Rustam Atadjanov

Rustam Atadjanov, LLB, LLM, Dr. iur. (PhD in Law) is a Graduate of the Karakalpak State University, Uzbekistan (2003), University of Connecticut School of Law, USA (2006), with the main focus on international human rights law, and University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law, Germany (2018), focusing on international criminal law. Formerly a Legal Adviser at the Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Central Asia (2007–2014) dealing with international humanitarian law and public international law issues. He published his monograph with the T.M.C. Asser Press / Springer on the concept of humanity in international criminal law and crimes against humanity in June 2019. Rustam is an editor and co-editor in several academic periodicals including the Central Asian Yearbook of International Law and International Relations (Book Review Editor). He actively publishes with a number of European and Asian academic journals writing on a range of topics in the areas of international law and public law. At the KIMEP University School of Law, Rustam teaches Public Law and International Law-related courses in his capacity of Associate Professor of Public and International Law. Simultaneously, he works as Associate Dean of the School of Law and Chair of the KIMEP Academic Council.

His main fields of academic / professional expertise and research interests include the following:
Public Law: Theory of State and Law, Constitutional Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Procedure, History of Law, Philosophy of Law.
International Law: Public International Law, International Criminal Law and Procedure, International Criminal Justice, International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights Law, International Conflict and Security Law, Law of International Treaties, Theory of International Law, History of International Law, Diplomatic and Consular Law.