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Introduction
This is the homepage of Dr. Curtis F.J. Doebbler, a legal representative, expert consultant, and teacher/trainer in the field of international human rights law. This page contains information about Dr. Doebbler's work and information on how to contact him if you wish his assistance on matters concerning yours or others internationally protected human rights. You can also view some of his work by clicking on the links below or by clicking here to go to a page devoted to explaining his political views in slightly more detail by clicking here or by going to webpages contain some of his online writings.
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Do you have questions about your or others' international human rights?
You can e-mail Dr. Doebbler with your questions about international human rights law, to enquire about redress for human rights abuses that you or others may have suffered, or to discuss a particular threat to your's or others' human rights. Alternatively, you can e-mail Dr. Doebbler with a short message asking him to get in touch with you. Dr. Doebbler's e-mail addresses are: human_rights_lawyer@writeme.com and cdoebbler@gmail.com.
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Personal Data
Dr. Curtis F.J. Doebbler was born in 1961 in Buffalo, NY, USA. He has Dutch and American nationality, although he travels only on an American passport. He speaks and understands Dutch and English and has studied Italian, German, Arabic, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Russian, and French. His professional interests are in international human rights law, public international law, and comparative constitutional law.
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Human Rights Legal Representation, Teaching or Consultation
Dr. Doebbler is always willing to consider human rights work. He has experience with cases before numerous international human rights bodies. He also has experience representing IGOs, governments, NGOs and private individuals in a variety of international contexts where international law is relevant.
Indigent individuals or others, may, by express agreement, be assisted free of charge. In any event, Dr. Doebbler is always willing to discuss your case or any human rights matter with you free of charge in the first instance.
Queries from individuals, law firms, universities, schools and organizations concerning teaching, research, guest lectures or representation in matters of human rights are welcome.
Dr. Doebbler's normal commercial rates start at two hundred ($250.00) United States dollars per hour. Dr. Doebbler choses the cases in which he represents individuals or groups based upon who contacts him and his own evaluation of the consequences of the case for the protection of human rights in general. If he is not able to represent you, he is always willing to try to recommend another competent human rights lawyer.
If you have MSN Messenger you can contact him via the internet if he is logged in to his public account at curtis_doebbler@hotmail.com.
Human Rights Work in Progress
RESEARCH:
1. Refugee repatriation and protection policies and practices.
2. Cross-cultural perspectives and cooperation for ensuring internationally protected human rights.
3. Individuals and society in the process of international human rights law.
4. Human rights and globalization.
5. Social and economic human rights.
6. Human rights in armed conflict.
ACTIVITIES TO ENCOURAGE RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS:
1. Advising governments and non-governmental actors on issues of international human rights law, providing independent, impartial advice from the perspective of an international human rights lawyer, a profession for which he studied more than fifteen years at university level and in which he has more than fifteen years practical experience. To maintain his independence Dr. Doebbler has refused to accept any form of permanent employment with any government, although he has done short term consultancies for governments.
2. Teaching human rights to different groups of people--both governmental and non-governmental at both university level and community level.
3. Representing individuals who are referred to me and advise them on their human rights, often through other law offices. At the moment, Dr. Doebbler has both individual and group clients around the world, most of them are refugees or internally displaced people. Almost all of Dr. Doebbler's work for these individuals is on a pro bono basis. Dr. Doebbler's clients have included an estimated two and a half million internally displaced persons in Khartoum State, approximately 15,000 Ethiopian Refugees in Sudan, dozens of political activists in Sudan, the democratic Republic of Congo, Peru, and Afghanistan, and dozens of human rights defenders in numerous countries around the world.
4. Writing on issues of international human rights law and public international law--both print and electronic publications.
5. Legal consultancies, teaching and training posts.
Selected Publications
available from CD Publishing and at cdpublishing.filetap.com
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS, (pp. 975, pbk. US$49.95, one volume. Also available in two volumes at US$19.95 per volume and as an electronic book) CD Publishing: Washington, D.C., USA, ISBN: 0-9743570-0-6) (2004).
AN INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, (pp. 364, pbk. US$24.95, CD Publishing: Washington, D.C., USA, ISBN: 0-9743570-2-2 and ISBN (EAN-13): 978-0-9743570-2-7(2006).
AN INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW, (pp. 160, pbk. US$15.95) CD Publishing: Washington, D.C., USA, ISBN: 0-9743570-3-0 (forthcoming in 2007).
AN INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW, (pp. 228, pbk. US$16.99) CD Publishing: Washington, D.C., USA, ISBN: 0-9743570-6-5 (2005).
UK ASYLUM LAW IN ITS EUROPEAN CONTEXT, (1999), pp. 161, published by Platinium Press and GEMS at SOAS, edited by Prakash Shah and Curtis Doebbler.
This book includes contributions by some of the leading immigration lawyers in Europe as well as some of the most promising new minds in the field. It examines the main United Kingdom laws effecting aslyum seekers and provides valuable advice for the process of immigration law reform. The book is a 'must' for anyone wishing to involve themselves in the contemporary debates on asylum law reform. It is aimed at practitioners and policy-makers, but will also be of value to students seeking to familiarize themselves with the intricate world of asylum law. The book also contains unique arguments for asylum law practitioners and for international human rights lawyers seeking to challenge asylum laws and practices. Among the contributing authors are Nicholas Blake, Debbie Winterbourne, Roel Fernhout, Monica Feria-Tinta and Prakash Shah. This book is available by e-mail order for the special price of £10 (GBP) if you e-mail me below.
THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE PROCESS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
University of London Ph.D. thesis completed in 1998. It's 430 pages critically examine the participation of individuals in the process of international human rights law. It is contemporary value-oriented policy approach to international human rights law that will be interesting to anyone who is involved in the development of this law or who is interested in its development. Available for $35.00.
Various working papers including one on the assessment of (complex) disaster situations that discusses how assessments might provide information value to developing respect for human rights.
Academic and Legal Background
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
Ph.D. (international law) awarded March 1998.
Thesis Title: The Individual in the Process of International Law.
Supervisors: Professor Rosalyn Higgins, Professor Peter Muchlinski and Professor Gunther Tëubner
Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, Nijmegen, NL
Degree of Masters of Law (LL.M./meesterstitel) awarded January 1993; GPA: 8.2 (B/B+).
Studied Dutch law, comparative constitutional law, private international law, and public international law, specializing in international human rights law.
New York Law School, New York City, New York, USA
Degree of Juris Doctors awarded August 1988; GPA: 2.8 (B).
Specialized in comparative constitutional law and international law.
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA
Bachelors of Arts in English literature (fiction writing)
Bachelors of Fine Arts in journalism (print)
Both awarded August 1983; GPA: 2.6 (B).
AWARDS
Academy of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington, D.C.
Human Rights Award awarded June 2001.
Hague Academy of International Law, Den Haag, NL.
Diploma of the Academy (public international law) awarded August 2000.
Law Department Teaching Fellowship, LSE, London, UK.
Awarded 1995-1997.
Morris Scholarship, London, UK.
Awarded 1995-1997.
Research Fellow of the Hague Academy of International Law, Den Haag, NL.
Awarded Summer 1988.
First Prize at the Helsinki Summer Session of International and European Law, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Awarded August 1988.
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Visiting Professor, The University of Pristina, Kosovo during July 2005. Taught a course at Pristina University during the summer semester on international humanitarian law that was sponsored by the Pristina University and the ICRC in Kosovo.
Visiting Professor of Law, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine from January 2005 to Present. Teaching International Human Rights Law to undergraduate students and International Criminal Law and Legal Research to graduate students. All courses are taught in Arabic and English. Also assisted the University with curriculum development proposals.
International Human Rights Lawyer, Legal Representative, and Consultant on Matters Involving International Human Rights Law and Public International Law from August 1988 to Present. Litigate cases before international bodies, including the Inter-American human rights bodies, the European human rights bodies, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and various United Nations’ bodies. Advise individuals, groups of individuals, non-governmental organizations and governments on issues related to international human rights law, public international law, asylum law, and administrative law matters before administrative authorities in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, the Netherlands, Israel and Sudan. Regularly present lectures and conduct trainings on international human rights law for the public, members of the judiciary, lawyers, military personnel and other audiences at the request of non-governmental and governmental organizations. Lobby governments and intergovernmental organizations on matters of international human rights law and public international law.
Visiting Professor, The University of Pristina, Kosovo during July 2004. Taught a course at Pristina University during the summer semester on international human rights law.
Visiting Professor of International Human Rights Law, Tashkent State Institute of Law, Uzbekistan from January 2004 to June 2004. Taught a course of lectures and seminars on international human rights law to over a hundred students in English with translation to Russian and Uzbek and provided advice on international human rights law to governmental and non-governmental organizations.
Visiting Professor, The University of Pristina, Kosovo from July to August 2003. Taught a course at Pristina University during the summer semester on international human rights law.
Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Political Science, The American University in Cairo, Egypt from September 2000 to August 2002. Teaching and supervision of research students. Awarded a grant for research into the use of electronic media for teaching international relations and law during the spring semester of 2001. Assisted in establishing a Master Degree in International Human Rights Law and in securing a UNESCO Chair in Human Rights. Taught graduate courses in International Human Rights Law, Human Rights in the Middle East and Africa, Legal Writing and Research, Egyptian and Sudanese Relations, Theory of International Relations, International Humanitarian and Criminal Law. Supervised eight graduate theses and approximately two dozen research projects and interns. Taught upper level undergraduate courses in International Relations and Public International Law. Collaborated with UNDP in establishing a human rights training programme for Egyptian government officials, advice provided to the Egyptian Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs, and the Egyptian Society of International Law, and lectured at the Diplomatic Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Visiting Professor, The University of Pristina, Kosovo from July to August 2002. Teaching a Course in the Pristina University Summer School on international relations and international law.
‘Of Counsel’ on Matters of Constitutional Law and International Human Rights Law to the Law Office of Ghazi Suleiman in Khartoum, Sudan from September 1997 to May 2002. Provided advice on Sudanese constitutional law, international human rights law and public international law in cases before Sudanese courts and before international organizations. The Law Office of Ghazi Suleiman is the leading law firm in the area of human rights and public law in Sudan.
Advisor to the Advisory Council on Human Rights of the Ministry of Justice of the government of Sudan from August 1997 to July 1999. Advised the government on issues of international human rights law. The advice provided was from the prospective of an independent international lawyer and given on international human rights law and public international law applicable to Sudan in an attempt to achieve changes in government policies that would improve respect for human rights. Served as advisor to the National Constitutional Committee drafting the new Constitution (1998) of Sudan. Resigned effective 25 July 1999 due to departure from Sudan.
Visiting Professor, Khartoum University in Khartoum, Sudan from October 1997-November 1998. Lectured on international human rights law, public international law, American constitutional law and international economics in the Department Faculty of Political Science of the Faculty of Economics and Political Science. Resigned in protest of the university’s discriminatory policy prohibiting southern Sudanese students who refused to wear the religious required hijab to attend courses.
Legal Consultant to UNICEF Sudan from September to December 1997. Provided advice to UNICEF Sudan country office in Khartoum on how they may use the Convention on the Rights of the Child in their programming and in advocacy for children’s rights. Dismissed under controversial circumstances in which UNICEF acted contrary to contractual obligations and apparently under instructions from entities seeking to prevent my human rights activities in Sudan. This dismissal is currently being litigated before the United Nations Administrative Tribunal.
Visiting Professor, The University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Hercegovina from July to August 1996. Teaching a Course in the Tuzla University Summer School on international human rights law.
Teacher, London School of Economics and Political Science as holder of a Department of Law's teaching assistantship from October 1995 to September 1997 taught on and coordinated the postgraduate (LL.M.) course International Protection of Human Rights and taught undergraduate classes in public international law at the at London School of Economics and Political Science. From 1994 to 1996 coordinated and taught the Asylum and Law and Practice classes in the University of London LL.M. programme as part of the course on Comparative Immigration and Nationality Law at the School of African and Oriental Studies. Lectured on human rights at the Commonwealth Studies Institute, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and University College of the University of London; lectured and trained human rights workers in Minden, Germany; Padova, Italy; Baghdad, Iraq; Amman, Jordan; Tuzla, Bosnia and Hercegovina; and Khartoum, Sudan; and presented papers at conferences in the United Kingdom, Sudan, Iraq, Denmark and the United States. Advised the British government on the guidelines for dealing with unaccompanied children entering the UK. Left to live abroad because of partner’s posting in Sudan with the World Health Organization.
Consultant on humanitarian projects in the former Yugoslavia from March 1992 to June 1997. Assisted on refugee care projects, legal aid projects, the dissemination of information on international human rights and humanitarian law, human rights fact-finding and peace projects. From September 1993 to February 1994 represented a humanitarian organization donating a 12 million dollar hospital to East Mostar, Bosnia and Hercegovina which included organizing feasibility study, negotiating the cooperation of regional political leaders, local administrators, western governments, United Nations agencies and NGOs. In 1995 served as a local consultant to UNHCR in Mostar and to Medicines Sans Frontiers in Croatia and the Bihac region of Bosnia and Hercegovina. Gradually ended activities to be able to work in other areas.
Community Service Volunteer to the Adolescent Support Team of Islington Council, London, UK during 1994-1995. Provided legal advice and assistance to adolescents. Ended agreed term.
External Researcher Affiliated to the Peace Research Centre at Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen in the Netherlands from 1991 to 1994. Researching policy development concerning reactions to humanitarian disasters. In 1991 and 1992, initiated and co-coordinated a multidisciplinary study of humanitarian conditions in Iraq after the Gulf war (the International Study Team) which reviewed nine sectors relating to the public health, economic and social condition of the population. In 1993, co-drafted a successful five million dollar proposal to establish a programme to study the effects of conflict on civilian populations that was funded by the Canadian government. Ended time-limited activities.
Legal Assistant to the Dutch Law Firm of Van Driel & Veraarts, Alkmaar, NL. Assisted in drafting appellate briefs for cases concerning refugee law during 1993. Ended association when law office dissolved into separate firms.
Volunteer Legal Advisor to the Dutch Refugee Council in Nijmegen, Nijmegen, NL. Advised staff, refugees and asylum seekers on refugee and immigration law from 1989 to 1991. Ended when Dutch Refugee Council request my resignation because of my (fully legal) activities in protest of the wars (both Iraq’s attack on Kuwait and the Allied attack on Iraq) in Iraq and Kuwait.
Legal Assistant to Bernard Raphan, esq., NYC, a sole practitioner, from 1985 to 1987. Assisted on state and federal cases concerning contract law, real estate law, personal injuries, immigration, criminal and landlord-tenant law. Relocated to Europe.
Research Assistant to Professor Michael Perlin, New York Law School, NYC during 1986 and 1987. Assisted with research for his treatise on mental health law, published in two volumes in 1991. Graduated.
Research Assistant to Professor Z. Mohgrabi, New York Law School, NYC during 1986. Assisted with research for his textbook on international business transactions. Graduated.
Library Assistant at New York Law School Library, NYC from 1985 to 1987. Graduated.
Provided reference assistance for printed and electronic material.
Community Service Volunteer to London Solicitor Stephen Burton, London, UK, from 1984 to 1985. Experience included assisting with the drafting of pleadings and court documents. Ended agreed term.
Legal Assistant to Bernard Schnall, partner and head of the company law section of Rubin Schwartz & Schnall, NYC, from 1983 to 1984. Experience in company and commercial law. Left United States.
AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE LAW BEFORE THE FOLLOWING DOMESTIC COURTS
Courts in the District of Columbia [DC Bar No. 481243]
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [Bar No. 1013]
United States Court of Federal Claims
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES
American Bar Association, 2001-2004
American Society of International Law, 1996-1998, 2000-2002
Bar of the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Since 2002
Bar of the United States Court of Federal Claims, Since 2003
District of Columbia Bar Association, Since 2002
Dutch Society of International Law, 1990-1991
International Bar Association, 2004-2005
National Lawyers Guild, Since 2002
PUBLICATIONS
Legal Writing
Doebbler, C.F.J., An Introduction to International Human Rights Law (pp. 320, pbk. US$25.00) CD Publishing and Café Press: Washington, D.C., USA, ISBN: 0-9743570-2-2 (forthcoming in 2006).
Doebbler, C.F.J., An Introduction to International Criminal Law (pp. 160, pbk. US$15.95) CD Publishing and Café Press: Washington, D.C., USA, ISBN: 0-9743570-3-0 (forthcoming in 2006).
Doebbler, C.F.J., An Introduction to International Humanitarian Law (pp. 228, pbk. US$16.99) CD Publishing and Café Press: Washington, D.C., USA, ISBN: 0-9743570-6-5 (2005).
Doebbler, C.F.J., contributor to The American Bar Association, Central and East European Law Initiative, Assessment of the Draft Code of Judicial Conduct for Indonesia (July 2005).
Doebbler, C.F.J., et al., “A Trial Indeed: The Treatment of Saddam Hussein vs. the Rule of Law,” at pages - to - in Sharp, J., (ed.), The War in Iraq (2005).
Doebbler, C.F.J., et al., “Debate about Justice in Iraq: Professors Curtis Doebbler and Michael Scharf,” 37 Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 21 (2005).
Doebbler, C.F., (compiled by), Selected Human Rights Treaties in Russian and English, CD Publishing: Washington, D.C., USA (2004).
Doebbler, C.F.J., and Eid, M., “American Lawyers and the Use of Force,” 16(3) Peace Review 279-284 (September 2004).
Doebbler, C.F.J., (Добблер, К.Ф.Д.), Изучение Международного Права Прав Человека (Russian), Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Tashkent State Institute of Law and ABA CEELI, ISBN 0-9743570-1-4 (pp. 192, pbk. US$15.00) (2004).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Book Review: Howard N. Meyer, The World Court in Action, Judging Among the Nations,” 29(2) Peace and Change 322-346 (2004).
Doebbler, C.F.J., International Human Rights Law: Cases and Materials, CD Publishing: Washington, D.C. (cdpublishing@publicist.com), ISBN 0-9743570-0-6 (pp. xxxviv/974 pbk US$49.95) (2004).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “A Complex Ambiguity: The Relationship Between the African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights and Other African Union Initiatives Affecting Respect for Human Rights, Iowa Journal of International Law (2004).
Doebbler, C.F., “Elections in Sudan” at 50-68 in Hamdy, I.A., (ed.), Cairo Papers in Social Science, Cairo, Egypt: The American University Press (2004).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Case Note: Egypt v. Saad Eddin Ibrahim,” African Journal of Human Rights (forthcoming).
Doebbler, C.F., (compiled by), Selected Human Rights Treaties in Albanian and English, CD Publishing: Washington, D.C., USA (2003).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “How Can We Really Protect National Security,” 9(1) ILSA Journal of Int’l & Comparative Law (2003).
International Study Team, (Doebbler, C.F., contributing author and editor), Our Common Responsibility: The Impact of a New War on Iraqi Children, International Study Team (31 January 2003).
Doebbler, C.F., “The Rule of Law v. Staying in Power. The State of Egypt v. Saad Eddin Mohammed Ibrahim,” 8 Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law 2000-2001 353-363 (2003).
Doebbler, C.F., “Statelessness under International Law, with particular reference to the Arab World,” 15 Leiden Journal of International Law 527-552 (2002).
Doebbler, C.F., “An American Legend: The Overlegalization of Human Rights,” published in American Society of International Law, Proceedings of the 96th Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C. from 13-16 March 2002 381-383 (2002).
Doebbler, C.F., “The Use of Force in Afghanistan and International Humanitarian, Human Rights, Diplomatic, and Criminal Law” in Papers and Proceedings from the International Symposium on Terrorism and Human Rights (2002).
Doebbler, C.F., (compiled by), Selected Human Rights Treaties in Arabic and English, CD Publishing: Washington, D.C., USA (2002).
Doebbler, C.F., contributor to The American Bar Association, Central and East European Law Initiative, Analysis of the Draft Law on the Legal Profession for the Republic of Moldova (2002).
Doebbler, C.F., “Statelessness under International Law,” SHAML Papers on Statelessness in the Arab World (2002).
Doebbler, C.F., (with the collaboration of Ahmed, J., and Dabhoiwala, M.), Handbook for Using the Internet for Teaching and Research in the Department of Political Science at the American University in Cairo (2002).
Doebbler, C.F., Handbook on the Human Rights Approach to Health produced for the Global Health Council (June 2002).
Doebbler, C.F., “Book Review: Rachel Murray, The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and International Law,” 37(1) Texas Journal of International Law 227-230 (December 2001).
Doebbler, C.F., “The Human Right to Health of Children and the World Bank,” 5(2) Harvard Journal of Health and Human Rights 120-146 (2001).
Doebbler, C.F., “Responding to Violence: American Options and International Law,” Department of Political Science, American University in Cairo, “The Attack on the United States: What Next?” (15 September 2001).
Doebbler, C.F., contributor to The American Bar Association, Central and East European Law Initiative, Analysis of the Draft Code of Judicial Ethics for the Republic of Bulgaria (2001).
Doebbler, C.F., Letter to the Editor (US Violates International Law), USA Today (10 October 2001).
Doebbler, C.F., “Using Electronic Technology in University Education” in The American University in Cairo, Information Technology in Egypt: Challenges and Impact, Proceedings of the Eighth AUC Research Conference held on 1-2 April 2001 120-131 (2001).
Doebbler, C.F., “The Plight of Internally Displaced Women in Sudan,” Hijra (2001).
Doebbler, C.F., “Women and Public Order in Khartoum Sudan,” 44 Criminal Justice Matters 10-11 (Summer 2001).
Doebbler, C.F., “The UK Human Rights Act: An Obstacle or an Improvement,” a response to Weinstein, B.H, “UK Human Rights Act” on Insight the online law forum of the American Society of International Law at http://www.asil.org/insights.htm (1 June 2001).
Doebbler, C.F., “Human Rights of Displaced Persons in Sudan,” 16(1) The CASID Connection 73-96 (2000).
Doebbler, C.F., “Failing the Dispossessed: UNHCR and Ethiopian Refugees in Sudan,” 12(1) Human Right Tribune 3-4 (2000).
Doebbler, C.F., International Law of Territory, an electronic workbook in the International Law Resource Book of the IOLIS Law Courseware Consortium project at the University of Warwick (2000).
Doebbler, C.F., Lectures on Human Rights in Sudan, (Arabic and English), CD Publishing, 55 pp. (2000).
Feria-Tinta, M., and Doebbler, C.F., "Surviving the Asylum Process in the United Kingdom: Destitute Asylum Seekers and Their Rights Under International Human Rights Law,” 13(2) Immigration & Nationality Law & Practice 50-62 (May 1999).
Shah, P., and Doebbler, C.F., (eds.), UK Asylum Law in Its European Context, London: Platinium Publications and GEMS SOAS Publications, 162 pp. (1999).
Berkowitz, N., and Doebbler, C.F., “The European Dimension of Asylum Law” at 10-22 in id.
Doebbler, C.F., "Myths and Realities: International Human Rights Law Relevant to Asylum in Europe" at 47-65 in id.
Feria-Tinta, M., and Doebbler, C.F., "The Welfare of Asylum Seekers in the United Kingdom: the Bottom Line" at 90-102 in id.
Fleischhacker, H., and Doebbler, C.F., “Elections in Sudan” at 843-862 in Nohlen, D., Krennerich, M., and Thibaut, B., (eds.), Elections Around the World, New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press (1999).
Doebbler, C.F., International Law of State Responsibility, an electronic workbook in the International Law Resource Book of the IOLIS Law Courseware Consortium project at the University of Warwick (1999).
Suleiman, G., and Doebbler, C.F., “Human Rights in Sudan in the Wake of the New Constitution,” 6(1) Human Rights Brief 1 (1998).
Doebbler, C.F., Effect of War on Children (1998).
Doebbler, C.F., International Human Rights Law, an electronic workbook in the International Law Resource Book of the IOLIS Law Courseware Consortium project at the University of Warwick (1998).
Doebbler, C.F., contributor to The American Bar Association, Central and East European Law Initiative, Analysis of the Draft Code on Lithosphere for the Republic of Armenia (1998).
Doebbler, C.F., “Human Rights and Asian Values,” Vereniging Humanitaire Projekten Working Paper (1997).
Doebbler, C.F., "Helms-Burton: Misguided Moralism?" (unpublished) (14 February 1997).
Winterbourne, D., Shah, P., Doebbler, C.F., "Refugees and safe countries of origin: appeals, judicial review and human rights," 10(4) Immigration & Nationality Law & Practice 123 (1996).
Doebbler, C.F., Notes on the History of Human Rights (contribution to a publication on human rights for the Bund für Sozial Verteidung, Minden, Germany, (Schweitzer, C., ed.) (1996).
Doebbler, C.F., "International Human Rights Law in Its Social Context," Vereniging Humanitaire Projekten Working Paper (2 April 1996).
Doebbler, C.F., "A Case Study Concerning the Protection of Refugees and Other Vulnerable People in an Armed Conflict Involving a Non-State Actor," Vereniging Humanitaire Projekten Working Paper (based on a report to Medicines Sans Frontiers) (1996).
Doebbler, C.F., "Minorities and Human Rights," (unpublished) (1996).
Doebbler, C.F., "A Theory of Human Rights for the 21st Century" prepared for the conference “Human Rights 2000” held in Leicester, the United Kingdom in July 1995 (unpublished).
Doebbler, C.F., “Using Human Rights in Social Action," Vereniging Humanitaire Projekten Working Paper (1993).
Noteboom, J.M., and Doebbler, C.F., "A Draft Treaty concerning the Schengen Accord" in 2(2) Leiden Journal of International Law 229-239 (1989).
Doebbler, C.F., "The Effects of Sanctions and International Legal Responsibility for Human Rights of Iraqi Civilians, Including Children" in Conference Proceedings, Save the Children of Iraq, a non-governmental conference held 28-30 April 1992 in Baghdad, Iraq 150-168 (1992).
Editorials and Newspaper Publications
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Comment on ‘TV Coverage of Saddam Hussein Trial…’,” Comment at www.newshounds.us (5 August 2005).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Opinion: The worse choice possible,” Al-Ahram Weekly, Issue No. 735 (24 - 30 March 2005).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Commentary: Between law and politics,” Al-Ahram Weekly, Issue No. 733 (10 – 16 March 2005).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Commentary: The war in law itself,” Al-Ahram Weekly, Issue No. 731 (24 February – 2 March 2005).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Water, Water Nowhere,” Al-Ahram Weekly, Issue No. 721 (16 – 22 December 2004).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Stand Taken (letter to the editor),” Jordan Times (2 November 2004).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “The Republican Mind,” Al-Ahram Weekly, Issue No. 707 (9 - 15 September 2004).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Beyond Apologies (guest opinion column),” Al-Ahram Weekly, Issue No. 691 (20 May – 26 May 2004).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Right to a Fair Trial (letter to the editor),” Pravda (23 April 2004).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Our Example (guest opinion column),” Pravda Online at english.pravda.ru (Saturday, 24 April 2004).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Israel’s unwitting tribute (guest opinion column),” Al-Ahram Weekly, Issue No. 683 (25 March – 31 March 2004).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Lies, damned lies, and deadly lies (guest opinion column),” Al-Ahram Weekly, Issue No. 681 (11 March – 17 March 2004).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Dividing Humanity (guest opinion column),” Al-Ahram Weekly, Issue No. 679 (26 February – 4 March 2004).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “The year of the helping hand (guest opinion column),” Al-Ahram Weekly, Issue No. 678 (19-25 February 2004).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Strangling and abiding rose (guest opinion column),” Al-Ahram Weekly, Issue No. 677 (12-18 February 2004).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Hold our president accountable as well (letter to the editor),” Baltimore Sun (16 December 2003).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “As smug as bug outside reality (guest opinion column),” Al-Ahram Weekly, Issue No. 667 (4-10 December 2003). Reprinted at www.world-crisis.com (4 December 2003).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “No Justice, No Peace (guest opinion column),” Al-Ahram Weekly, Issue No. 664 (13-19 November 2003).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “What are your doing to change American Foreign policy (opinion editorial),” at www.aljazeerah.info (28 October 2003).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Can You Trust a Liar? (guest opinion column),” Al-Ahram Weekly, Issue No. 661 (26-29 October 2003).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “America’s Unjust war (letter to the editor),” The Star (Amman, Jordan) (23 October 2003).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Bin Laden’s Word and International Law (opinion column),” at www.aljazeerah.info (23 October 2003).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Americans need to look at themselves (letter to the editor),” Bangkok Post (18 October 2003).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Obeying the law (letter to the editor),” Jordan Times (15 October 2003).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “What you won’t hear on an Arab TV,” in Letters to the Editor at www.aljazeerah.info (11 September 2003).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Media Bias” in Letters to the Editor at www.aljazeerah.info (31 August 2003).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Why US Media Should Learn from Arab Counterpart (letter to the editor),” The Peninsula (Qatar), 31 August 2003.
Doebbler, C.F.J., “What it Really Means to be an American,” at ThomasMc.com (29 August 2003).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “US needs to do some soul searching (letter to the editor),” The Peninsula (Qatar), 28 August 2003.
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Americans are denying Iraqis their basic rights (letter to the editor),” The Peninsula (Qatar), 25 August 2003.
Doebbler, C.F.J., “We will continue to suffer” in Letters to the Editor at www.aljazeerah.info (24 August 2003).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “US Firms Get Contracts, Iraqis a Lousy Deal (commentary),” The Peninsula (Qatar), 30 June 2003.
Doebbler, C.F.J., “How a war shouldn’t be fought, courtesy America (letter to the editor),” The Peninsula (Qatar), 29 June 2003.
Doebbler, C.F.J., “The Illegality of the Use of Force in Iraq” Letter to the Editor at www.al-jazeerah.info (8 April 2003).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “U.S. Invasion of Iraq is an Attack Against the Iraqi People” Kuwait Times (2 April 2003).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “The real heroes (letter to the editor),” Jordan Times (Thursday, 27 March 2003).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Service members aren’t heroes (letter to the editor),” USA Today, p. 14A, (Friday, 28 March 2003).
Doebbler, C.F.J., “America’s Armed Forces (letter to the editor),” The Peninsula (Qatar), 26 March 2003.
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Of Course George Is Better Than Saddam,” The Peninsula (Qatar), 1 February 2003.
Doebbler, C.F.J., “American Abuse of International Organizations (letter to the editor),” Washington Times (31 January 2003).
Doebbler, C.F., “The Case of Saad Eldin Ibrahim (letter to the editor),” Middle East Times (25 May 2001).
Online Columns and Other Written Contributions
Islamic Institute for Human Rights at http://www.iifhr.com (Country Director, Egypt)
Human Rights Law and Practice at http://dcregistry.com/homepages/HR.html
Foreign Policy and World Affairs at http://dcregistry.com/users/Sudan/USFP.html
Human Rights in Sudan at http://dcregistry.com/users/Sudan/index.html
Sudan Affairs at http://darkhole.com/sudan (discontinued in September 2000)
Human Rights Law and Practice at http://dcregistry.com/homepages/HR.html
Reports and evaluations for governments and non-governmental organizations about human rights in Sudan, Iraq, the Former Yugoslavia, Central America, Peru, Colombia, the Netherlands, Germany, the former Soviet Union, the United States of America, China, India, Rwanda, Mozambique, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Kenya.
Legal memorandum on issues of international law to governments and inter-governmental organizations.
Legal briefs or written legal representations for the Inter-American Court and Commission of Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, the UN Human Rights Committee, the UN Committee Against Torture, the UN Commission on Human Rights, and the UN Administrative Tribunal.
Legal memorandum or expert legal representations to official bodies in Palestine, Egypt, Netherlands, Israel, Iraq, India, Afghanistan, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Austria, and Sudan.
Communications and petitions to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights and several United Nations human rights bodies.
Independent Human Rights Reports on the Situation of Human Rights in the Former Yugoslavia, the Occupied Territories and Israel and Sudan.
Research memoranda for cases involving American, English, Dutch, Sudanese, Israeli and international law.
Memoranda on humanitarian and political situations for governments and non-governmental organizations.
Amicus Curiae Briefs for the United States Supreme Court.
Proposals for publications and grants related to legal education and legal services.
Lectures, Interviews, and Public Talks Since 1998
March 2004 to present: Frequent Radio, Television, Newspaper and Magazine interviews about the rule of law in Iraq.]
May 2005: Debate with Professor Christopher Greenwood on the Appropriateness of Trying Iraq President Saddam Hussein in Iraq at London School of Economics and Political Science in London, UK on 5 May 2005.
May 2005: Visitor at Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa lecturing to LL.M. students on “The Practice of International Human Rights in the United Nations System,” “The Practice of International Human Rights Law before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights,” “The Iraqi Special Tribunal,” and “Human Right in Arab and Islamic States.”
March 2005: Debate with Professor Michael Scharf on Fair Trial in Iraq at American Society of International Law and International Law Students Association meetings in Washington, D.C. on 1 April 2005.
March 2005: Talk on Fair Trial in Iraq at the University of the District of Columbia Law School, Washington, D.C. on 31 March 2005.
March 2005: Talk on the Trial of Saddam Hussein at the McClendon Club, Nationals Press Club, Washington, D.C. on 30 March 2005.
March 2005: Talk on the Right to Life in Armed Conflict at the Washington School of Law, American University, Washington, D.C. on 30 March 2005.
January 2005: Debate with Professor Michael Scharf on Fair Trial in Iraq at Case Western Reserve University Law School on 13 January 2005.
December 2004: Presentation of a Paper at CEDEJ Conference entitled “The Sudanese Constitution Turns Five Years-Old: A Birthday of Mixed Feelings” held in Cairo, Egypt on 8 and 9 December 2004.
September 2004: Presentation of Paper at UNDP Conference on “Crimes of War and Legal Legacy” held in Dubrovnik, Croatia from 2-6 September 2004.
June 2004: Talk on the “Individual’s Right to Uphold International Law” with Mary Kelly and other Irish human rights and peace activists at Mullingar, Ireland.
May 2004: Interview on International Human Rights Law on Gambia Television during the 35th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Banjul, The Gambia.
March 2004: Lecture on “State Responsibilities for International Human Rights Law” at Freedom House, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
September 2003: Discussion about the “Practice of International Human Rights Law” with students and faculty at Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
August 2003: Interview with syndicated national radio show on international human rights law protecting migrant workers, taped on Saturday, 23 August 2003 and aired at 10 a.m. on 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas, 89.5 FM Galveston, Texas and simulcast on www.kpft.org on Wednesday, 27 August 2003.
July 2003: Moderator and Commentator of a discussion on “Education Reform” organized at Pristina University, Pristina, Kosovo with the Minister of Education of Macedonia Dr. Aziz Polozani and Arab American University Jenin, Palestine trustee and financier Mr. Isa Daas on Monday, 17 July 2003.
April 2003: Interview with syndicated national radio show on international law protecting children in armed conflict live at 6:30 p.m. EST, Monday, 7 April 2003.
April 2003: Discussion on “The Law & the New Gulf War” with Professor William Slomanson and moderated by Professor James Gray at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke Law School, David A. Clarke Lounge on Saturday, 5 April 2003 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m..
February 2003: Presentation entitled “Complex Ambiguity: The Relationship Between African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights and the African Union” in a panel of “Human Rights Governance, and the Rule of Law” at A Conference on the African Union held at Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, Texas, USA, 21-22 February 2003.
February 2003: Interview with Portuguese Radio on the International Study Team’s Report “Our Common Responsibility: The Impact of a New War on Iraqi Children” on 14 February 2003.
February 2003: Interview with Austrian Radio on the International Study Team’s Report “Our Common Responsibility: The Impact of a New War on Iraqi Children” on 12 February 2003.
January 2003: Interview with USA Today on the activities in Baghdad on 26 January 2003 from Baghdad, Iraq.
October 2002: Presentation entitled “How America Can Really Ensure National Security” in a panel on “National Security and International Law” at the International Law Association Weekend, New York, New York, USA, 25 October 2002 (with Mark Zaid and Robert F. Turner).
June 2002: One hour interview about the Middle Conflict for a Private Film, conducted Wednesday, 12 June 2002.
May 2002: Workshop on the Rights Based Approach to Heath at the 29th Annual Global Health Council Conference in Washington, D.C., on 28 May 2002.
March 2002: Presentation entitled “An American Legend: The Overlegalization of Human Rights” in a panel on “The Overlegalization of Human Rights” at the American Society of International Law, Washington, D.C., 16 March 2001 (with Beth Stephens, Robert MaCorquodale, Jim Silk and Lawrence R. Helfer).
February 2002: Presentation on The Armed Conflict in Afghanistan and International Law for a two-day conference on “America’s War on Terrorism and International Law” organized by the Cairo Institute of Human Rights Studies on 26 and 27 February 2002.
February 2002: Powerpoint Presentation and paper on “The Media, Islam and Human Rights” for an international conference entitled “Mediating Human Rights and Democracy: Indonesia, Australia and the Netherlands” held in Perth, Australia from 2 to 4 February 2002.
2001-2002: Guest on local (Cairo, Egypt) television programs dealing with issues of international human rights law.
December 2001: Discussion about the “American Attack on Afghanistan” with the Chief Political and Economic Officer at the American Embassy in the Blue Room at The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
December 2001: Paper on The Use of Force In Afghanistan and International Humanitarian, Human Rights, Diplomatic and Criminal Law presented in an International Symposium on Terrorism and Human Rights sponsored by the Cairo Institute of Human Rights Studies held in Cairo Egypt.
November 2001: Presentation on “The International Law of Stateless Persons” for a Workshop on “The Rights of Citizenship in Egypt—Basics and Complications” organized by the Centre of the Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance and The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
October 2001: Presentation of “The International Law Applying to the War in Afghanistan” in the Oriental Hall at The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
May 2001: Presentation on “Adjusting Welfare for Globalism” at the “International Conference on Economic and Social Rights” at Tel Aviv University, Israel.
April 2001: Presentation on “Elections in Sudan” for the Cairo Papers symposium on “Elections in the Middle East” at The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
April 2001: Lecture on “Using Electronic Technology for Teaching International Relations and International Law” for the 8th Annual Research Conference at The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
March 2001: Presentation on “The International Law of Stateless Persons” for a Workshop on “The Rights of Citizenship in Egypt—Basics and Complications” organized by the Centre of the Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance and The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
February 2001: Lecture on the Concept of Peacekeeping at the Diplomatic Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo, Egypt.
January 2001: Lecture on International humanitarian law and human rights at the University of Lima, Peru.
August 2000: Presentation on Human Rights in Sudan at the Sudan Studies Conference, Durham, England.
July 1999: Conference Chair of a Conference on Bringing Peace to Sudan held in Khartoum, Sudan.
March 1999: Lecture on International Humanitarian Law at a Conference Sponsored by the Radda Barna, the ICRC and the Sudanese Children’s Rights Education Group for Sudanese Army Officers in Jebel Alia, Sudan.
May-July 1999: Six Lecture Series on Human Rights including International Human Rights Law, Human Rights and Politics, Human Rights and Religion, the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, the Human Rights of Women and the Girl Child, and the Rights-Based Approach to Humanitarian Assistance in Khartoum, Sudan.
November 1998: Lecture on Human Rights to Sudanese Lawyers organized by NARD in Khartoum, Sudan.
June 1998: Lectures on Human Rights at the Ministry of Justice in Khartoum, Sudan.
Work in Progress
Doebbler, C.F., Introduction to International Criminal Law (seeking publisher).
Doebbler, C.F., Sudan: War, Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance (seeking publisher).
Doebbler, C.F., The Individual and International Law (in progress).
Doebbler, C.F., The Theory of Contemporary International Law (in progress).
Doebbler, C.F., The Human Rights Defenders Declaration: Progress or Pride (in progress).
Other Writing (poetry)
Doebbler, C.F.J., “My Lady” in International Library of Poetry, The Best Poems of Poets of 2003 (2004), ISBN: 0-7951-5245-0.
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Government Propaganda” in International Library of Poetry, Eternal Portraits (2003) (Awarded October 2003 Poets.com Editor’s Choice Award and recorded on to audio CD), ISBN: 0-7951-5227-2.
Doebbler, C.F.J., “Rania” in Swift, T., 100 Poets Against the War (2003).
Larsen, R., and Doebbler, C.F.J., Voices Within the Well of Wishes and Worldly Feelings: A Collection of Poems, New York and Washington, D.C., 1st Books (2003) (re-issued by CD Publishing in 2004), ISBN: 1-4107-0861-6.
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