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LLM (Cantab.), BCL, LLB (McGill)

Senior Lecturer

Salim teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students in general public international law and international criminal law. His PhD research focuses on complexity theory and international law; other research interests include international criminal law and procedure and international sustainable development law. Prior to his appointment at UCT in 2006, he served as Associate Human Rights Officer at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (2005), working on a review of judicial processes in Indonesia and Timor-Leste, and as Assistant Legal Adviser in the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (2003-2004), where he was involved in the preparatory and initial investigative activities of that Office. He was elected to the Whewell Scholarship in International Law in the University of Cambridge in 2002. He has lectured on international human rights law and specialist topics in international criminal law in Germany, Italy, Norway and Australia. In 1999, he was commended by the Government of Quebec for his work with young musicians. A citizen of Canada and the United Kingdom, Salim is fluent in French and English, while attempting to improve his isiXhosa and Afrikaans.

Courses taught

PBL6018S International Law on Disputes and the Use of Force (LLM)
PBL6087F International Criminal Law (LLM)
PBL2001H International Law (LLB) [Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award Winner, 2008]
PBL5421H Research Focus Group: International Criminal Law (LLB)
PBL5439H Research Focus Group: Public Law (LLB)

Selected publications

S A Nakhjavani, 'The rough edges of the delicate mosaic: complexity theory and the eary jurisprudence of the International Criminal Court' in A Smeulers, ed, Collective Violence and International Criminal Justice: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Antwerp: Intersentia, 2010)[available from publisher]

C Murray and S A Nakhjavani, 'South Africa' in H Michelmann, ed, Global Dialogue on Federalism: International Relations (Montreal: McGill-Queens UP, 2009)[available from publisher]

S A Nakhjavani, 'International Crimes' in M du Plessis, ed, African Guide to International Criminal Justice (Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies, 2008) [available online]

S A Nakhjavani, 'Sustainable Development Compliance-Building' in M. C. Cordonier Segger & A. Khalfan, eds., Sustainable Development Law: Principles, Practices and Prospects, 2nd ed. (Oxford: OUP, 2004)[available from publisher]

Salim also writes regular case reviews on international criminal law for the South African Journal of Criminal Justice.