Hilmi M Zawati

Hilmi M. Zawati, D.C.L., Ph.D., (Arabic: حلمي زواتي; born in 1953 in Nablus) is an international criminal law and human rights jurist and the current Chair of the International Centre for Legal Accountability and Justice (ICLAJ).

Zawati has been a speaker and author on a number of hotly debated legal issues. 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.