Curtis Doebbler

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Curtis F.J. Doebbler is an international

District of Columbia.[1] and in the State of Texas[2] and several federal courts in the United States, including the Supreme Court of the United States.[3]

Doebbler was born in 1961 in Buffalo, New York, and has American, Palestinian, and Dutch nationality.[4]

He is known for his outspoken opposition to human rights violations by the

U.S. government and his support of individuals in countries that have been subject to armed attacks by the United States.[5]
He has worked almost two decades in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East teaching international human rights law and representing individuals in human rights cases.

In the case of the former Iraqi leader

Iraqi Special Tribunal that the court was illegal and did not respect human rights.[6]

He has made representations before the

Human Rights Council and at numerous side-events of the Council calling for an impartial, fair and equal application of international human rights law and an end the selective punishment of human rights violators, especially by taking steps to end the impunity of powerful countries.[7]

He has advised governments, including the

Hamas government.[8]

He is currently research professor of law at the University of Makeni, Department of Law in Sierra Leone and a visiting professor at Webster University in Geneva.

Education

Doebbler has degrees from four universities. His university degrees include a PhD in

Rosalyn Higgins);[9] a Degree of Master of Laws (LL.M./meesterstitel) from Radboud University Nijmegen (previously known as Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen or Nijmegen Universiteit), Nijmegen, NL; a J.D. from New York Law School, New York City, New York, USA (where he studied under Professors Myres MacDougal and Lung-Chu Chen); and Bachelor of Arts in English literature and of Fine Arts in Journalism from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA. He also holds a diploma from The Hague Academy of International Law
awarded in 2000.

Awards

For his legal and humanitarian work Doebbler has received several fellowships and awards, including a Certificate of Recognition,

Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, NL (July 1988); and First Prize at the Helsinki Summer Session of International and European Law, University of Helsinki, Helsinki
, Finland (August 1988).

Career

Doebbler has taught law at

Tashkent State Institute of Law.[citation needed] From 2004 to 2010 Doebbler was a professor of law at An-Najah National University.[10] In March 2010, he was denied entry to Palestine by the Israeli authorities and has not been able to return to An-Najah National University.[citation needed] He is currently Research Professor Law at the University of Makeni in Sierra Leone where he teaches international law, human rights law, criminal law, and jurisprudence.[citation needed] He is also a visiting professor of law in the Department of International Relations at Webster University in Geneva, Switzerland.[11]

As a practicing international lawyer, his clients have included governments, sitting and former heads of States, an estimated[by whom?] 2.5 million internally displaced persons in Sudan, an estimated[by whom?] 15,000 Ethiopian refugees, members of parliaments, and numerous other individuals and groups. He has also provided advice to senior government officials and non-governmental organizations.[citation needed]

Writing

Doebbler has published numerous articles in academic journals and newspapers. His latest book is the Dictionary of Public International Law

JURIST
.

Views on the United States' killing Osama Bin Laden

Doebbler believes that the United States' killing of Osama bin Laden was a violation of international law. He writes that "any US claims of justification in a situation involving the taking of life requires that the US prove that it acted out of necessity or some other legal justification. Not only has the US failed to provide such proof, it has destroyed the best evidence —the body of the very victim. The US actions concerning Osama Bin Laden’s body look merely like the work of criminals trying to dispose of the evidence of their crime."[13]

External links

Notes

  1. ^ "Curtis FJ Doebbler".
  2. ^ "State Bar of Texas | Find a Lawyer | Curtis Francis Doebbler".
  3. ^ "Curtis FJ Doebbler Profile | Washington, DC Lawyer | Martindale.com".
  4. ^ 't ORANJE KRANTJE – Volume 15, Issue 1 accessed at "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Kareem Fahim, "Saddam Hussein's Lawyer Aims for Bush Prawn salad and occupation politics with the dictator's defense attorney," Village Voice, 14 December 2004.
  6. ^ Curtis Doebbler, "An Intentionally Unfair Trial," Journal of International Criminal Justice, Vol. 5, Issue 2, pp. 264-271, 2007.
  7. ^ "Franciscans International: FI urged the Human Rights Council to take concrete actions to protect the human rights of victims of Climate Change". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Curtis Doebbler (Biographical details)". Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2006.
  9. ^ Listing Doebbler as a "prominent alumni" at http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/alumniRelations/newsAndPublications/prominentAlumni.htm.
  10. ^ An-Najah National University, College of Law, http://www.najah.edu/index.php?page=311.
  11. ^ "Faculty: International Relations, International NGO, History & European Studies | Webster Geneva". Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  12. ^ Dictionary of Public International Law.
  13. ^ Doebbler, Curtis (3 May 2011). "The illegal killing of Osama Bin Laden". Al-Ahram. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
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