We are pleased to welcome our new visiting research fellow at FAU CHREN: Dr. Muhammad Asif Khan!
Dr. Muhammad Asif Khan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Law at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the National University of Science and Technology Islamabad, Pakistan. He has also served as the Head of the Department since its inception in the year 2020. He holds an LL.B. from the University of Peshawar (Pakistan) and an LL.M. from the University of Liverpool (UK) in Public International Law. He defended his PhD thesis “Adjusting Business Entities in a Globalized World: The Concept of an International Treaty Regulating Transnational Corporations against Violations of International Law” at the University of Salzburg (Austria) in May 2015. He has vast experience teaching Public International Law and has served in different public sector universities in Pakistan. He has worked as a consultant with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Pakistan. He has also worked as a Business and Human Rights Specialist with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Decentralisation, Human Rights and Local Governance Project (DHL) in Pakistan. He has remained a member of the governance committee of the teaching business and human rights forum for one year
(2021-2022). He is an associate editor of the Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law and Practice. His teaching and research activities revolve around the broader subject of Public International Law, in particular Business and Human Rights.
Research Focus: As a visiting research fellow at CHREN FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, Dr. Khan will be focusing on the effects of a human rights approach in International Investment Laws. The perspectives of South Asian States will be focused, but the research will not be limited to any geographical dimensions. The emerging issues in investment laws and human rights including the effect of the Right to Development Approach in investment law will be targeted and analyzed as part of his research agenda.
Dr. Muhammad Asif Khan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Law at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the National University of Science and Technology Islamabad, Pakistan. He has also served as the Head of the Department since its inception in the year 2020. He holds an LL.B. from the University of Peshawar (Pakistan) and an LL.M. from the University of Liverpool (UK) in Public International Law. He defended his PhD thesis “Adjusting Business Entities in a Globalized World: The Concept of an International Treaty Regulating Transnational Corporations against Violations of International Law” at the University of Salzburg (Austria) in May 2015. He has vast experience teaching Public International Law and has served in different public sector universities in Pakistan. He has worked as a consultant with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Pakistan. He has also worked as a Business and Human Rights Specialist with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Decentralisation, Human Rights and Local Governance Project (DHL) in Pakistan. He has remained a member of the governance committee of the teaching business and human rights forum for one year
(2021-2022). He is an associate editor of the Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law and Practice. His teaching and research activities revolve around the broader subject of Public International Law, in particular Business and Human Rights.
Research Focus: As a visiting research fellow at CHREN FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, Dr. Khan will be focusing on the effects of a human rights approach in International Investment Laws. The perspectives of South Asian States will be focused, but the research will not be limited to any geographical dimensions. The emerging issues in investment laws and human rights including the effect of the Right to Development Approach in investment law will be targeted and analyzed as part of his research agenda.