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]
Select Bibliography
[edit]- Fair Labelling and the Dilemma of Prosecuting Gender-Based Crimes at the International Criminal Tribunals, 2014.
- The Triumph of Ethnic Hatred and the Failure of International Political Will: Gendered Violence and Genocide in the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, 2010.
- Selected Socio-Legal Bibliography on Ethnic Cleansing, Wartime Rape, and Genocide in the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, with Ibtisam M. Mahmoud, 2004 ISBN 978-0-7734-6260-1
- Tarfud al-Sarj al-Jiyad [The Horses Reject the Saddle], 1982.
- Qublah Ala Jabin al-Shams [A Kiss on the Face of the Sun], 1979.
- Inaq al-Mawt [The Hug of the Death], 1977.
- Bil-Hirab Ala Wajh al-Daya' (With Daggers on the Face of Homelessness], 1976.
- Abir al-Dima’ [Fragrance of Blood], 1973.
References
[edit]- ^ Abdul-Fattah, Ali, “Ishraqah” Al-Ra’i Al-Aam, Monday, 25 April 1994, p. 22; Babteen Encyclopaedia for contemporary Arab Poets, VI vols. (Kuwait: Babteen Association, 1995) II: 2, pp. 158-159; Ḥamadah, Muhammad Umar, A Bibliographical Dictionary of Palestinian Elders, III vols, (Dimashq : Dār Qutaybah, 1985) II: 215-217.
- ^ Mustafa, Shakir, Investigating the Complete Literary works of Hilmi Zawati, El-Masri, 22 September 2000, p. 21; Sumrain, Raja, "Semantic features of Hilmi Zawati Poetry", in R. Sumrain, Taht al-Mijhar: Majmu’a min al-Abhath wal-Maqalat al-Naqdiyya (Amman: Dar al-Yara’, 2003) pp. 93-153; Sadduq, Radi, Palestine Poets in the Twentieth Century (Beirut: al-Mu’ssasah al-Arabiyya lil-Dirasat wal-Nashr, 2000) pp. 204-205.
- ^ "Academic Author: Zawati, Hilmi M." mellenpress.com. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
External links
[edit]- Diwan al-Arab, 8 July 2006. (in Arabic).
- Universal Encyclopedia of Arabic Poetry, 3 April 2008. (in Arabic).
- Ministry of Culture Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, Jordan, 30 September 2010 (in Arabic).