Yuval Shany

Yuval Shany
Yuval Shany
יובל שני
Born	March 28, 1969 (age 57); Israel
Academic background
Education	Hebrew University (LL.B); New York University School of Law (L.L.M); (University of London (PhD);
Academic work
Discipline	Law
Sub-discipline	Humanitarian law, Human rights
Institutions	Hebrew University of Jerusalem;

Yuval Shany (Hebrew: יובל שני) is an Israel academic, scholar of humanitarian law and human rights.^[1] He holds the Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in Public International Law at Hebrew University. In 2018, Shany was elected Chair of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, a committee of scholars who review compliance of member states with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. As of 2018, he is deputy president of the Israel Democracy Institute.^[2]^[3]

Shany holds an LLB from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1995), an LLM in International Legal Studies from New York University (1997), and a PhD in International Law from the SOAS, University of London (2001).^[4]

References

↑ Cohen, Roger (2023-12-10). "Who's a 'Colonizer'? How an Old Word Became a New Weapon". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
↑ Winer, Stuart (3 July 2018). "For the first time, Israeli expert chosen to chair UN Human Rights Committee". Times of Israel. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
↑ "For the First Time, an Israeli Will Head UN Human Rights Committee". Haaretz. JTA. 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on July 4, 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
↑ "Yuval Shany faculty bio". Hebrew University.

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[:1-1] Cohen, Roger (2023-12-10). "Who's a 'Colonizer'? How an Old Word Became a New Weapon". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-07.

[WinerCommittee-2] Winer, Stuart (3 July 2018). "For the first time, Israeli expert chosen to chair UN Human Rights Committee". Times of Israel. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

[RightCommittee-3] "For the First Time, an Israeli Will Head UN Human Rights Committee". Haaretz. JTA. 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on July 4, 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

[facultybio-4] "Yuval Shany faculty bio". Hebrew University.

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