The Oxford Guide to International Humanitarian Law
Edited by Ben Saul and Dapo Akande
Author Information
Ben Saul is Challis Chair of International Law at the University of Sydney, Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, Visiting Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University, an Associate Fellow of Chatham House, and a barrister. He has published 20 books and 100 refereed articles. He has advised numerous United Nations bodies, governments, and NGOs, served on various professional bodies, and taught law or undertaken field missions in over 35 countries. Visiting positions have included at The Hague Academy of International Law, Max Planck Institute for International Law, and Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights. Ben Saul practices in international tribunals. He has a doctorate from Oxford and honours degrees in Arts and Law from Sydney.
Dapo Akande is a Professor of Public International Law and Co-Director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict at the University of Oxford. He is also a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. A widely-recognized expert in international law, he has published on a variety of topics within this field. He has held visiting professorships, including at Yale Law School and has been the Sir Ninian Stephen Visiting Scholar at the University of Melbourne Law School. He has acted as adviser on international law issues to United Nations bodies, the African Union Commission, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Association of South East Asian Nations, as well as to States and non-governmental organizations. He has acted as advocate, counsel or adviser in cases before international and national tribunals, and served as legal adviser to the UK Parliament's All Party Parliamentary Group on Drone's Inquiry.
Contributors:
Dapo Akande is Professor of Public International Law at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and Co-Director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law & Armed Conflict
Stuart Casey-Maslen is Research & Policy Coordinator at the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and Honorary Professor at the University of Pretoria
Emily Crawford is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney
Robert Cryer is Professor of International and Criminal Law at Birmingham Law School
Gloria Gaggioli is Swiss National Science Foundation Professor at the University of Geneva, Lecturer at the University of Neuchâtel, and a former Legal Adviser at the ICRC
Robin Geiss is Professor of International Law and Security at the University of Glasgow and a former Legal Adviser at the ICRC
Jean-Marie Henckaerts is Legal Adviser at the ICRC, Geneva, Head of the project to update the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Additional Protocols of 1977, and co-editor of the ICRC's Customary International Humanitarian Law Study
Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne is an Associate Professor in Law at the University of Reading
Sarah McCosker is Partner at Lexbridge Public International Lawyers, Canberra, and a former Legal Adviser at the ICRC, Geneva
Rob McLaughlin is Honorary Professor at the Australian National University College of Law and former Director of the Australian Naval Legal Service
Eve Massingham is Regional Legal Advisor at the ICRC Nairobi
Nils Melzer is Human Rights Chair of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Professor of International Law at the University of Glasgow, and UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Cymie R Payne is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Ecology at Rutgers University and the School of Law - Camden
Christophe Paulussen is a Senior Researcher at the Asser Institute and Research Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - The Hague
Jelena Pejic is Senior Legal Adviser at the ICRC, Geneva
Marco Sassoli is Professor of International Law at the University of Geneva and Director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Ben Saul is Challis Chair of International Law at the University of Sydney and Visiting Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University
Michael Schmitt is Professor of Public International Law at Exeter Law School and the Howard S Levie Professor at the United States Naval War College's Stockton Center for International Law
Kelisiana Thynne is Legal Adviser at the ICRC, Geneva
David Turns is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for International Security and Resilience at Cranfield University
Sylvain Vite is a Legal Adviser at the ICRC, Geneva
