Dr Farrah Raza
I am currently a Retained Lecturer in Law. I was a Stipendiary Lecturer in Public Law at Pembroke College, University of Oxford from 2017-2026. I tutor Constitutional Law to first years at Pembroke College, where I also participate in the law admissions process. I have also tutored Administrative Law at Pembroke and for other colleges.
In 2020, I was awarded the Minerva Fast Track Fellowship by the Max Planck Society, and led the Research Group on Organ Donation and Transplantation in the UK and Germany at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale), Germany.
I hold a PhD from King's College London (KCL), which was fully funded by the Centre of European Law at KCL. I hold a LL.B. from KCL and an LL.M. from the University of Cambridge. I was previously a Senior Teaching Fellow in Public Law at the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, where I delivered the lectures on the Human Rights Act 1998.
My research interests include: Public Law, Human Rights Law, Medical Law & Ethics and Law & Religion.
Monograph
- Joe Brierley, Farrah Raza, David Shaw, and Jelena Stojanovic (editors), Paediatric Transplantation: Legal, Ethical and Psychosocial aspects (Oxford University Press, 2028). under contract.
- Farrah Raza, Religious Accommodation and its Limits (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2023).
Journal Articles and Chapters
Raza F, ‘Consent to Organ Transplantation: Factoring in Religious, Ethical, and Cultural Diversity’ in Sona F, Foblets MC, Lavi S and Boas H (eds.) Biomedical practices in the Middle East and Europe: The impact of religion and culture, (Abingdon: Routledge) Forthcoming in 2026.
Raza F, Patience Needed: NHS Regulation, Decision-Making, and Future Challenges to Patient Choice (2025) Oct. Public Law.
Raza F, Herring J, Neuberger J M, Engelmann C, Ryder E, Quiroga I, and Berg T, ‘Strong or Weak Consent in Medical Law? Identifying the Values Protected in Transplantation Medicine in Europe’ (2025) European Journal of Healthcare Law.
Raza F, Herring J, Neuberger J, Jones D, Robinson H, Engelmann C, Forsythe J, Ryder E, Randhawa G, Quiroga I, Berg T, and Thorburn D, ‘Should Conditional Deceased Organ Donation be Permitted? Identifying legal and ethical considerations’ (2025) Medical Law International.
Raza F, ‘The Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief: The Challenge of Defining Religion’ (2024) 3(2) Supreme Court Law Review.
Raza F and Neuberger J, ‘Consent in Organ Transplantation: putting legal obligations and guidelines into practice’ (2022) BMC Medical Ethics 23:69.
Raza F, ‘Limitations to the Right to Religious Freedom: Rethinking Key Approaches’ (2020) 9 Oxford Journal of Law and Religion 435.
Policy Papers
Fredman S, Adams T, Raza F, Holcroft-Emmess N, Sherry O, Martin R and Campbell M. 2021. Oxford Human Rights Hub Submission to the Independent Review of the Human Rights Act (2021).
Raza F, ‘Working Paper: Accommodating Religious Slaughter in the UK and Germany: competing interests in carving out legal exemptions’ (2018) MPI for Social Anthropology.
- Farrah Raza, ‘Secularism, Religion and Reason’ in Yasir Suleiman (ed), Muslims in the UK and Europe I (Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge 2013).
Blogs
- Farrah Raza, ‘The UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief: Key reports, themes, and issues’ (OxHRH Blog, 6 March 2024) < Farrah Raza, “https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/the-un-special-rapporteur-on-freedom-of-religion-or-belief-key-reports-themes-and-issues/” [Date of Access].
Farrah Raza, ‘Organ Donation: New Law, New Horizons (OxHRH Blog, 17 December 2017) < Farrah Raza, “Organ Donation: New Law, New Horizons” (OxHRH Blog, 2019) <http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/organ-donation:-new-law,-new-horizons> [Date of Access].
Farrah Raza, ‘The Continuity of the Headscarf Controversy: From Politics to Fashion,’ (OxHRH Blog, 17 December 2017) <http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/the-continuity-of-the-headscarf-controversy-from-politics-to-fashion>.
Book Reviews
Farrah Raza, Book Review: Roberta Medda-Windischer, Kerstin Wonisch, and Alexandra Cosima Budabin (eds.), Religious Minorities in Pluralist Societies Critical Perspectives on the Accommodation of Religious Diversities (Brill, 2023) in European Yearbook of Minority Issues (forthcoming, 2025).
Farrah Raza, ‘The Natural Moral Law, The Good After Modernity’ (2013) 39(4) Commonwealth Law Bulletin 770–772 (book review).
2024–2025 - John Fell Fund jointly with Professor Jonathan Herring, Children and Transplantation Medicine
2023–2023 - Faculty Internet Engagement Fund, University of Oxford for a podcast series on the Law and Transplantation Medicine
2023–2024 - OPEN SEED Fund jointly with Professor Jonathan Herring, University of Oxford
2022 - University of Oxford’s ESRC Impact Acceleration Account.
2022 - Award from Law Research Support Fund, Law Faculty, University of Oxford.
2021 - Award from Law Research Support Fund, Law Faculty, University of Oxford.
2020–2023 - Minerva Fellow Award from the Max Planck Society, Germany.
2013–2016 - Fully funded PhD at the Centre of European Law, King’s College London.
Jun. & Dec. 2024 - Organiser and presenter, ‘Workshop on Children and Transplantation Medicine’, Pembroke College, Oxford, UK.
Sept. 2024 - Presenter, Complex Choices and Practical Challenges of Consent in Deceased Organ Donation, The Transplantation Society, Istanbul, Turkey.
Dec. 2023 - Organiser and presenter, ‘Workshop on Conditional Organ Donation’, Pembroke College, Oxford, UK.
Nov. 2023 - Book Launch at Pembroke College, Oxford, UK.
Oct. 2023 - Presented book online for the Canopy Forum Conference, Emory University USA.
Sep. 2023 - Presenter, ‘The Challenge of Defining Religion or Belief’, Symposium: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 75, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, Canada.
Dr Farrah Raza
I am currently a Retained Lecturer in Law. I was a Stipendiary Lecturer in Public Law at Pembroke College, University of Oxford from 2017-2026. I tutor Constitutional Law to first years at Pembroke College, where I also participate in the law admissions process. I have also tutored Administrative Law at Pembroke and for other colleges.
In 2020, I was awarded the Minerva Fast Track Fellowship by the Max Planck Society, and led the Research Group on Organ Donation and Transplantation in the UK and Germany at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale), Germany.
I hold a PhD from King's College London (KCL), which was fully funded by the Centre of European Law at KCL. I hold a LL.B. from KCL and an LL.M. from the University of Cambridge. I was previously a Senior Teaching Fellow in Public Law at the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, where I delivered the lectures on the Human Rights Act 1998.
My research interests include: Public Law, Human Rights Law, Medical Law & Ethics and Law & Religion.
Monograph
- Joe Brierley, Farrah Raza, David Shaw, and Jelena Stojanovic (editors), Paediatric Transplantation: Legal, Ethical and Psychosocial aspects (Oxford University Press, 2028). under contract.
- Farrah Raza, Religious Accommodation and its Limits (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2023).
Journal Articles and Chapters
Raza F, ‘Consent to Organ Transplantation: Factoring in Religious, Ethical, and Cultural Diversity’ in Sona F, Foblets MC, Lavi S and Boas H (eds.) Biomedical practices in the Middle East and Europe: The impact of religion and culture, (Abingdon: Routledge) Forthcoming in 2026.
Raza F, Patience Needed: NHS Regulation, Decision-Making, and Future Challenges to Patient Choice (2025) Oct. Public Law.
Raza F, Herring J, Neuberger J M, Engelmann C, Ryder E, Quiroga I, and Berg T, ‘Strong or Weak Consent in Medical Law? Identifying the Values Protected in Transplantation Medicine in Europe’ (2025) European Journal of Healthcare Law.
Raza F, Herring J, Neuberger J, Jones D, Robinson H, Engelmann C, Forsythe J, Ryder E, Randhawa G, Quiroga I, Berg T, and Thorburn D, ‘Should Conditional Deceased Organ Donation be Permitted? Identifying legal and ethical considerations’ (2025) Medical Law International.
Raza F, ‘The Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief: The Challenge of Defining Religion’ (2024) 3(2) Supreme Court Law Review.
Raza F and Neuberger J, ‘Consent in Organ Transplantation: putting legal obligations and guidelines into practice’ (2022) BMC Medical Ethics 23:69.
Raza F, ‘Limitations to the Right to Religious Freedom: Rethinking Key Approaches’ (2020) 9 Oxford Journal of Law and Religion 435.
Policy Papers
Fredman S, Adams T, Raza F, Holcroft-Emmess N, Sherry O, Martin R and Campbell M. 2021. Oxford Human Rights Hub Submission to the Independent Review of the Human Rights Act (2021).
Raza F, ‘Working Paper: Accommodating Religious Slaughter in the UK and Germany: competing interests in carving out legal exemptions’ (2018) MPI for Social Anthropology.
- Farrah Raza, ‘Secularism, Religion and Reason’ in Yasir Suleiman (ed), Muslims in the UK and Europe I (Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge 2013).
Blogs
- Farrah Raza, ‘The UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief: Key reports, themes, and issues’ (OxHRH Blog, 6 March 2024) < Farrah Raza, “https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/the-un-special-rapporteur-on-freedom-of-religion-or-belief-key-reports-themes-and-issues/” [Date of Access].
Farrah Raza, ‘Organ Donation: New Law, New Horizons (OxHRH Blog, 17 December 2017) < Farrah Raza, “Organ Donation: New Law, New Horizons” (OxHRH Blog, 2019) <http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/organ-donation:-new-law,-new-horizons> [Date of Access].
Farrah Raza, ‘The Continuity of the Headscarf Controversy: From Politics to Fashion,’ (OxHRH Blog, 17 December 2017) <http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/the-continuity-of-the-headscarf-controversy-from-politics-to-fashion>.
Book Reviews
Farrah Raza, Book Review: Roberta Medda-Windischer, Kerstin Wonisch, and Alexandra Cosima Budabin (eds.), Religious Minorities in Pluralist Societies Critical Perspectives on the Accommodation of Religious Diversities (Brill, 2023) in European Yearbook of Minority Issues (forthcoming, 2025).
Farrah Raza, ‘The Natural Moral Law, The Good After Modernity’ (2013) 39(4) Commonwealth Law Bulletin 770–772 (book review).
2024–2025 - John Fell Fund jointly with Professor Jonathan Herring, Children and Transplantation Medicine
2023–2023 - Faculty Internet Engagement Fund, University of Oxford for a podcast series on the Law and Transplantation Medicine
2023–2024 - OPEN SEED Fund jointly with Professor Jonathan Herring, University of Oxford
2022 - University of Oxford’s ESRC Impact Acceleration Account.
2022 - Award from Law Research Support Fund, Law Faculty, University of Oxford.
2021 - Award from Law Research Support Fund, Law Faculty, University of Oxford.
2020–2023 - Minerva Fellow Award from the Max Planck Society, Germany.
2013–2016 - Fully funded PhD at the Centre of European Law, King’s College London.
Jun. & Dec. 2024 - Organiser and presenter, ‘Workshop on Children and Transplantation Medicine’, Pembroke College, Oxford, UK.
Sept. 2024 - Presenter, Complex Choices and Practical Challenges of Consent in Deceased Organ Donation, The Transplantation Society, Istanbul, Turkey.
Dec. 2023 - Organiser and presenter, ‘Workshop on Conditional Organ Donation’, Pembroke College, Oxford, UK.
Nov. 2023 - Book Launch at Pembroke College, Oxford, UK.
Oct. 2023 - Presented book online for the Canopy Forum Conference, Emory University USA.
Sep. 2023 - Presenter, ‘The Challenge of Defining Religion or Belief’, Symposium: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 75, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, Canada.