Recent Courses

LAW320

Labor Law and Social Security

CML600

Thesis

LAW230

Arabic Legal Writing

LAW213

Theories of Obligation Provisions

LAW221

Judicial System & Pleadings

LAW492

Cooperative Training

LAW382

Artificial Intelligence, Technology and Law

LAW359

Administrative Law III

CML544

Advanced Intellectual Property

LAW407

Intellectual Property Law - Commercial Law Track

Semester Courses

LAW313

Real and Personal Guarantees

LAW213

Theories of Obligation Provisions

LAW492

Cooperative Training

Education

  • M

    MASTER / 2002

    Master of Laws (LLM), Mosul University, Iraq.

    Mosul , Iraq

  • D

    DOCTORATE / 2016

    Doctor of Intellectual Property Law, Wales University/ Bangor, UK.

    Wales , Britain

Experience

  • 2019 - 2024

    UNITED KINGDOM

    Technology law, Data Protection and Privacy law

    12/20/2019 - 5/31/2024

    PSU

    United Kingdom ,Britain

  • 2023 - 2023

    RIYADH

    Nihaya Khalaf is assistant professor at Prince Sultan University, KSA; her responsibilities include teaching, tutoring, and supervising research projects. Dr. Khalaf also has served as an Associate Fellow at the Centre for International Sustainable Devel

    6/15/2023 - 6/15/2023

    Prince Sultan University

    Riyadh ,Saudi Arabia

Professional Society

  • 2017

    IUCN Commission member

Publications

  • 2024-01-01

    journal

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    2024-01-01

    Patenting of agriculture biotechnology in Iraq: widening the gap between the country’s development needs and food security

  • 2024-01-01

    journal

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    2024-01-01

    Patenting of agriculture biotechnology in Iraq: widening the gap between the country’s development needs and food security

  • 2024-01-01

    conference

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    2024-01-01

    Feminist Data Protection: Enriching the Perspective in the Arab World

  • 2024-01-01

    journal

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    2024-01-01

    تخضير الاقتصاد العراقي بالزراعة:الرؤى النظرية وتوجهات السياسة العامة greening the Iraqi Economy with Agriculture: Theoretical Insights and Policy Directions

  • 2023-01-01

    conference

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    2023-01-01

    Patenting of Plant related Inventions in Iraq

  • 2023-01-01

    conference

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    2023-01-01

    Patenting of Plant related Inventions in Iraq

  • 2023-01-01

    conference

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    2023-01-01

    Patenting of Plant related Inventions in Iraq

  • 2023-01-01

    conference

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    2023-01-01

    Patenting of Plant related Inventions in Iraq

  • 2021-01-01

    journal

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    2021-01-01

    Artificial Intelligence creative works and the Potential for Copyright Protection

  • 2021-01-01

    journal

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    2021-01-01

    Artificial Intelligence creative works and the Potential for Copyright Protection

  • 2021-01-01

    journal

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    2021-01-01

    Artificial Intelligence creative works and the Potential for Copyright Protection

  • 2021-01-01

    journal

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    2021-01-01

    Artificial Intelligence creative works and the Potential for Copyright Protection

  • 2016-01-01

    journal

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    2016-01-01

    Agricultural Sustainability and Intellectual Property Rights in the Era of a Green Economy: A Case Study of the United Arab Emirates’

  • 2016-01-01

    journal

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    2016-01-01

    Agricultural Sustainability and Intellectual Property Rights in the Era of a Green Economy: A Case Study of the United Arab Emirates’

  • 2016-01-01

    journal

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    2016-01-01

    Agricultural Sustainability and Intellectual Property Rights in the Era of a Green Economy: A Case Study of the United Arab Emirates’

  • 2016-01-01

    journal

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    2016-01-01

    Agricultural Sustainability and Intellectual Property Rights in the Era of a Green Economy: A Case Study of the United Arab Emirates’

  • 2016-01-01

    journal

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    2016-01-01

    Agricultural Sustainability and Intellectual Property Rights in the Era of a Green Economy: A Case Study of the United Arab Emirates’

  • 2016-01-01

    journal

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    2016-01-01

    Agricultural Sustainability and Intellectual Property Rights in the Era of a Green Economy: A Case Study of the United Arab Emirates’

  • journal

    Comments on the decision of the European Patent Office rejecting two patent applications in whichan artificial intelligence system was named as the inventor( Alrafidain of Law Journal, 21

  • journal

    Plant Breeders Rights in Egypt: A Critical Analysis of Law (26/2015) (Law, Environment andDevelopment Journal, 14/1 volume, 2018).

  • journal

    An Evaluation of the Iraqi Draft Law on the Protection and Exchange of Plant Genetic Resourcesfor Food and Agriculture (Law, Environment and Development Journal, 15/0volume, 2019)

  • journal

    Fact-finding Study on how domestic measures address benefit-sharing arising from commercialand non-commercial use of digital sequence information on genetic resources and address the useof digital sequence information on genetic resources for res

  • journal

    Greening the Egyptian Economy with Agriculture: An in-depth analysis of the EgyptianConstitution of 2014 (the Middle East and Asia Project essay series on Transitioning to InclusiveGreen Growth in the Middle East and Asia, Middle East Institute,

  • journal

    Overview ofNational and Regional Measures on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit - Sharing:Challengesand Opportunities in implementing the Nagoya Protocol’ (3rd, Centre for International SustainableDevelopment Law, 2014)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Legal Analytical Working Paper’ (the IDLO and CISDLResearch Project, International Development Law Organization, Italy, 2012)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Selected Case Studies of Local, State and NationalLevel Law’(the IDLO and CISDL Research Project, International Development LawOrganization, 2012).

  • journal

    Comments on the decision of the European Patent Office rejecting two patent applications in whichan artificial intelligence system was named as the inventor( Alrafidain of Law Journal, 21

  • journal

    Plant Breeders Rights in Egypt: A Critical Analysis of Law (26/2015) (Law, Environment andDevelopment Journal, 14/1 volume, 2018).

  • journal

    An Evaluation of the Iraqi Draft Law on the Protection and Exchange of Plant Genetic Resourcesfor Food and Agriculture (Law, Environment and Development Journal, 15/0volume, 2019)

  • journal

    Fact-finding Study on how domestic measures address benefit-sharing arising from commercialand non-commercial use of digital sequence information on genetic resources and address the useof digital sequence information on genetic resources for res

  • journal

    Greening the Egyptian Economy with Agriculture: An in-depth analysis of the EgyptianConstitution of 2014 (the Middle East and Asia Project essay series on Transitioning to InclusiveGreen Growth in the Middle East and Asia, Middle East Institute,

  • journal

    Overview ofNational and Regional Measures on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit - Sharing:Challengesand Opportunities in implementing the Nagoya Protocol’ (3rd, Centre for International SustainableDevelopment Law, 2014)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Legal Analytical Working Paper’ (the IDLO and CISDLResearch Project, International Development Law Organization, Italy, 2012)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Selected Case Studies of Local, State and NationalLevel Law’(the IDLO and CISDL Research Project, International Development LawOrganization, 2012).

  • journal

    Comments on the decision of the European Patent Office rejecting two patent applications in whichan artificial intelligence system was named as the inventor( Alrafidain of Law Journal, 21

  • journal

    Plant Breeders Rights in Egypt: A Critical Analysis of Law (26/2015) (Law, Environment andDevelopment Journal, 14/1 volume, 2018).

  • journal

    An Evaluation of the Iraqi Draft Law on the Protection and Exchange of Plant Genetic Resourcesfor Food and Agriculture (Law, Environment and Development Journal, 15/0volume, 2019)

  • journal

    Fact-finding Study on how domestic measures address benefit-sharing arising from commercialand non-commercial use of digital sequence information on genetic resources and address the useof digital sequence information on genetic resources for res

  • journal

    Greening the Egyptian Economy with Agriculture: An in-depth analysis of the EgyptianConstitution of 2014 (the Middle East and Asia Project essay series on Transitioning to InclusiveGreen Growth in the Middle East and Asia, Middle East Institute,

  • journal

    Overview ofNational and Regional Measures on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit - Sharing:Challengesand Opportunities in implementing the Nagoya Protocol’ (3rd, Centre for International SustainableDevelopment Law, 2014)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Legal Analytical Working Paper’ (the IDLO and CISDLResearch Project, International Development Law Organization, Italy, 2012)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Selected Case Studies of Local, State and NationalLevel Law’(the IDLO and CISDL Research Project, International Development LawOrganization, 2012).

  • journal

    Comments on the decision of the European Patent Office rejecting two patent applications in whichan artificial intelligence system was named as the inventor( Alrafidain of Law Journal, 21

  • journal

    Comments on the decision of the European Patent Office rejecting two patent applications in whichan artificial intelligence system was named as the inventor( Alrafidain of Law Journal, 21

  • journal

    Plant Breeders Rights in Egypt: A Critical Analysis of Law (26/2015) (Law, Environment andDevelopment Journal, 14/1 volume, 2018).

  • journal

    An Evaluation of the Iraqi Draft Law on the Protection and Exchange of Plant Genetic Resourcesfor Food and Agriculture (Law, Environment and Development Journal, 15/0volume, 2019)

  • journal

    Fact-finding Study on how domestic measures address benefit-sharing arising from commercialand non-commercial use of digital sequence information on genetic resources and address the useof digital sequence information on genetic resources for res

  • journal

    Greening the Egyptian Economy with Agriculture: An in-depth analysis of the EgyptianConstitution of 2014 (the Middle East and Asia Project essay series on Transitioning to InclusiveGreen Growth in the Middle East and Asia, Middle East Institute,

  • journal

    Overview ofNational and Regional Measures on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit - Sharing:Challengesand Opportunities in implementing the Nagoya Protocol’ (3rd, Centre for International SustainableDevelopment Law, 2014)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Legal Analytical Working Paper’ (the IDLO and CISDLResearch Project, International Development Law Organization, Italy, 2012)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Selected Case Studies of Local, State and NationalLevel Law’(the IDLO and CISDL Research Project, International Development LawOrganization, 2012).

  • journal

    Plant Breeders Rights in Egypt: A Critical Analysis of Law (26/2015) (Law, Environment andDevelopment Journal, 14/1 volume, 2018).

  • journal

    An Evaluation of the Iraqi Draft Law on the Protection and Exchange of Plant Genetic Resourcesfor Food and Agriculture (Law, Environment and Development Journal, 15/0volume, 2019)

  • journal

    Fact-finding Study on how domestic measures address benefit-sharing arising from commercialand non-commercial use of digital sequence information on genetic resources and address the useof digital sequence information on genetic resources for res

  • journal

    Greening the Egyptian Economy with Agriculture: An in-depth analysis of the EgyptianConstitution of 2014 (the Middle East and Asia Project essay series on Transitioning to InclusiveGreen Growth in the Middle East and Asia, Middle East Institute,

  • journal

    Overview ofNational and Regional Measures on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit - Sharing:Challengesand Opportunities in implementing the Nagoya Protocol’ (3rd, Centre for International SustainableDevelopment Law, 2014)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Legal Analytical Working Paper’ (the IDLO and CISDLResearch Project, International Development Law Organization, Italy, 2012)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Selected Case Studies of Local, State and NationalLevel Law’(the IDLO and CISDL Research Project, International Development LawOrganization, 2012).

  • journal

    Comments on the decision of the European Patent Office rejecting two patent applications in whichan artificial intelligence system was named as the inventor( Alrafidain of Law Journal, 21

  • journal

    Fact-finding Study on how domestic measures address benefit-sharing arising from commercialand non-commercial use of digital sequence information on genetic resources and address the useof digital sequence information on genetic resources for res

  • journal

    Fact-finding Study on how domestic measures address benefit-sharing arising from commercialand non-commercial use of digital sequence information on genetic resources and address the useof digital sequence information on genetic resources for res

  • conference

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    Feminist Data Protection: Enriching the Perspective in the Arab World

  • journal

    Plant Breeders Rights in Egypt: A Critical Analysis of Law (26/2015) (Law, Environment andDevelopment Journal, 14/1 volume, 2018).

  • journal

    An Evaluation of the Iraqi Draft Law on the Protection and Exchange of Plant Genetic Resourcesfor Food and Agriculture (Law, Environment and Development Journal, 15/0volume, 2019)

  • journal

    Fact-finding Study on how domestic measures address benefit-sharing arising from commercialand non-commercial use of digital sequence information on genetic resources and address the useof digital sequence information on genetic resources for res

  • journal

    Greening the Egyptian Economy with Agriculture: An in-depth analysis of the EgyptianConstitution of 2014 (the Middle East and Asia Project essay series on Transitioning to InclusiveGreen Growth in the Middle East and Asia, Middle East Institute,

  • journal

    Overview ofNational and Regional Measures on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit - Sharing:Challengesand Opportunities in implementing the Nagoya Protocol’ (3rd, Centre for International SustainableDevelopment Law, 2014)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Legal Analytical Working Paper’ (the IDLO and CISDLResearch Project, International Development Law Organization, Italy, 2012)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Selected Case Studies of Local, State and NationalLevel Law’(the IDLO and CISDL Research Project, International Development LawOrganization, 2012).

  • conference

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    Feminist Data Protection: Enriching the Perspective in the Arab World

  • journal

    Plant Breeders Rights in Egypt: A Critical Analysis of Law (26/2015) (Law, Environment andDevelopment Journal, 14/1 volume, 2018).

  • journal

    An Evaluation of the Iraqi Draft Law on the Protection and Exchange of Plant Genetic Resourcesfor Food and Agriculture (Law, Environment and Development Journal, 15/0volume, 2019)

  • journal

    Fact-finding Study on how domestic measures address benefit-sharing arising from commercialand non-commercial use of digital sequence information on genetic resources and address the useof digital sequence information on genetic resources for res

  • journal

    Greening the Egyptian Economy with Agriculture: An in-depth analysis of the EgyptianConstitution of 2014 (the Middle East and Asia Project essay series on Transitioning to InclusiveGreen Growth in the Middle East and Asia, Middle East Institute,

  • journal

    Overview ofNational and Regional Measures on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit - Sharing:Challengesand Opportunities in implementing the Nagoya Protocol’ (3rd, Centre for International SustainableDevelopment Law, 2014)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Legal Analytical Working Paper’ (the IDLO and CISDLResearch Project, International Development Law Organization, Italy, 2012)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Selected Case Studies of Local, State and NationalLevel Law’(the IDLO and CISDL Research Project, International Development LawOrganization, 2012).

  • journal

    The green economy in the Gulf

  • journal

    Comments on the decision of the European Patent Office rejecting two patent applications in whichan artificial intelligence system was named as the inventor( Alrafidain of Law Journal, 21

  • conference

    KHALAF, NIHAYA

    Feminist Data Protection: Enriching the Perspective in the Arab World

  • journal

    Plant Breeders Rights in Egypt: A Critical Analysis of Law (26/2015) (Law, Environment andDevelopment Journal, 14/1 volume, 2018).

  • journal

    An Evaluation of the Iraqi Draft Law on the Protection and Exchange of Plant Genetic Resourcesfor Food and Agriculture (Law, Environment and Development Journal, 15/0volume, 2019)

  • journal

    Fact-finding Study on how domestic measures address benefit-sharing arising from commercialand non-commercial use of digital sequence information on genetic resources and address the useof digital sequence information on genetic resources for res

  • journal

    Greening the Egyptian Economy with Agriculture: An in-depth analysis of the EgyptianConstitution of 2014 (the Middle East and Asia Project essay series on Transitioning to InclusiveGreen Growth in the Middle East and Asia, Middle East Institute,

  • journal

    Overview ofNational and Regional Measures on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit - Sharing:Challengesand Opportunities in implementing the Nagoya Protocol’ (3rd, Centre for International SustainableDevelopment Law, 2014)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Legal Analytical Working Paper’ (the IDLO and CISDLResearch Project, International Development Law Organization, Italy, 2012)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Selected Case Studies of Local, State and NationalLevel Law’(the IDLO and CISDL Research Project, International Development LawOrganization, 2012).

  • journal

    The green economy in the Gulf

  • journal

    Comments on the decision of the European Patent Office rejecting two patent applications in whichan artificial intelligence system was named as the inventor( Alrafidain of Law Journal, 21

  • journal

    Patenting of agriculture biotechnology in Iraq: widening the gap between the country’s development needs and food security

  • journal

    Fact-finding Study on how domestic measures address benefit-sharing arising from commercialand non-commercial use of digital sequence information on genetic resources and address the useof digital sequence information on genetic resources for res

  • journal

    Plant Breeders Rights in Egypt: A Critical Analysis of Law (26/2015) (Law, Environment andDevelopment Journal, 14/1 volume, 2018).

  • journal

    An Evaluation of the Iraqi Draft Law on the Protection and Exchange of Plant Genetic Resourcesfor Food and Agriculture (Law, Environment and Development Journal, 15/0volume, 2019)

  • journal

    Fact-finding Study on how domestic measures address benefit-sharing arising from commercialand non-commercial use of digital sequence information on genetic resources and address the useof digital sequence information on genetic resources for res

  • journal

    Greening the Egyptian Economy with Agriculture: An in-depth analysis of the EgyptianConstitution of 2014 (the Middle East and Asia Project essay series on Transitioning to InclusiveGreen Growth in the Middle East and Asia, Middle East Institute,

  • journal

    Overview ofNational and Regional Measures on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit - Sharing:Challengesand Opportunities in implementing the Nagoya Protocol’ (3rd, Centre for International SustainableDevelopment Law, 2014)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Legal Analytical Working Paper’ (the IDLO and CISDLResearch Project, International Development Law Organization, Italy, 2012)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Selected Case Studies of Local, State and NationalLevel Law’(the IDLO and CISDL Research Project, International Development LawOrganization, 2012).

  • journal

    The green economy in the Gulf

  • journal

    Comments on the decision of the European Patent Office rejecting two patent applications in whichan artificial intelligence system was named as the inventor( Alrafidain of Law Journal, 21

  • journal

    Patenting of agriculture biotechnology in Iraq: widening the gap between the country’s development needs and food security

  • journal

    Fact-finding Study on how domestic measures address benefit-sharing arising from commercialand non-commercial use of digital sequence information on genetic resources and address the useof digital sequence information on genetic resources for res

  • journal

    Plant Breeders Rights in Egypt: A Critical Analysis of Law (26/2015) (Law, Environment andDevelopment Journal, 14/1 volume, 2018).

  • journal

    An Evaluation of the Iraqi Draft Law on the Protection and Exchange of Plant Genetic Resourcesfor Food and Agriculture (Law, Environment and Development Journal, 15/0volume, 2019)

  • journal

    Fact-finding Study on how domestic measures address benefit-sharing arising from commercialand non-commercial use of digital sequence information on genetic resources and address the useof digital sequence information on genetic resources for res

  • journal

    Greening the Egyptian Economy with Agriculture: An in-depth analysis of the EgyptianConstitution of 2014 (the Middle East and Asia Project essay series on Transitioning to InclusiveGreen Growth in the Middle East and Asia, Middle East Institute,

  • journal

    Overview ofNational and Regional Measures on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit - Sharing:Challengesand Opportunities in implementing the Nagoya Protocol’ (3rd, Centre for International SustainableDevelopment Law, 2014)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Legal Analytical Working Paper’ (the IDLO and CISDLResearch Project, International Development Law Organization, Italy, 2012)

  • journal

    Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Selected Case Studies of Local, State and NationalLevel Law’(the IDLO and CISDL Research Project, International Development LawOrganization, 2012).

  • journal

    The green economy in the Gulf

  • journal

    Comments on the decision of the European Patent Office rejecting two patent applications in whichan artificial intelligence system was named as the inventor( Alrafidain of Law Journal, 21

  • journal

    Patenting of agriculture biotechnology in Iraq: widening the gap between the country’s development needs and food security

  • journal

    Fact-finding Study on how domestic measures address benefit-sharing arising from commercialand non-commercial use of digital sequence information on genetic resources and address the useof digital sequence information on genetic resources for res

INTERESTS

  • Dr. Khalaf's work has focused on analyzing the integration of the sustainable development principle and law into reform policies and action plans.

  • Her Ph.D. thesis on the protection of agricultural biodiversity, plant-related innovations, and the transition to a green economy in developing countries.

  • My principal research interests are in the field of sustainable development law and intellectual property rights related to biotechnology, with a special focus on law, policy, and implementation.