The Role of National Courts in Applying International Humanitarian Law

Sharon Weill, Researcher and Lecturer, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law, and Paris II University

Dr Sharon Weill is an international lawyer specializing in international humanitarian law. She works as a researcher at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law and lecturer at Science Po (Paris), Tel Aviv, and Paris II Universities. Her particular field of interest is the relationship between international and domestic law and the judicial enforcement mechanism of international law at a national level. In this context, she conducted a number of field researches in Israel and Palestine (most notably in the Israeli military courts in the Occupied Palestinian Territories) and in the Balkans (Serbian war crimes chamber). In parallel to her academic work, Dr Weill gives seminars on a regular basis for NGOs practitioners. She writes reports for NGOs and media, and has worked with the UN fact finding mission into the Gaza conflict in 2010.