Hassan El Menyawi

Nationality: Egypt

Current Position within UPEACE
Hassan El Menyawi is currently Assistant Professor at the United Nations University for Peace, teaching "Public International Law," "International Organizations," "Human Rights," and "HIV/AIDS and Human Rights." Before this, he was Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School. Hassan El Menyawi has obtained an LL.M. from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, an LL.B. (i.e., common law) and B.C.L. (i.e., civil law) from McGill Law School, and a B.Sc. in psychology from McGill Law School. He is the Co-founder and Associate Editor of the "Muslim World Journal of Human Rights", published by Berkeley Press. His areas of interest include international law, contract law, constitutional law, Islamic legal theory, jurisprudence, human rights, international design, international organizations, Islamic theory, Islamic law, Islamic history, political theory, sociology and the law, and social theory.M

Courses/Subjects Taught:
Public International Law
Human Rights
International Organizations
HIV/AIDS and the Law
Terrorism

Research Interests and Areas Willing to Supervise:
Public International Law
Human Rights
Institution Design
Contract Law
Tort Law
Comparative Law
Gender and Sexuality
Feminism
History of Human Rights
HIV/AIDS and the Law
Social and Political Theory
Jurisprudence
Law and Literature
Aesthetics and the Law
20th Century Philosophical Theory