Mutaz Qafisheh

Mutaz M. Qafisheh is Professor of International Law, the founding and former dean, Hebron University College of Law and Political Science, Palestine. He holds PhD in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, and is a practicing international lawyer, pleading before International Criminal Court, Palestinian Court of Cassation and Constitutional Court. He chairs the board of trustees of Law for Palestine Organization, UK, and is Deputy President of Palestinian Research Council. Prof. Qafisheh founded the Hebron University 15 legal clinics. He advises a number of institutions: UN, PLO, NGOs, companies and law firms. He supervises PhDs in universities in Palestine, Europe and the Middle East. Qafisheh formerly worked as Human Rights Officer at the UN Human Rights Office in Geneva, Beirut and Ramallah; Director of Legal Education Program for Palestine law schools; and Legal Advisor for Palestinian Parliament. He co-founded the Human Rights Program of Al-Quds-Bard Honors College, Jerusalem-New York. He authored and edited six books and 60 peer-reviewed articles published by top international publishers. He is the most cited faculty in all Palestinian law schools by Google Scholar, holds the most classified law publications in Palestine by Scopus. Qafisheh’s scholarship relates to international law, human rights, humanitarian law, international criminal law, dispute settlement, citizenship, refugees, security sector, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, law of the sea, criminology, clinical legal education, gender, legislative drafting and Islamic law. He is a member of over 20 international professional foundations. He worked in over 15 countries and now lives in Jerusalem.