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Professor Daud Hassan 

Professor and Head of the USP Law Programme

USP Emalus Campus, Port-Vila, Vanuatu

Phone: +678 22748

Email: daud.hassan@usp.ac.fj

 

 

 

 

Bio

Professor Daud Hassan was appointed as the Professor and Head of the USP Law Programme in April 2022. He is based at the USP Emalus Campus in Port-Vila, Vanuatu.

Professor Hassan has considerable teaching, research and community experience. He holds a PhD in the Law of the Sea and has actively engaged in the supervision of PhD Students in the areas of International and Comparative Environmental Law, Law of the Sea and Climate Change and International Human Rights Law. Professor Hassan’s research addresses issues of international and regional significance.

Professor Hassan has extensive experience in the higher education and tertiary sector internationally. During his time at the University of Western Sydney (Australia), Professor Hassan held several notable positions, including: Director of the International Ocean Governance Centre (ICOG), Director of Higher Degree Research and the Head of Disciplinary Law Programs. In addition, Professor Hassan also served as the Director of Research and Postgraduate Programs at the Victoria University (Australia).

Professor Hassan’s valuable contribution to education and research has been recognised through international awards, grants and visiting professorships and fellowships.

 

Qualifications

  • LLB (Hons), LLM University of Rajshashi, LLM Syd, PhD Wollongong

 

Research Interests

  • Law of the Sea
  • Marine Spatial Planning and Marine Resources Management
  • Ocean Governance
  • Climate Change and Human Rights
  • International and Comparative Environmental Law
  • Theories of International Law

 

Awards and Fellowships

  • International Visiting Fellowship Award – University of Essex (2018)
  • Research Fellowship – Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands (2018)
  • Research Fellowship – Korean Maritime Institute, South Korea(2018)
  • Heiwa Nakajima Foundation Grant – Japan (2015)
  • Research Fellowship – Finnish Academy, Finland (2012)
  • Research Fellowship – Hong Kong Baptist University (2010)

 

Professional Memberships

  • Member: IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (2008)
  • Member: Special Group of Oceans, Coasts and Coral Reefs, IUCN (2010)
  • Member: International Law Association (ILA) (Global Branch) (2014)
  • Member, International Committee on International Law and Sea Level Rise, ILA (2015)
  • Member, Editorial Board, Yearbook of International Environmental Law
  • Member, Editorial Board, ASCOMARE Yearbook on the Law of the Sea

 

Selection of Publications

Books
  1. Hassan Daud and Alam A, Blue Economy and Sustainable Ocean Governance (Routledge, UK) (forthcoming)
  2. Hassan Daud and Karim Saiful (eds), International Marine Environmental Law and Policy (Routledge, UK, 2019) ISBN: 9781138651111 PP 245+
  3. Hassan Daud, Kuokkanen Tuomas and Soininen Niko (eds), Trans-boundary Marine Spatial Planning and International Law (Routledge, UK, 2015) ISBN 978-0-415-73970-2 pp. 250+
  4. 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+.
  5. Hassan Daud, International Rivers: Rights of the Riparian States, (BELA, March 2009) ISBN Number 978-984-8173-21-3.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
  1. Hassan Daud, ‘The Origin and Development of Ship Arrest Practices: An Evaluation’ (2022) 40 Yearbook of Maritime and Oceanic Law (accepted for publication) (with S Hasan).
  2. Hassan Daud, ‘Ship Arrest in the Bay of Bengal Region: Needs for a Regional Uniformity’ (2021) 27(6) International Journal of Maritime Law 338 (with Hassan S).
  3. Hassan Daud, ‘Boat Refugees, International Law and Australia’s Commitment’, (2020) 51 (3) Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 187 (with Al Imran, H).
  4. Hassan Daud, ‘Institutional arrangements for blue economy: Marine Spatial Planning – a way forward’, (2019) Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics, Special Issue Blue Economy Bangladesh 1 (with Alam A).
  5. Hassan Daud, ‘Marine Spatial Planning and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 1975 (Cth): An Evaluation’, 167 (2019) Ocean and Coastal Management 188 (with Alam, A).
  6. Hassan Daud, ‘Marine Spatial Planning and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975: An Evaluation’ 167 (2019) Ocean and Coastal Management 188 (with Alam, A).
  7. Hassan Daud, ‘Prevention, Reduction and Control of Marine Pollution from Land Based Sources and Activities’, in Hassan Daud and Karim Saiful (eds), International Marine Environmental Law and Policy (Routledge, 2019) (with Stan Pallasis).
  8. Hassan Daud, ‘Conservation of Marine Living Resources and Fisheries Management’, in Hassan Daud and Karim Saiful (eds), International Marine Environmental Law and Policy (Routledge, 2019) (with Haque Emdadul).
  9. Hassan Daud, ‘Marine Spatial Planning and the New Frontiers of Marine Governance’, in Hassan Daud and Karim Saiful (eds), International Marine Environmental Law and Policy (Routledge, 2019) (with Soininen Niko).
  10. Hassan Daud, ‘Contemporary Marine Environmental Disputes’, in Hassan Daud and Karim Saiful (eds), International Marine Environmental Law and Policy (Routledge, 2019) (with Garcia Betriz).
  11. Hassan Daud, ‘Future of International Marine Environmental Law and Policy: Concluding Remarks’, in Hassan Daud and Karim Saiful (eds), International Marine Environmental Law and Policy (Routledge, 2019) (with Alam, A)
  12. Hassan Daud, ‘An Evaluation of Inland Water Pollution Control’ 48 (2018) Environmental Policy and Law 203 (with Saha BK) .
  13. Hassan Daud, ‘Effectiveness of the Current Regimes to Combat Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea: An Evaluation’, 10 (2017) African Journal of Legal Studies 35 (with Hasan S).
  14. Hassan Daud, ‘Origin, Development and Evolution of Maritime Piracy: A Historical Analysis’, 30 (2017) International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice 1. (with Hasan S).
  15. Hassan Daud, ‘Current Arrangements to Combat Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea Region: An Evaluation’ (2016) 47 (2) Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 171 (with Hasan S)
  16. Hassan Daud, ‘Regulatory Frameworks for Inland Water Pollution Control: Challenges and Opportunities in Bangladesh’ (2016) 46 (3-4) Environmental Policy and Law 270 (with Saha BK).
  17. Hassan Daud, Territorial Sovereignty and State Responsibility: An Environmental Perspective (2015) 45(3-4) Environmental Policy and Law 139.
  18. Hassan Daud, ‘Marine Spatial as an Instrument of Ocean Governance’, in Hassan Daud, Kuokkanen Tuomas and Soininen Niko (eds), Trans-boundary Marine Spatial Planning and International Law (Routledge, 2015) (with Soininen Niko).
  19. Hassan Daud, ‘Marine Spatial Planning and the Law of the Sea’, in Hassan Daud, Kuokkanen Tuomas and Soininen Niko (eds), Trans-boundary Marine Spatial Planning and International Law (Routledge, 2015) (with Niko Soininen).
  20. Hassan Daud, ‘Marine Spatial Planning in the Bay of Bengal Sub-region in South Asia’, Hassan Daud, Kuokkanen Tuomas and Soininen Niko (eds), Trans-boundary Marine Spatial Planning and International Law (Routledge, 2015) (with Haque Emdadul).
  21. Hassan Daud, ‘Oceans – Maritime Boundary Delimitation: A Normative Standard? Part II: Is It Still Insufficiently Addressed?’ (2014) 44(6) Environmental Policy and Law 517(with Haque Emdadul)
  22. Hassan Daud, ‘The Role of Positivism in the Development of International Law,’ (2013) 87 (3) Philippine Law Journal 778
  23. Hassan Daud, ‘Climate Change and Related Human Rights Violation’, (2013) 43 (2) Environmental Policy and Law 80 (with Khan A)
  24. Hassan Daud, ‘Control of Land Based Sources of Marine Pollution in the South China Sea: A Regional Overview’, (2012) Environmental Policy and Law, 7
  25. Hassan Daud, ‘Control of Land Based Sources of Marine Pollution in Japan: A Legal Analysis’, (2011) The Journal of International Maritime Law, 481.
  26. Hassan Daud, ’Climate Change and the Current Regimes of Arctic Fisheries Resources Management: An Evaluation’ (2009) 40 (4) Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 511
  27. 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)
  28. 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).
  29. Hassan Daud, ’Rise of Territorial States and the Treaty of Westphalia’, (2006) 9 Yearbook of New Zealand Jurisprudence.
  30. 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)
  31. Hassan Daud, ’International Conventions Relating to Land Based Sources of Marine Pollution Control: A Legal Analysis,’ (2004) 16 Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 657.’

 

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