Doctor Daud Hassan
Senior Lecturer Higher Degree Research Co-ordinator
PhD (W'gong) LLM (Sydney) LLM, LLB (Hons) (Raj)
Biography
Dr Daud Hassan joined the University of Western Sydney in 2009 with considerable teaching, research and community service experience. Dr Hassan taught at five different universities in Australia and Overseas, including University of New England, University of Technology Sydney and Victoria University.
In 2003, Dr Hassan held a visiting position at the Graduate School of Law, Kobe University, Japan. He is the recipient of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship 2003. In 2006 he was invited as a Keynote speaker for International Conference on Marine Waste Water Discharges and Coastal Environment held in Antalya, Turkey. Dr Hassan attended two expert meetings on international environmental law held in the Netherlands and Finland in 2006 with the financial support of Martinus Nijhoff, University of Tilburg and the University of Lapland. In 2007 Dr Hassan was a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Bern, Switzerland. In 2010, upon invitation, Dr Hassan visited David C. Lam Institute for East West Studies (LEWI), Hong Kong Baptist University and undertook a collaborative research on South East Asian Marine Environmental Law and Policy issues.
Before joining UWS Law School Dr Hassan was the Director of Research and Postgraduate Programmes at Victoria Law School.
At present Dr Hassan is the Higher Degree Research Coordinator at the UWS Law School. He is engaged in supervising HDR students in the areas of International and Comparative Environmental Law, Law of the Sea and International Human Rights Law.
Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
Learning and Teaching Interests
- Public International Law
- International Environmental Law
- Law of the Sea
- International Criminal Law
- Human Rights Law
- Private International Law
- Business Law
Research Interests
- International and Comparative Environmental Law
- Marine Environmental Law
- Law of the Sea
- Public International Law
- Human Rights Law
- Criminology (South Asia)
Memberships
- Convener, International Law Interest Group, Australian Law Teachers Association
- Book Review Editor, Yearbook of International Environmental Law
- Member, IUCN Commission on Environmental Law
- Member, IUCN Specialist Group on Oceans, Coastal and Coral Reefs
- Member, Australian Law Teachers Association
- Member, UWS Law School Research Committee
Current Research Projects
- Fisheries Resources Management in the Bay of Bengal Region
- Maritime Spatial Planning System in the Baltic Sea Region
- Housing Rights and International Human Rights Law
Principal Supervisor for HDR Students
Abdul Awal Khan, Impacts of Climate Change on Fundamental Human Rights of the Displaced People: A South Asian Perspective
Biplob Kumar Saha, Inland Water Pollution Control in Bangladesh: The Need for Regulatory Reform
Emdadul Haque, Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries in the Bay of Bengal Sub-Region: A Legal Analysis
Fozle Khoda, Livelihood Strategies of the Landless Poor: A Social Development Perspective
Sayed Hasan, Piracy and the Law of the Sea: An East African Perspective
External Supervisor for HDR Students
ANM Wahid, Environmental Courts in Australian Jurisdictions: Options for Reform in Bangladesh
Selected Publications
Books
Hassan Daud, Protecting the Marine Environment from Land-based Sources of Pollution: Towards Effective International Cooperation (Ashgate Publishing Ltd., Aldershot, UK, 2006) ISBN Number 0 7546 4601 7) pp 254+.
Hassan Daud (edited and updated), International Rivers: Rights of the Riparian States (BELA, 2009) ISBN Number 978-984-8173-21-3).
Articles
Hassan Daud, Control of Land Based Sources of Marine Pollution in the South China Sea: Applications and Shortcomings (part I) (2012) 42 Environmental Policy and Law (in print)
Hassan Daud, ‘Control of Land Based Sources of Marine Pollution in Japan: A Legal Analysis’ (2011) 17 The Journal of International Maritime Law 481 (in print).
Hassan Daud, Right to life and Abortion: A Study on the Legal Controversy of the Status of the Unborn Child in International Human Rights Law (2011) Indian Journal of International Law (accepted for publication) (with A Khan).
Hassan Daud, ‘Climate Change and the Current Regimes of Arctic Fisheries Resources Management: An Evaluation’ (2009) 40 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 511.
Hassan Daud, ‘Applications and Shortcomings of the Law of the Sea in Combating Piracy: A South East Asian Perspective’ (2009) 40 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 91 (with Rosemary Collins).
Hassan Daud, ‘Environmental Impact Assessment in the Bay of Bengal Sub-region in South Asia : A Legal Analysis’ in Timo Koivurova and Kees Bastmeijer (eds) Practicing International Environmental Impact Assessment (Martinus Nijhoff, 2008).
Hassan Daud, ‘International Conventions Relating to Land Based Sources of Marine Pollution Control: A legal Analysis’ in Kumari AK (ed) Water Pollution Policies and Perspectives (Amicus Books, 2007) (re printed).
Hassan Daud, ‘Rise of Territorial States and the Treaty of Westphalia’ (2006) 9 Yearbook of New Zealand Jurisprudence 62.
Hassan Daud, ‘Application of the Precautionary Principle in the 2000 Biosafety Protocol to the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity’ (2005) 2 Journal of International Biotechnology Law 112. (with Simon Brown)
Hassan Daud, ‘Regional Frameworks for Land Based Sources of Marine Pollution Control: A Legal Analysis on the North East Atlantic and the Baltic Sea Regions’ (2004) 4 Queensland University of Technology Law Journal 1
Hassan Daud, ‘International Conventions Relating to Land Based Sources of Marine Pollution Control: A legal Analysis’ (2004)16 Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 657
Hassan Daud, ‘Land based Sources of Marine Pollution Global Framework for Control’ (2003) Australian International Law Journal 61.
Hassan Daud ‘Land Based Sources of Marine Pollution Control in Bangladesh: A Legal Analysis’ (2002) 7 Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 69.
Hassan Daud, ‘Public Participation in Environmental Laws in Bangladesh’ (1999) 4 Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 163.
Hassan Daud, ‘Educating Competent Lawyers - How, When And By Whom Are The Skills of Practice Best Taught?’ (1998) 15 Journal of Professional Legal Education 63.
Hassan Daud, ‘The Development of International Law and Positivism’ Proceedings on Australian Law Teachers Association (ALTA) Conference, July 2006, Victoria University, Australia.
Hassan Daud, ‘Rise of Territorial States and The Treaty of Westphalia’ Proceedings on Australian Law Teachers Association (ALTA) Conference, July 2005, University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Hassan Daud, ‘Problems and Issues in Land-based Sources of Marine Pollution Control : A Legal Analysis’ Proceedings on the 2003 International Sustainable Development Research Conference, March 2003, University of Nottingham, UK.
Hassan Daud, ‘Marine Pollution Control in Bangladesh’ Proceedings on the International Conference on the Law and Commerce, June 2002, International Islamic University of Kua Lalampur, Malaysia.
Hassan Daud, ‘Liability Under Environmental Offences and Penalties Act-1989(NSW): A Critical Evaluation’ Proceedings on the 2000 Eco-Management and Auditing Conference, June 2000, University of Manchester, UK.
