Ahmed Almutawa's Outputs (3)

The Failure of the Arab Court of Human Rights and the Conflicting Logics of Legitimacy, Sovereignty, Orientalism and Cultural Relativism (2021)
Journal Article
Almutawa, A. (2021). The Failure of the Arab Court of Human Rights and the Conflicting Logics of Legitimacy, Sovereignty, Orientalism and Cultural Relativism. Netherlands International Law Review, 68(3), 479-500. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40802-021-00202-w

In 2014 the League of Arab States (LAS) adopted a statute to establish the Arab Court of Human Rights (ACtHR). However, the proposed court has been strongly criticised for, inter alia, failing to provide for the right of individual petition. Conseque... Read More about The Failure of the Arab Court of Human Rights and the Conflicting Logics of Legitimacy, Sovereignty, Orientalism and Cultural Relativism.

The Arab Court of Human Rights and the Enforcement of the Arab Charter on Human Rights (2021)
Journal Article
Almutawa, A. (2021). The Arab Court of Human Rights and the Enforcement of the Arab Charter on Human Rights. Human Rights Law Review, 21(3), 506-532. https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngab008

Under the League of Arab States’ human rights regime, Arab countries are governed by the Arab Charter of Human Rights 2004. The Charter, however, lacks an enforcement mechanism. The Statute of the Arab Court of Human Rights 2014 aims to fill this enf... Read More about The Arab Court of Human Rights and the Enforcement of the Arab Charter on Human Rights.

Proscription by Proxy: The Banning of Foreign Groups (2021)
Journal Article
Almutawa, A., & Walker, C. (2021). Proscription by Proxy: The Banning of Foreign Groups. Public Law,

Bahrain; Judicial review; Procedural justice; Proscribed organisations A proscription order was issued in 2017 under the UK's Terrorism Act 2000 against two Bahraini groups (the al-Ashtar Brigades and the al-Mukhtar Brigades). The obscurity of these... Read More about Proscription by Proxy: The Banning of Foreign Groups.