Dr Fiona Batt
Dar Es Salaam
Summary
Effective law professional in the field of human rights, climate change and heritage protection with a law lecturing, legal research and publication background of 15+ years. With international university management experience in the Gambia and Tanzania.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Heritage Legal Advisor
Singida Heritage and Archaeology Project (SHARP)
2023.08 - Current
- Teaching international heritage laws and repatriation training.
Honorary Research Fellow
University of Bristol
2022.11 - Current
- Lead of Repatriation Division working on the repatriation of cultural heritage back to communities. Leading a team of post graduate research students and assisting indigenous communities in relation to legal avenues to repatriation of cultural heritage .
Web site: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/law/research/centres/hric/themes/repatriation-division/
Independent Legal Consultant
Self Employed
2020.11 - Current
Lecturer International Public Law and Human Rights
St Augustine University Tanzania
2016.08 - 2020.11
- Teaching International Public Law, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights, African Human Rights, Controversial Areas, Group Rights, Refugee law and Research Methodology on the LLM programme.
- Project Coordinator SAUT Human Rights Centre.
- PhD and Masters supervision and examiner
Associate Dean Academic Affairs
School of Law SAUT
2017.10 - 2018.10
- Overall supervision of Certificate, Diploma, LLB, LLM and PhD law programmes.
- Attendee African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights 61st Ordinary Session Banjul, Gambia, 2017.
- Climate Change Accredited Expert and Contributor to Climate Change Mitigation Projects Standards. (Indigenous Peoples Consultation), ‘Higher Ground’ NGO London.
Researcher
Cambodian Centre Human Rights
2016.01 - 2016.05
- Research and report on the role of corporations/business in the loss of Indigenous Community Land.
Acting Dean Faculty of Law
The University of the Gambia
2013.07 - 2014.08
• Leading a team of law lecturers.
• Promoting legal education and tertiary education in the Gambia through public speaking on Law Day 2014, television Fatu Show 2014 and radio West Coast Radio 2014.
• Government Committee Membership - Committee on the Drafting of the Legal Framework for the Establishment of the Accreditation and Quality Assurance Board (AQAB) Ministry of Higher Education the Gambia, Committee on the West African Internet Governance Forum Ministry of Information & Communication and the Working Group on Capacity Building in Bioethics (UNESCO & MRC) the Gambia.
• Attendee African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights Ordinary Sessions Banjul, Gambia 2013.
University of Bristol visiting lecturer
2012.08 - 2013.07
- Teaching Intellectual Property law, Contract, Law of the Sea and Research Skills.
Law Lecturer
University of Plymouth
2003.09 - 2006.01
- Teaching European Law and Law of the Sea.
Resettlement and Legal Housing Advice Officer
Exeter Homeless Action Group
2001.08 - 2002.09
- Mitigated potential risks by proactively identifying potential issues and implementing appropriate countermeasures or contingency plans as needed.
Education
PhD - A Critique of the Status of Ancient Indigenous Human Remains in International Law
University of Bristol
Bristol UK09.2015
LLM - International Law
University of Bristol
Bristol UK07.2004
Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PCE) - Education 16+ Years
University of Exeter
Exeter UK07.2003
LLB - Law
University of Plymouth
Plymouth UK06.2000
Skills
- Teaching
- Research
- Training
- Leadership
- Mentorship
- Project Management
- Report Writing
Affiliations
- European Association for Archaeologists
- Honorary research fellow University of Bristol
Work Availability
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Heritage Legal Advisor
Singida Heritage and Archaeology Project (SHARP)
2023.08 - Current
Honorary Research Fellow
University of Bristol
2022.11 - Current
Independent Legal Consultant
Self Employed
2020.11 - Current
Associate Dean Academic Affairs
School of Law SAUT
2017.10 - 2018.10
Lecturer International Public Law and Human Rights
St Augustine University Tanzania
2016.08 - 2020.11
Researcher
Cambodian Centre Human Rights
2016.01 - 2016.05
Acting Dean Faculty of Law
The University of the Gambia
2013.07 - 2014.08
University of Bristol visiting lecturer
2012.08 - 2013.07
Law Lecturer
University of Plymouth
2003.09 - 2006.01
Resettlement and Legal Housing Advice Officer
Exeter Homeless Action Group
2001.08 - 2002.09
PhD - A Critique of the Status of Ancient Indigenous Human Remains in International Law
University of Bristol
LLM - International Law
University of Bristol
Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PCE) - Education 16+ Years
University of Exeter
LLB - Law
University of Plymouth
Webinars
- University of Bristol Human Rights Implementation Centre Webinar Bones of Contention: Repatriation of Ancient Indigenous Human Remains (8 September 2021).
- Webinar, Rethinking biogenetics education series, Advancing indigenous knowledge in biotechnologies, (19 August 2020).
Phone
+255 769863727, +447845798741
Publications
- Batt, F. Recognising and safeguarding the intangible knowledge of migrants in the UK,'[Tracing Intangible Cultural Migrant Heritage in the UK] (Springer Nature forthcoming 2025).
- Batt, F. The vulnerability of African indigenous meteorological knowledge in the climate change debate. ‘Climate Litigation and Justice in Africa’ (Bristol University Press, 2024).
- Batt, F. The restitution of African cultural heritage: Shutting the Door on the Imperialist Narrative (African Human Rights Yearbook PULP, March 2022).
- Batt, F. ‘Ancient Indigenous Human Remains the Law.’ (Routledge 2021).
- Batt, F. [Ancient Indigenous Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) and Intellectual Property Rights](https://www.academia.edu/1505486/Ancient_Indigenous_Deoxyribonucleic_Acid_DNA_and_Intellectual_Property_Rights), 'The International Journal of Human Rights', Vol. 16, No. 1, January 2012, 152–172.
- Batt, F, ‘The African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation Swakopmund Protocol on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Folklore: Is it an indication of a new World Intellectual Property Organisation Traditional Knowledge Instrument?’ UK Minority Groups and Human Rights Newsletter, Winter 2010–2011, 8–9.
Publications
- Batt, F. Recognising and safeguarding the intangible knowledge of migrants in the UK,'[Tracing Intangible Cultural Migrant Heritage in the UK] (Springer Nature forthcoming 2025).
- Batt, F. The vulnerability of African indigenous meteorological knowledge in the climate change debate. ‘Climate Litigation and Justice in Africa’ (Bristol University Press, 2024). https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/climate-litigation-and-justice-in-africa
- Batt, F. The restitution of African cultural heritage: Shutting the Door on the Imperialist Narrative (African Human Rights Yearbook PULP, March 2022).
- Batt, F. ‘Ancient Indigenous Human Remains the Law.’ (Routledge 2021).
- Batt, F. [Ancient Indigenous Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) and Intellectual Property Rights](https://www.academia.edu/1505486/Ancient_Indigenous_Deoxyribonucleic_Acid_DNA_and_Intellectual_Property_Rights), 'The International Journal of Human Rights', Vol. 16, No. 1, January 2012, 152–172.
- Batt, F, ‘The African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation Swakopmund Protocol on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Folklore: Is it an indication of a new World Intellectual Property Organisation Traditional Knowledge Instrument?’ UK Minority Groups and Human Rights Newsletter, Winter 2010–2011, 8–9.
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