Title Professor Emeritus Name Yoram Dinstein | Role Author | |
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Known for International law specialist; authority on the laws of war; former President and Dean of Law at Tel Aviv University. Notable work The Conduct of Hostilities Under the Law of International Armed Conflict (2nd ed., 2010)The International Law of Belligerent Occupation, (2009)War, Aggression and Self-Defence (4th ed., 2005) Books War - Aggression and Self, The Conduct of Hostilities, The International Law of Be, Non‑International Armed Conflicts i, The Defence of 'Obedien | ||
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Yoram Dinstein is a scholar and Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University. He is a specialist on international law, and a prominent authority on the laws of war.
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- Prof yoram dinstein non state actors and terrorism in international law full version
- Niac 2011 yoram dinstein closing remarks
- Early life and education
- Career
- Books
- Articles
- References
Niac 2011 yoram dinstein closing remarks
Early life and education
Dinstein was born in Tel Aviv in 1936. He received his legal education from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he graduated summa cum laude, and New York University Law School.[1]
Career
Dinstein formerly held the posts of President (from 1991–98), Rector (1980–85), and Dean of Law at Tel Aviv University.
He served twice as the Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Law at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. He was also a Humboldt Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany, a Meltzer Visiting Professor of Law at New York University, and a visiting Professor of Law at the University of Toronto.
Dinstein is President of Israel’s national branch of the International Law Association and of the Israel United Nations Association. He served as Chairman of the Israel national branch of Amnesty International and as a member of the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law. He is a member of the Council of the San Remo International Institute of Humanitarian Law. He is the founder and Editor of the Israel Yearbook on Human Rights (40 volumes of which have been issued – in English – since 1971).[2] During his time at Amnesty International, Israeli government funded its operation, and Dinstein regularly was in contact with the Israeli Foreign Ministry and received instructions from it.
Dinstein has written on international law, human rights, and the laws of armed conflict.