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University of Oslo, Norway

Gentian Zyberi

Gentian Zyberi is a Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo. Professor Zyberi has been a member of the UN Human Rights Committee (2019-2022) and a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, the Netherlands (2016-2028). He has led the Faculty Research Group on Human Rights, Armed Conflicts, and the Law of Peace and Security (2017-2021). Currently, he serves in the Scientific Committee of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (2023-2028).

Professor Zyberi has been co-editor-in-chief of the Nordic Journal of Human Rights (2019-2022) and has reviewed scholarly work for many international law publishers. Over the last two decades, he has done research, published and taught in the areas of international human rights, international humanitarian law, international criminal law and public international law at various universities in the Netherlands, Albania, China, the US, Kosovo, and Norway. His research interests include the role of international courts and tribunals in developing international law; the protection of community interests in international law; and, transitional justice processes, especially in the Balkans.