School of Law, Gender and Media
Professor of International Human Rights Law
School of Law, Gender and Media
LLM Human Rights, Conflict and Justice and MA Human Rights Law Convenor
Centre for Human Rights Law
Co-Director
Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies
Member
Centre of African Studies
Member
The Emerging Normative Framework of the African Union on Constitutionalism – The Legal Process and the Contribution to Peace, Security and Democratic State Building
Publications
The Transformation of the Prohibition of Torture in International Law
Oette, Lutz (2024). Oxford: (Oxford University Press)
Die Vereinbarkeit der vom Sicherheitsrat nach Kapitel VII der UN-Charta verhängten Wirtschaftssanktionen mit den Menschenrechten und dem humanitären Völkerrecht [The compatibility of UN Security Council Economic Sanctions with International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law]
Oette, Lutz (2003). Frankfurt am Main: (Peter Lang)
Chapter III: Legal Investigation of Torture and Ill-Treatment
Oette, Lutz (chapter editor) (2022). Istanbul Protocol: Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. New York and Geneva: United Nations Office of the High Commission, pp 43-65
Universal and extraterritorial jurisdiction for torture
Oette, Lutz (2020). In: Evans, Malcolm D., (eds.) and Modvig, Jens, (eds.), Research Handbook on Torture: Legal and Medical Perspectives on Prohibition and Prevention. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp 357-377
Responses of Regional Human Rights Courts and Commissions to Mass Violations
Oette, Lutz (2020). In: Ferstman, Carla, (eds.) and Goetz, Mariana, (eds.), Reparations for Victims of Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity: Systems in Place and Systems in the Making, 2nd revised edition. Leiden: Brill, pp 298-322
Oette, Lutz (2018). In: Oette, Lutz, (eds.) and Babiker, Mohamed Abdelsalam, (eds.), Constitution-Making and Human Rights in the Sudans. London and New York: Routledge, pp 15-40
Constitutional dimensions of minority rights and the rights of peoples in the Sudans
Ibrahim Abdelgabar, Noha, Babiker, Mohamed Abdelsalam and Oette, Lutz (2018). In: Oette, Lutz, (eds.) and Babiker, Mohamed Abdelsalam, (eds.), Constitution-Making and Human Rights in the Sudans. London and New York: Routledge, pp 139-159
The African Union High-Level Panel on Darfur: A Precedent for Regional Solutions to the Challenges Facing International Criminal Justice?
Oette, Lutz (2012). In: Nhemielle, Vincent, (ed.), Africa and the Future of International Criminal Justice. The Hague: Eleven International Publishing, pp 353-374
Reparació En Periodes De Transició Incerta. Lliçons Des Del Sudan [Reparation in Times of Uncertain Transition. Lessons from Sudan]
Oette, Lutz (2009). In: Olivan, Helena, (eds.), Prandi, Maria, (eds.) and Cañadas, Maria, (eds.), Dretş Humans I Justicia Transicional: Gestionant El Passat. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Interior, Relacions Institucionals i Participació, Oficina de Promoció de la Pau i dels Drets Humans and escola de cultura de pau, pp 178-189
Bringing Justice to Victims? Responses of Regional and International Human Rights Courts and Treaty Bodies to Mass Violations
Oette, Lutz (2009). In: Ferstman, Carla, (eds.), Goetz, Mariana, (eds.) and Stephens, Alan, (eds.), Reparations for Victims of Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity: Systems in Place and Systems in the Making. Leiden; Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, pp 217-242
India’s International Obligations Towards Victims of Human Rights Violations: Implementation in Domestic Law and Practice
Oette, Lutz (2007). In: Raj Kumar, C., (eds.) and Chockalingam, K., (eds.), Human Rights, Justice and Constitutional Empowerment. Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp 462-485
Human rights as development and development through human rights in Asia: Rights, remedies and accountability
Oette, Lutz (2006). In: Raj Kumar, C., (eds.) and Srivastava, D.K., (eds.), Human Rights and Development: Law, Policy and Governance. Hong Kong: LexisNexis, pp 271-286
Review of: Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, 'Shari'a and Islamism in Sudan: Conflict, Law and Social Transformation'. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2012, 343 p.
Oette, Lutz (2015). Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, 2011-2012 (17), pp 788-792
Amicus Curiae Submission by the SOAS Centre for Human Rights Law In the Matter of a Request by the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) for an Advisory Opinion on the Guarantees for the Effective Protection of the Right to Participate in Government in Africa, in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Crisis Advisory Opinion No 001/2020
Tackling the root causes of human trafficking and smuggling from Eritrea: The need for an empirically grounded EU policy on mixed migration in the Horn of Africa
