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Datuk Datuk (or its variant Dato or Datu) is a Malay title commonly used in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia, as well as a traditional title by Minangkabau people in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The title of the wife of Datuk is Datin. Origin The oldes ...
Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi is a Malaysian legal scholar and professor of law at the
University of Malaya The University of Malaya ( ms, Universiti Malaya, UM; abbreviated as UM or informally the Malayan University) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest and highest ranking Malaysian institution of highe ...
, currently holding the Tunku Abdul Rahman Chair as Professor of Constitutional Law. He is also the fourth holder of the Tun Hussein Onn Chair in International Studies at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia effective July 2019 to June 2021. He has served
Universiti Teknologi MARA The MARA Technological University ( Malay: ''Universiti Teknologi MARA''; Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي تيكنولوڬي مارا; abbr. UiTM) is a public university based primarily in Shah Alam, Selangor. It was established to help rural Mala ...
in
Shah Alam Shah Alam () is a city and the state capital of Selangor, Malaysia and situated within the Petaling District and a small portion of the neighbouring Klang District. Shah Alam replaced Kuala Lumpur as the capital city of the state of Selango ...
, Selangor in various capacities from 1971 onwards. He served as the Head of the Diploma in Law programme (1979–1984), as Assistant Rector (1996–1999), Assistant Vice-Chancellor (1999–2001) and Legal Advisor (1996–2006, 2010–2017). He has also served in the faculties of law at the
International Islamic University Malaysia The International Islamic University Malaysia ( ms, Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia; Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي اسلام انتارابڠسا مليسيا; ar, الجامعة الإسلامية العالمية بماليزيا), als ...
, part-time at
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia The National University of Malaysia ( ms, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, abbreviated as UKM) is a public university located in Bandar Baru Bangi, Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia. Its teaching hospital, Universiti Kebangsaan Malays ...
and a visiting professor/Honorary Legal Adviser/Holder of the Tun Sambanthan Chair at
Universiti Sains Malaysia Universiti Sains Malaysia ( 'Science University of Malaysia'; abbreviation, abbreviated as USM) is a public research university in Malaysia. Founded on 1 June 1969 as a statutory body with its own constitution, it is among the oldest institute ...
, Penang.


Education

He was educated in
Colonel Brown Cambridge School Colonel Brown Cambridge School is one of the oldest residential schools in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. It is an English medium school affiliated to the Indian Council of School Certificate Examination (CICSE) board of Education. The school ...
and at the age of 19, Shad Faruqi graduated from
Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown, the col ...
in the United States with a degree in Government. He went on to complete his LLB (First Class, First Position) and LLM (First Class, First Position) from
Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a Public University, public Central University (India), central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Orie ...
,
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...
and his PhD from
International Islamic University Malaysia The International Islamic University Malaysia ( ms, Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia; Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي اسلام انتارابڠسا مليسيا; ar, الجامعة الإسلامية العالمية بماليزيا), als ...
where he was supervised by the renowned Tan Sri Prof Ahmad bin Ibrahim.


Work and contributions

In 1991 as part of an Asia Foundation Project, he drafted the constitution of the Republic of Maldives. He was a one-time member and Secretary-General of the Manila-based Congressional Research and Training Services that conducted several institutional efficacy courses for legislators from many third world countries. He has presented seminar papers in the USA, UK, Germany, Iran, Kenya, Sudan, Maldives, India, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Hong Kong, Australia and Japan. He has helped to draft several international documents including the Kuala Lumpur Declaration to Criminalize War and a document for the UN on Protection for Places of Worship. He is a sitting Judge on the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal. He is an Executive Council member of the Kuala Lumpur-based International Centre for Law and Legal Studies. At the national level, he has been called upon on several occasions to draft national legislation. On behalf of Institut Teknologi MARA he drafted the Institut Teknologi MARA (Amendment) Bill 1996 that went on to become an Act of Parliament. In 1999 he drafted the Universiti Teknologi MARA (Amendment) Bill that was enacted by Parliament as Act A1073. The Act converted Institut Teknologi MARA into a full-fledged university. At the end of 2004, the
Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 ...
Back-Benchers Club of the
Parliament of Malaysia The Parliament of Malaysia ( ms, Parlimen Malaysia) is the national legislature of Malaysia, based on the Westminster system. The bicameral parliament consists of the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives, lit. "People's Assembly") and the D ...
appointed him as a consultant to advise them on reforming and empowering Parliament in the face of the executive branch's dominance of the
Malaysian Government The Government of Malaysia, officially the Federal Government of Malaysia ( ms, Kerajaan Persekutuan Malaysia), is based in the Federal Territory of Putrajaya with the exception of the legislative branch, which is located in Kuala Lumpur. Mal ...
. In 2006, the Minister of Education appointed him Chairman of a Committee to propose amendments to the
Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 University and University College Act 1971 ( ms, Akta Universiti dan Kolej Universiti 1971) or AUKU 1971 is an act of Parliament that was legislated by the Malaysian government that was approved by the king on 27 April 1971. It is also an act th ...
ct 30 The Committee's recommendations were adopted as law in early 2009. In 2008, he drafted the new 'Apex Constitution' of Universiti Sains Malaysia. In 2010 he was reappointed to a committee to review the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 ct 30 He is also a member of the Apex University Initiative; a Distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Strategic Studies; and one-time member of the Malaysian Human Rights Commission's Education Sub-Committee.


Awards and honours

In 2008,
Universiti Sains Malaysia Universiti Sains Malaysia ( 'Science University of Malaysia'; abbreviation, abbreviated as USM) is a public research university in Malaysia. Founded on 1 June 1969 as a statutory body with its own constitution, it is among the oldest institute ...
, Malaysia's first "apex university", appointed him as a Visiting Professor. Later he was appointed an Honorary Legal Advisor and the first holder of the Tun Sambanthan Chair. In 2009 UiTM honoured him with the University's first Emeritus Professorship award. In 2009, the
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(King) of Malaysia honoured him with the federal title of "Datuk".


Honours of Malaysia

* : Honorary Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (J.S.M.) (2000) * : Commander of the
Order of Meritorious Service The Distinguished Order of Meritorious Service ( ms, Darjah Yang Mulia Jasa Negara) is a Malaysian federal award presented for meritorious service to the country. It should not be confused with the Order of Merit The Order of Merit (french: ...
(P.J.N.) (2009)


Authorship


Articles

Between 1982–1985 Dr Shad contributed periodic articles and editorials to the ''
New Straits Times The ''New Straits Times'' is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper still in print (though not the first), having been founded as ''The Straits Times'' on 15 July 1845. It was relaunched as the ' ...
''. During 2001 and 2002 he authored a regular weekly column "Facets of Our Constitution" for the ''Sunday Star''. His column "Document of Destiny" appeared in '' The Sun'' from 2006 to 2007. Presently he writes a fortnightly column "Reflecting on the Law" for the Star. he has written the following articles: *Faruqi, Shad Salee
The Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission & War Crimes Tribunal
*Faruqi, Shad Salee

*Faruqi, Shad Saleem (18 November 2009)
Understanding Our Basic Rights


Books

Dr Shad is the author of ''Human Rights, Globalisation and the Asian Economic Crisis'', ''Islam International Law and the War Against Terrorism'', ''Islam, Democracy and Development'',''Document of Destiny: The Constitution of the Federation of Malaysia'' and "The Bedrock of Our Nation: Our Constitution". He is the co-author of ''Media Law & Regulations in Malaysia'' and Co-editor of "Decolonising Our Universities – Towards a Non-Eurocentric Paradigm". He has contributed over 350 articles to legal periodicals, anthologies and newspapers and has presented over 300 seminar papers in 15 countries including the US, UK, Australia, Germany and Japan.


References

*Ahmad, Zainon & Phang, Lew-Ann (1 October 2005)

''The Sun''. *Lim, Kit Siang (2005)
"Birth of a Parliamentary Committee System at last?"
Retrieved 26 October 2005. *Speech by Prof Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi at the launch of his book, "Document of Destiny, The Constitution of the federation of Malaysia" (27 June 2008)

*Yuen, Meikeng (30 July 2009)
Prof: 1Malaysia must address ethnic composition in civil service
*New Straits Times (26 July 2009)
Inquest into sudden death mandatory, says expert
*Eminent Persons Lecture Series, Universiti Teknologi MARA (4 November 2008)

*Theophilus, Claudia (7 May 2007)
Malaysian family split by faith
. {{DEFAULTSORT:Faruqi, Shad Saleem Living people University of Malaya faculty Wesleyan University alumni International Islamic University Malaysia faculty 1946 births Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University alumni Commanders of the Order of Meritorious Service Honorary Companions of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia