Yaser G. M. Alawneh, M.A.
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Yaser Alawneh is a Palestinian human rights activist with over fifteen years of experience in the fields of human rights and criminal justice. He joined the Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) in 2002 as a legal researcher (and later as a specialist in the UN human rights mechanisms). In 2014, he finished six months fellowship with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva in the National Institutions, Regional Mechanisms and Civil Society Section. In addition, Mr Alawneh enjoys high reputation as a human rights practitioner. He has developed particular strengths in practical human rights education and capacity building, delivery training in this field of human rights. He also has published numerous research studies, articles, reports, guidelines and training manuals on international mechanisms, criminal justice, children’s and women’s rights, developmental disabilities, humanitarian action, human rights and refugees and migrants and others.
He holds an M.A. in Democracy and Human Rights with socialization in the role of UN in protecting the minorities from Birzeit University.
Implementation and Accountability of State of Palestine as a Non-Member Observer State at the United Nations under the International Human Rights Treaties: A Comparative Study of EU and Palestine.