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Home »   Guest/Associated Researchers »   David Kretzmer

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David Kretzmer is Professor Emeritus of International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he was the founding academic director of the Minerva Center for Human Rights. David has been a visiting professor at Columbia University, Tulane University, University of Southern California and the Fletcher School of Tufts University and in 2009/10 he was an Inaugural Fellow at the Straus Institute for the Advanced Study of Law and Justice at NYU School of Law. From 1995-2002 David was a member of the Human Rights Committee that monitors compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, serving as vice-chairperson of the Committee in 2001 and 2002.
David's main fields of research are constitutional law, human rights and the law of armed conflict. His most recent work has been on the use of force in international law, the use of lethal force against suspected terrorists and the law of belligerent occupation. Alongside his academic work David has been active in NGO work and has appeared before the Israel Supreme Court in human rights cases.