Nasir Qadri

Nasir Qadri is an international human rights lawyer with over a decade of experience. He is currently a Legal Officer at the PAL Commission on War Crimes, Justice, Reparations, and Return, based in New York. His work focuses on legal accountability, transitional justice, and international legal responses to prolonged military occupation and systemic human rights violations in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK).

Mr. Qadri is the Founder and Executive Director of the Legal Forum for Kashmir (LFK), an organization dedicated to documenting war crimes and advocating for the right to self-determination under international law. He previously served as an Executive Member of the High Court Bar Association Kashmir (HCBA).

He holds a BA LLB (Honours) from the University of Kashmir and an LLM in Human Rights Law from the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), where he specialized in international humanitarian law and legal dimensions of military occupation. He is writing his PhD dissertation on "Settler Colonialism and International Law: A Case for the Right to Self-Determination in IOJK."

Mr. Qadri recently completed a research project at the Riga Graduate School of Law (RGSL) in Europe, focusing on the intersection of artificial intelligence, digital evidence, and war crimes. His work critically explores how emerging technologies are transforming accountability frameworks in armed violence and occupation situations.

He has presented at international legal forums, contributed scholarly and media articles on public international law, and is recognized for his expertise in lawfare, settler colonial studies, international humanitarian law, and the evolving role of AI in warfare and legal documentation.