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Hilmi M. Zawati | |
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Nationality | Palestine |
Awards | Adèle Mellen Prize (2004) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater |
Beirut Arab University McGill University ( D.C.L.) Central Philippine University ( Ph.D.) University of the Punjab University of Khartoum University of Alexandria |
Academic work | |
Discipline | international criminal law and human rights |
Hilmi M. Zawati (
Arabic: حلمي زواتي; born in 1953 in
Nablus)
[1] is an international criminal law and human rights
jurist, Professor of Criminal Law, and Chair at the
Center for Justice and Accountability (CIAJ).
Zawati has been a speaker and author on a number of hotly debated legal issues. [2] He has addressed major academic and professional gatherings in a number of Middle Eastern countries, Africa, Europe, the United States, and in Canada. His current primary teaching and research areas are: International Criminal Law; International Gender Justice System; International Human Rights Law; Islamic Law of Nations (siyar); and International Environmental Law of Armed Conflict. [3]