Tufyal Choudhury

Tufyal Choudhury
Nationality British
Ethnicity Bangladeshi
Education Bachelor of Laws with Bengali Studies, Master of Laws
Alma mater School of Oriental and African Studies
University of Cambridge
Occupation Lecturer, writer
Employer Durham University, University of Oxford
Religion Islam

Tufyal Choudhury is a British lawyer and lecturer in international human rights law at Durham University of Bangladeshi descent.

Early life

In 1996, Choudhury graduated from SOAS, University of London with a degree in Bachelor of Laws with Bengali Studies. The following year, he graduated from the University of Cambridge with an Master of Laws. In 1997, he joined to the Bar as a member of Inner Temple.[1]

Career

From 1998 and 2000, Choudhury was a research associate at the Cambridge University Centre for Public Law. In 2000, he joined Durham Law School, where he teaches international human rights law. He is also a Research Associate at the University of Oxford on Migration, Policy and Society, a senior policy advisor to the Open Society Institute's At Home in Europe Project and a member of the EU Network of Experts on Violent Radicalisation.[1]

Choudhury’s research interests focus on equality law and in particular on racial and religious discrimination. He is a director of the Discrimination Law Association,[2] an adviser to the Discrimination Law Project for Justice, and to the human rights organisation JUSTICE,[3] and consultant on a variety of associated projects. His research into conditions for Muslims in the United Kingdom has been cited at a national level.[4][5] He is a joint author of Democracy under Blair: A Democratic Audit of the United Kingdom.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tufyal Choudhury". Maslaha. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Satter, Raphael (12 June 2007). "Proposed British law would spell end of restricted membership for women at exclusive clubs". Associated Press. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Durham Law School staff list: Mr Tufyal Choudhury, LLM, Barrister". Associated Press. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  4. ↑ Vasagar, Jeevan (4 November 2002). "Schools "should teach Arabic"". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  5. ↑ Sapsted, David (29 December 2009). "Europe ‘increasingly anti-Muslim’ says survey". Abu Dhabi: The National. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  6. ↑ "Call for Government action to tackle the needs of British Muslims". Durham University. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2010.

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