- Abdulqawi Yusuf
Dr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, a Somali national, is a prominent public international lawyer who is currently Legal Adviser, Director of the Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs for
UNESCO .Education
He is Dr. Juris (Somali National University) and holds a PhD in international law from the
Graduate Institute of International Studies (University of Geneva). Prior to his doctorate he completed Post-graduate studies in international law at theUniversity of Florence (Italy).Dr.Yusuf is fluent in Somali, English, French, Arabic, and Italian.
Career
His previous positions include: Legal Advisor (1994-1998) and Assistant Director General for African Affairs, UNIDO, Vienna (1998-2001), Representative and Head of the New York office of
UNCTAD (1992-1994) and Chief of the Legal Policies Service of UNCTAD( 1987-1992), Lecturer in law at the Somali National University (1974-1981) and at theUniversity of Geneva (1981-1983). Somali delegate to the ThirdUnited Nations Conference on the Law of the Seas (1975-1980). Dr. Yusuf has also been guest Professor and Lecturer at a number of Universities and Institutes in Switzerland, Italy, Greece and France.He is the Founder and General Editor of the African Yearbook of International Law and is a Member of the
Institut de droit international (Geneva). Dr. Yusuf is also one of the founder's of the [http://www.afil-fadi.org/ African Foundation for International Law] as well as the Chair person of its Executive Committee. He is the author of several books and numerous articles on various aspects of international law as well as articles and op-ed pieces in newspapers on current African and Somali affairs. Dr.Yusuf is also a member of the editorial advisory board of the Asian Yearbook of International Law, and a member of the Thessaloniki Institute of Public International Law and International Relations curatorium. [ [http://web.auth.gr/institute-iplir/FramesetInstitute.html Frameset ] ] He is currently serving as a judge ad hoc at theInternational Court of Justice . [ [http://www.icj-cij.org/court/index.php?p1=1&p2=5&p3=1 Current Judges ad hoc | International Court of Justice ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.iht.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?query=Abdulqawi%20A.%20Yusuf&sort=swishrank] Articles published in the International Herald Tribune
* [http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=17618&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html] UNESCO Who's who ?
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