Javaid Rehman

{{Short description|British-Pakistani legal scholar and professor}}

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|office = United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran

|term_start = 13 July 2018

|term_end = 31 July 2024

|predecessor = Asma Jahangir{{cite web|url=http://en.isna.ir/news/95061409049/Appointment-of-UN-special-rapporteur-unacceptable-Larijani|title=Appointment of UN special rapporteur unacceptable: Larijani|date=4 September 2016|publisher=}}

|successor = Mai Sato

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|birth_place = Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan

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|alma_mater = Government College University, Lahore
University of the Punjab
University of Reading
University of Hull

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Javaid Rehman ({{langx|ur|{{nq|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, Rehman was appointed as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran,{{cite news |title=British-Pakistani Appointed UN Special Rapporteur On Human Rights In Iran |url=https://en.radiofarda.com/a/un-rapporteur-iran-human-rights-rehman/29348368.html |accessdate=8 July 2018 |work=Radio Farda |language=en}} officially commencing his duties on 13 July.

On 6 August 2018 he first 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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23428&LangID=E |title=New UN human rights expert on Iran seeks cooperation and dialogue with Government |website=OHCHR |access-date=2019-06-28}} His requests were consistently refused.{{cite journal |date=November 2024 |title=Human rights experts condemn Iran |page=2 |journal=International Liberty Association Newsletter |oclc=1064541069}}

Rehman stepped down on 31 July 2024 after holding the mandate for the maximum six years allowed in the role.{{Cite web |last=Baillie |first=Adam |date=2024-07-11 |title=New UN rights rapporteur for Iran is a highly regarded expert |url=https://www.iranintl.com/en/202407110893 |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Iran International |language=en}}

Works

Book written in the name and title of Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities of Pakistan: Constitutional and Legal Perspectives (2013) {{ISBN|9781136778681}}