I am a lecturer at the school of law and social sciences which I joined in January 2012. I also act as a legal consultant for various law offices and private and public bodies. I am a Fellow at the European Public Law Organisation in Athens and book review editor for the European Review of Public Law.

Prior to taking up the post at the UEL, I worked for the Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism at City University, London and the Centre for Freedom of the Media at the University of Sheffield. I read Law at the University of Sheffield Hallam and completed a DPhil in Law at the University of Durham.

Public Law

International/European Human Rights Law

Intellectual Property

 EU Law

 Media Law

LLB

Public Law

Intellectual Property Law

Book:

The Positive Obligations of the State under the European Convention of Human Rights (London & New York: Routledge, 2011)

Articles:

'The Issue of Safety of Media Professionals and Human Rights Defenders in the Jurisprudence of the UN Human Rights Committee', Chinese Journal of International Law, 11(4) (2012), pp. 767-783

‘Limiting the IPRs of Pharmaceutical Companies through EU Competition Law: The First Crack in the Wall’, Scripted – Journal of Law, Technology & Society, 8(1) (2011), pp. 93–98 

‘The Human Rights of the Vulnerable’, International Journal of Human Rights 13(4) (2009), pp. 591–614

Articles:

‘Asserting the Right to Life (Article 2, ECHR) in the Context of Industry’, German Law Journal 8(3) (2007), pp. 231–254

Research papers:

Safety and Protection of Journalists - Mapping the UN and Regional Human Rights Treaties and Systems (2011)

• The African Human Rights System
• The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Human Rights System
• The European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) System
• The Inter-American Human Rights System
• The International Humanitarian Law (IHL) System
• The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) System
• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) System
• The United Nations Human Rights System

 For more information on my research, please see my SSRN Author page. 

Member of the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict (CHRC)

The Positive Obligations of the State under the European Convention of Human Rights (London & New York: Routledge, 2011)

The system of the European Convention of Human Rights imposes positive obligations on the state to guarantee human rights in circumstances where state agents dot not directly interfere. In addition to the traditional/liberal negative obligation of non-interference, the state must actively protect the human rights of individuals residing within its jurisdiction. The liability of the state in terms of positive obligations induces a freestanding imperative of human rights that changes fundamentally the perception of the role of the state and the participatory ability of the individual, who can now assert their human rights in all circumstances in which they are relevant. In that regard, positive obligations herald the most advanced review of the state’s business ever attempted in international law.

The book undertakes a comprehensive study of positive obligations: from establishing the legitimacy of positive obligations within the system of the Convention to their practical implementation at the national level. Analysing in depth legal principles that pervade the whole system of the Convention, a coherent methodological framework of critical stages and parameters is provided to determine the content of positive obligations in a consistent, predictable and realistic manner.

This study of the Convention explains and critically analyses the state’s positive obligations, as imposed by the European Court of Human Rights, and sets out original proposals for their future development. The book will be of interest to those who study, research or practice public law, civil rights and liberties or international/European human rights law.

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