Nizar Ayoub
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| Alma mater | • Kiev National University • Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Founder of | Arab Human Rights Centre in Golan Heights |
Principal founder of Al-Marsad | |
Dr Nizar Ayoub is the principal founder of Al-Marsad (Arab Human Rights Centre in Golan Heights) and has been Al-Marsad’s Director since 2012.
Background
Nizar Ayoub obtained an M.A in International Law from the Institute of Foreign Relations and International Law, at Kiev National University in 1992, and a PhD in International Law from the Institute of State and Law, at the Russian Academy of Sciences, in Moscow in 1998.
Career
Ayoub specialises in legal research and training in the fields of international human rights law and international humanitarian law. He is a human rights activist and a member of Israel Bar Association. He worked with Al-Haq, a leading Palestinian human rights organisation in Ramallah from 2000-2011, as a lawyer and legal researcher.
Ayoub has published several studies on the legal status of the occupied Arab territories since 1967 with a special focus on Jerusalem. In 2014 he was a consultant to the UN Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.[1]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Ruth Davidson slammed over high-level Tory visit to illegal Israeli settlement | Article | 13 November 2016 | Martin Williams | Al-Marsad director Dr Nizar Ayoub told Ruth Davidson: "The only part of Syria that Israel borders is the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The fighting in Syria is not taking place metres away from Israel, it is taking place metres away from the occupied Syrian Golan." |
