Biography
Reem A. Bahdi
Associate Dean
Professor Bahdi was appointed Associate Dean of Windsor Law in 2012.
Professor Bahdi joined the Faculty of Law in 2002. Her current research focuses on two areas. The first concentrates on the human rights dimensions of national security laws and policies in Canada. The second focuses on access to justice in the Palestinian context.
Key Works
- "Before The Law: Creeping Lawlessness in Canadian Anti-Terrorism Law and Policy" in Security and Everyday Life, Editor(s) Willem de Lindt and Vida Bajc (forthcoming)
- "Re-imagining Haj Khalil v. Canada" 27(1) Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice (Special Issue on Honour of Rose Voyvodic) (2009)
- "Torture, Tort and Terror: The Non-Delegable Duty to Protect Citizens From Torture Abroad" 44 Supreme Court Law Review, 232-262 (2009)
- "Constructing Non-citizens: Canada's War Against Terrorism" in Counter-Terrorism and the Post of Democratic State, edited by Jenny Hocking and Colleen Lewis (Edward Elgar, UK 2007 and US 2008)
- Background Paper on Women's Access to Justice in the MENA Region (International Development Research Centre, Cairo 2007)
- "No Exit: Racial Profiling and The War Against Terrorism" 41(2,3) Osgoode Hall Law Journal (2003)
- "Globalization of Judgment: The Five Faces of International Law in Domestic Courts" 34 George Washington International Law Review, 555-603 (2002)
- "Truth and Method in the Domestic Application of International Human Rights Law: The Philosophy of Hans-Gadamer" 15(2) Canadian Journal of Law of Jurisprudence, 255-280 (2002)
- More
In The News
- Bombardier Inc. sentenced to pay damages - CANADIAN PILOT OF PAKISTANI ORIGIN WINS MAJOR DISCRIMINATION CASE, Press release from the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse, December 2010
- Blacklisted pilot wins rights case against Bombardier by Ari Altstedter, Globe and Mail, December 2010
- Bombardier fined for refusing to train Pakistani Canadian: Man denied request to train on private jets in 2004 by Francois Shalom, Montreal Gazette, December 2010
- Bombardier fined for discrimination: Company to pay highest punitive penalty ever awarded by Quebec tribunal, CBC News, December 2010
- Law professor's testimony contributes to human rights tribunal victory, University of Windsor Daily News, December 2010
- KARAMAH Organizes Palestinian- Canadian Judicial Conference Focused on Juvenile Justice, CBC Radio Interview, August 2010
- Palestinian judges learn of prevention and rehab for young offenders through Karamah, University of Windsor, August 2010
- West Bank Hope, CBC The National, May 16, 2010
- The White Intifada, CBC Dispatches, April 29, 2010
- Are Canadians Complicit in Torture Overseas, The Lawyers Weekly, May 15 2009
- Diffusing the Ticking Time Bomb, co author Jasminka Kalajdzic, Law Times, May 4, 2009
- Double-Standard Middle East Policy, Embassy, March 11 2009
- Enough Politics in the Middle East without Canada, Embassy, January 28 2009
- Access to Justice for Palestinians: Windsor Law Prof heads up project to address human dignity and judicial independence, Canadian Lawyer, December 15 2008
- Commentary: Justice Department Justifies Contracting Out of Torture, The Lawyers Weekly, February 1 2008
- More
519-253-3000 (2923)
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Education
B.A. (History and Philosophy), University of Western Ontario, 1987
M.A. (History), University of Western Ontario, 1990
LL.B., University of Toronto, 1996
LL.M., University of Toronto, 2001
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Expertise
Anti-Terrorism & Human Rights
Tort Law
Palestine
Access to Justice
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