tawhida Ahmed

Professor in Law

The City Law School Academic law programmes

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Overview

Tawhida Ahmed is Reader in Law and joined The City Law School in 2014. She was previously Associate Professor and Lecturer at the University of Reading, and Lecturer at the University of Sheffield. She graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2007 with a PhD in European Union law and minority rights. She is associated with the Human Rights Consortium, School of Advanced Study, University of London as Associate Fellow and as member of the Steering Committee of the Indigenous Peoples and Minority Rights Project.

Employment

  • Reader, The City Law School, City, University of London, United Kingdom, September 2016 - February 2024
  • Senior Lecturer, City University London, United Kingdom, January 2014 - September 2016
  • Associate Fellow, School of Advanced Study London, UK, January 2013 - present

Teaching

EU Law (LLB year 2)
EU Law and the Global Legal Order (LLB Year 3 Elective)
Constitutional and Administrative Law (LLB Year 1)

Research

EU Law; human rights; minority rights

Research students

Anna Evangelidi

Thesis title: Is the law of armed conflict (LOAC) out of step with unmanned weapons technologies?

alex powell

Isabella Mancini

Banaz Taha

Engin Firat

Thesis title: Climate Change Litigation

Suzana Rahde Gerchmann

Thesis title: Gender Pricing

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Lilija Alijeva

Role: 1st Supervisor

Further information: Postdoctoral Presidential Fellow

1stsupervisor

2ndsupervisor

  • Isabella Mancini, Research Student
  • Isabella Mancini, Early Stage Researcher

Publications

Publications by category

Books (3)

  • Ahmed, T., Farrall, S. and French, D. (2012). Criminological and Legal Consequences of Climate Change. Hart Pub Limited. ISBN 9781849461863.
  • (2011). The Impact of EU Law on Minority Rights. Hart Publishing. ISBN 9781841138725.
  • Ahmed, T. and Buchan, R. (Eds.), (2011). Special Issue on Minority Rights in International Law.

Chapters (16)

  • Ahmed, T. and Ferreira, N. (2025). European Union Approaches to Europe’s Romani People: The Potential of a Capabilities Approach to Law and Policy Making. Diversity and Inclusion Research (pp. 129-154). Springer Nature Switzerland. ISBN 9783031906015.
  • Ahmed, T. (2022). The European Commission and Minority Rights. In Malloy, T. and Vizi, B. (Eds.), Research Handbook on Minority Politics in the European Union Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781800375925.
  • Ahmed, T. and Fahey, E. (2019). Introduction: framing the methodology of justice, injustice and Brexit. On Brexit Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781789903003.
  • Ahmed, T. and Fahey, E. (2019). Conclusions. On Brexit Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781789903003.
  • Ahmed, T. and Vakulenko, A. (2016). Minority Rights 60 Years after the UDHR: Limits on the Preservation of Identity? International Human Rights Law Six Decades After the Udhr and Beyond (pp. 155-172).
  • Ahmed, T. (2015). The EU's Relationship with Minority Rights. In Psychogiopoulou, E. (Ed.), Cultural Governance and the European Union Protecting and Promoting Cultural Diversity in Europe (pp. 177-191). Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137453761.
  • Ahmed, T. (2015). The Many Vulnerabilities of the Roma and the European Legal Framework. In Ippolito, F. and Sanchez, S. (Eds.), Protecting Vulnerable Groups (pp. 142-158). Oxford: Hart Publishing. ISBN 9781849466851.
  • Ahmed, T. (2015). The EU’s Protection of ECHR Standards: More Protective than the Bosphorus Legacy? Adjudicating International Human Rights (pp. 99-118). Brill | Nijhoff. ISBN 9789004261174.
  • Ahmed, T. (2015). The Many Vulnerabilities of the Roma and the European Legal Framework. Protecting Vulnerable Groups the European Human Rights Framework (pp. 141-158).
  • Ahmed, T. and Vakulenko, A. (2013). Minority rights 60 years after the UDHR: Limits on the preservation of identity? International Human Rights Law Six Decades After the Udhr and Beyond (pp. 155-172).
  • Ahmed, T. and French, D. (2012). Situating Climate Change in (International) Law: A Triptych of Competing Narratives. Criminological and Legal Consequences of Climate Change (pp. 241-263).
  • Farrall, S., Ahmed, T. and French, D. (2012). Introduction: Exploring the Legal and Criminological Consequences of Climate Change: An Introduction. Criminological and Legal Consequences of Climate Change (pp. 1-5).
  • Ahmed, T. (2012). The EU's Minority Rights Identity: Emerging from a Fundamental Crisis in Commitment?' In Drzewicki, K. (Ed.), 5th Warsaw Seminar on Human Rights (pp. 124-132). Germany: Kontrast Publishing.
  • Farrall, S., Ahmed, T. and French, D. (2012). Exploring the Legal and Criminological Consequences of Climate Change: An Introduction. In Farrall, S., Ahmed, T. and French, D. (Eds.), Criminological and Legal Consequences of Climate Change (pp. 1-6). Oxford: Hart.
  • Ahmed, T. and Vakulenko, A. (2010). Minority rights 60 years after the UDHR: Limits on the preservation of identity? International Human Rights Law Six Decades After the Udhr and Beyond (pp. 155-172).
  • Ahmed, T. (2010). The EU, the ECHR and the Effective Protection of Human Rights for Individuals. International Law and Dispute Settlement New Problems and Techniques (pp. 345-366).

Journal articles (16)

  • Ahmed, T., Bahri, A. and Sana, A. (2024). Can a Uniform Civil Code Address Injustices for Muslim Women in India? Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law and Practice, 19(4), pp. 94-111
  • Ahmed, T. (2019). Brexit, Discrimination and EU (Legal) Tools. European Law Review, 44(4), pp. 512-528

    [publisher’s website]

  • Ahmed, T. (2017). The opposition of the CJEU to the ECHR as a mechanism of international human rights. Journal of International and Comparative Law, 4(2), pp. 331-348

    [publisher’s website]

  • Ahmed, T. (2013). The treaty of Lisbon and beyond: The evolution of EU minority protection? European Law Review, 38(1), pp. 30-51
  • Ahmed, T. and Buchan, R. (2011). Minority Rights in International Law. International Community Law Review, 13(4), pp. 331-332. doi:10.1163/187197311x602220

    [publisher’s website]

  • Ahmed, T. (2011). The EU, Counter-Terrorism and the Protection of Muslims as European Minorities. International Community Law Review, 13(4), pp. 437-459. doi:10.1163/187197311x602257

    [publisher’s website]

  • Ahmed, T. (2011). The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: a Useful Pan-European Instrument? International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 18(2), pp. 277-280. doi:10.1163/157181111x565701

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  • Ahmed, (2011). Review of K Topidi, EU Law, Minorities and Enlargement (Intersentia, 2010). European Law Review, 36, pp. 603-605
  • Ahmed, T. (2010). A Critical Appraisal of EU Governance for the Protection of Minority Rights. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 17(2), pp. 265-285. doi:10.1163/157181110x495890

    [publisher’s website]

  • Ahmed, (2010). Review of X Arzoz (Ed) Respecting Linguistic Diversity in the European Union. European Public Law, 16(2), pp. 620-623
  • Ahmed, (2009). Demanding Minority (Linguistic) Rights from the EU: Exploiting Existing Treaty Provisions. European Public Law, 15(3), pp. 379-402
  • Ahmed, T. and de Jesus Butler, I. (2006). The European Union and Human Rights: An International Law Perspective. European Journal of International Law, 17(4), pp. 771-801. doi:10.1093/ejil/chl029

    [publisher’s website]

  • Ahmed, and Butler, I. (2006). The European Union and Human Rights: An International Perspective. European Journal of International Law, 17(4), pp. 801-835
  • Ahmed, and Hervey, T. (2004). The EU, Migration and Cultural Diversity: A Missed Opportunity? European Yearbook on Minority Issues, 3, pp. 43-62
  • Ahmed, T. and Hervey, T. (2003). The European Union and Cultural Diversity: A Missed Opportunity? European Yearbook of Minority Issues Online, 3(1), pp. 43-62. doi:10.1163/221161104x00048

    [publisher’s website]

  • Ahmed, (2003). Review of B Mellis, Negotiating Europe's Immigration Frontiers. European Journal of Migration and Law, 4, pp. 513-516

Working paper

  • (2019). On Brexit. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781789903003.

Professional activities

Other

  • Associate Fellow, Human Rights Consortium, School of Advanced Study London, 2013 - present .