page_title: Rahmat Mohamad
section_title: Career at AALCO
hierarchical_section_title: Rahmat Mohamad / Career at AALCO
caption_attribution_description: English: Rahmat Mohamad
context_page_description: Professor Dato' Dr. Rahmat bin Mohamad is a Malaysian legal scholar and professor of law at the Universiti Teknologi MARA. He is currently the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi MARA since November 2018. He has served Universiti Teknologi MARA in Shah Alam in various capacities from 1986 onwards. He served as the Assistant Vice Chancellor, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Dean of Law Faculty.
context_section_description: He has served the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization as the Secretary-General for two terms (2008–2012 and 2012–2016). In recognition of his 8 years contribution at AALCO, in 2016, he was appointed as a member of Eminent Person Group (EPG) of AALCO.
  Rahmat was appointed the fifth Secretary- General of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) on 20 June 2008 at AALCO's 47th Annual Session held in New Delhi, India. He was subsequently unanimously reappointed on 18 June 2012 at AALCO's 51st Annual Session in Abuja, Nigeria.
  Under his supervision, AALCO has also organized various conferences on topics as far-ranging as the Law of the Sea, Climate Change, and Competition Law. He also introduced on the agenda of the Organization subjects of contemporary relevance such as International Law in Cyperspace, Legal Regime governing Marine Biodiversity and Legal Aspects of Violent Extremism and its manifestations. Furthermore, he has delivered academic lectures and addresses at various academic institutions both in India and abroad. In an effort to disseminate knowledge, both on international law in general, as well as on the Asian-African perspective, he has published books and serves as the Editor-in-Chief for several AALCO publications and journals. He has commissioned, through the mandate of AALCO Member States, extensive research studies on topics crucially important to AALCO and its Members; topics have included Unilateral and Secondary Sanctions, Statehood of Palestinian, Cyber-law, and Marine Biodiversity.
  Rahmat has been actively involved in the Rome Statue of International Criminal Court (ICC) since 2008 through research publications and organising conferences, workshops and seminars. Among the notable inputs was his intervention in the Putrajaya ICC Dialogue in 2012 prior to the First Review Conference held in Kampala, Uganda in 2012.
caption: At the United Nations Office,Vienna.
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