Javaid Rehman
# Javaid Rehman

Javaid Rehman (Urdu: جاوید رحمان) is a British-Pakistani legal scholar and Professor of Islamic Law and International Law at Brunel University London.

## Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran

On 7 July 2018, he was appointed as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran. On 6 August 2018, Javaid Rehman, wrote to the Iranian Government expressing his interest in visiting Iran. He said he had already received a number of reports raising concerns about alleged violations of human rights in the country. He commenced his duties officially on 13 July 2018.

## Works

* Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities of Pakistan: Constitutional and Legal Perspectives (2013) ISBN 9781136778681
