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Dr Saeed Bagheri

Dr Saeed Bagheri portrait
  • Convenor for International Organisations and Global Governance (LWMIGG)
  • Director of Academic Tutoring (PGT)
  • Teaches and researches in public international law, theuse 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

  • Law of Armed Conflict (International Humanitarian Law)
  • The Use of Military Force
  • International Organisations and Global Governance (LWMIGG) (Convenor)
  • Dissertation

Undergraduate

  • Foundations of International Law
  • International Human Rights Law
  • Public Law
  • English Legal System and Skills

Research centres and groups

Background

Dr Saeed Bagheri is Lecturer in International Law at the Vlog School of Law, where he previously held a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2019–2021). He currently serves as Director of Academic Tutoring (PGT). Prior to joining Vlog, Dr Bagheri was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the European University Institute (EUI) from 2017 to 2019, during which time he was also awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE).

His research focuses on the law on the use of force, international humanitarian law, and international human rights law. He has published extensively on these subjects in leading academic journals, including theInternational Journal of Criminal Justice(),International Review of the Red Cross(䱫),Journal of Conflict and Security Law(),Journal of Human Rights Practice(),Israel Law Review(CUP), theIrish Yearbook of International Law, theNordic Journal of International Law, and theEuropean Yearbook on Human Rights, among others. He is the author of(Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2021).

Dr Bagheri’s scholarship has been cited in both academic literature and official documents, including debates in the UK House of Lords (Order of Business: Economic Activity of Public Bodies – Overseas Matters Bill, 17 April 2024, Vol. 837, No. 78, p. 229); reports of the Scientific Services of the German Federal Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag, WD2 – 3000 – 031/22, 2022); submissions by the Sexual Rights Initiative to the UN Special Rapporteur on Unilateral Coercive Measures and the Right to Health (March 2023); and the U.S. Peace Action Policy Briefing (2020). His work has also been featured in the bibliographies of the International Court of Justice (2014–16; 2020–22), the International Committee of the Red Cross (2017; 2021), the European Court of Human Rights (2021), and the Court of Justice of the European Union (2018). In addition, he has provided expert commentary to numerous media outlets, includingThe Guardian,The Conversation,The New Arab,Euronews,Articles of War,Lawfare,Opinio Juris,Newsweek,Foreign Affairs(NZ), andInformed Comment, among others.

Dr Bagheri has held several visiting positions, including Visiting Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge (2018); Visiting Lecturer at University College London (2018); and Visiting Fellow at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University Law School (2018). Prior to his postdoctoral appointments, he served as an Assistant Professor at Akdeniz University (2015–2017). He is Legal Expert for the NATO STO Technical Team – SAS-AVT-216 onAdapting NATO Capabilities to the Impact of Climate Change(UK), Co-convener of the ESIL Interest Group on Peace and Security, and a member of the British Branch of the International Law Association.

Academic qualifications

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) (European University Institute) (2017-18)
  • PhD in Public International Law (Ankara University) (2011-15)
  • LLM in International Human Rights Law (Tehran) (2006-09)
  • LLB (Tabriz) (2001-05)

Awards and honours

  • Fellow of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg, Germany) (2026)
  • The British Academy / Leverhulme Small Research Grants (SRG) 2024–25 Round (March 2025)
  • The Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Subject Sections Fund to run an international conference on ‘Teaching International Law in the Digital Era: Discussing the Role of Podcasts and Video Talks in the Classroom and Beyond’, held at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (London) (October 2024)
  • ճBest 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, Vlog School of Law (2019-2021)
  • Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow, European University Institute (EUI) (2017-2019)
  • Visiting Fellow,LauterpachtCentre 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 -Գ)

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),ö𳦳ٲDz.
  • 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),ö𳦳ٲDz.
  • 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

  • “Navigating Academic and Military Discourse on Epistemic Uncertainty in the Law of Warfare”,19ٳMax Weber Conference on Knowledge and Power: Truth, Trust, Legitimacy, and Resistance, European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy (June 13, 2025).
  • “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”, 14thMax 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

  • “Soft Law in International Law”, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)/Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Annual Workshop (March 26, 2025) (co-organiser).
  • “Learning from Others: Lessons for Legal Scholars?”, the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) International Law Section Annual Conference, University of Bristol (September 3-4, 2024) (co-organiser).
  • “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 Vlog and the Afghan and Central Asian Association, 16 May 2022 (chair).
  • 27thAnnual 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).
  • 4thAnnual International Peace and Security Interest Group (IPSIG) Workshop,TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2 April 2018 (co-organiser).
  • 25thAnnual 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

  • Guest Lecture: ‘Navigating the Implications of Uncertainty in the Law of Warfare’,Maastricht University Faculty of Law(July 1, 2025).
  • Invited as Chair: ‘International Conference Regulating Security in Cyberspace’,University of Granada, Spain(June 4 - 6, 2025).
  • Guest Lecture: ‘Economic Sanctions and Crimes against Humanity’,TheDickson Poon School of Law, King's College London(March 3, 2025).
  • Invited Discussant: Discussant of the of the launch of theProtection of the Environment under International Law during Occupation: International Humanitarian, Human Rights and Environmental Law(London, Routledge, 2025) by Waad Abualrob,Westminster LawSchool(February 5, 2025).
  • Guest Lecture: ‘The Prohibition on the Threat and Use of Force’,BilkentUniversity, Turkey(December 3, 2024).
  • Invited Discussant: Discussant of the Interdisciplinary Seminar Talk on ‘Evaluating Demographic Engineering and Forced Integration within International Law: Kashmir and Palestine’s Parallel Narratives,Global South Network, Leicester School of Law, Leicester University(October 23, 2024).
  • 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)

Publications

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