Farnaz Dezfouli Asl

Associate Fellow

Farnaz Dezfouli Asl is a PhD candidate at Justus Liebig Univer­sity Giessen and an Associate Fellow at PRIF’s Research Depart­ment Inter­national Insti­tutions as well as part of the Research Group Public Inter­national Law. Her academic interests include the inter­play between Inter­national Human Rights Law and Inter­national Humani­tarian Law, the role of inter­national law in fact-finding and information manage­ment, the Implemen­tation of IHL through human rights mecha­nisms and the use of force in counter-terrorism operations.

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CV

| seit 2022
Associate Fellow at PRIF

| seit 2021
PhD Candidate in Public Inter­national Law, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

| 2021–2022
Associate Human Rights Officer, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Nouakchott, Mauritania

| 2020–2021
Internship, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Geneva, Switzerland

| 2019
Internship, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) and Geneva Centre for Security Sector Gover­nance (DCAF), Geneva, Switzerland

| 2017–2018
Legal Assistant, JIPYONG Law Firm, Tehran, Iran

| 2016–2017
Internship, United Nations Information Center (UNIC), Tehran, Iran

Publications

  • From Facts to Norm Violations and Accountability? The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine
    | 2023
    Dezfouli Asl, Farnaz; Lesch, Max (2023): From Facts to Norm Violations and Accountability? The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, PRIF Blog.
    Publication
  • “For this Forced Heaven”: Women’s Rights as the Path to Democracy in Iran
    | 2022
    Dezfouli Asl, Farnaz (2022): “For this Forced Heaven”: Women’s Rights as the Path to Democracy in Iran, PRIF BLOG.
    Publication

Further Activities

| March 2022
The Jean Pictet Competition on IHL, Tutor, Albania

| March 2017
The Jean-Pictet Competition on IHL, Participant, Georgia (March 2017)

| March 2017
15th Hong Kong IHL Moot, War Zone 90 (Humanitarian Education Center)

| November 2016
12th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot court competition, Nepal, Runner up team

| November 2019
Scientific colloquium on the role of human rights mechanisms in implementing international humanitarian law Conference in Geneva, Panelist, Geneva 

| September 2019
Advanced seminar in International Humanitarian Law for lecturers and researchers, Geneva, Panelist, ICRC and Geneva Academy
 

  • Edward Elgar publications, Peer-reviewed Article on ‘Implementation of International Humanitarian Law: The Role of The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic’ (Forthcoming)

| August 2016
8th Henry Dunant Memorial National Moot Court competition, Iran, Winner team