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Ihsan Adel is the Founder and Chair of Law for Palestine, an international lawyer, and a PhD researcher in international law in Germany, with a focus on “The Threshold of Occupation’s Legality and the International Responsibility towards its Termination.” Adel holds a master’s degree in international humanitarian law addressing the “The legal status of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails according to the international humanitarian law rules.”

Adel has more than ten years of experience working in the human rights field in the MENA region, and with refugees in Europe. He worked on several human rights projects in several countries, including: Palestine, Jordan, Libya, the Gulf, Egypt, Yemen, Italy, Greece, and with the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
Adel is also the co-founder of Visto International for Rights and Development in Sweden (a think tank that aims to promote concepts and practices of sustainable development and human rights across the Middle East and North Africa, and its diaspora communities, especially in Europe).
He has published several articles and two books, one of which dealt with the question of “Palestine as a non-member observer state of the United Nations, the legal and political dimensions”, and the other – published in a co-authored book- dealt with the IHL regulations of arresting civilians in the time of occupation. Furthermore, he is an Arab League and ICRC certified trainer in international humanitarian law, and a regular commentator for several TV channels, including Al-Jazeera, Al-Arabiya, France 24 and DW.

Ihsan Adel

Founder and Chair of the organization

Administrative Assistants

Annas El-Hamouz

Annas is UK Manager, Accountant and Mentor at Law for Palestine. He is in his Final stages of completing his ACCA exam papers and has also achieved a master degree in Accounting and Finance from Manchester Met University. Alongside his practical Accounting and Finance experience he been part of the Business school staff at the University of Cumbria as a part time lecturer.

Umamah Begg

Umamah is a recent Politics BA graduate from SOAS University. Prior to her degree, she worked alongside various human rights organizations in the UK for 7 years in supporting the integration of refugees within British society. Alongside her current Voice Over profession, she is currently working with L4P as administrative assistant and on editing translated texts and academic papers.

Nardeen Khalid

Donor Relations Assistant at Law for Palestine. holds a dual Bachelor’s Degree in Human Rights and International Law from Al-Quds University and Bard College-New York. Her interests include exploring issues related to minorities—women, children and disability rights— the struggles they face and how their situation can be improved and advanced.

Rumaysaa Dola

An executive administrative assistant at Law for Palestine. Dola is a qualified lawyer, holding a Master’s Degree in Democracy and Human Rights from Birzeit University. She is a member in many Organizations such as MUSAWA (The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession) and the Arab Innovation Network. Dola is passionate about Palestinian human rights. She is interested in analyzing Palestinian laws and matching them to the reality.

Consultants

Hassan Imran

Is a Senior Advisor at Law for Palestine Organization and is a writer and legal activist. He holds an LLM in international law (humanitarian law and human rights). He writes regularly for several outlets on issues related to international law and international politics, and he has two co-authored books.

Dr. Ahmad Khalifa

Member of the expert committee at Law for Palestine, and assistant professor of international criminal law at Ain Shams University, Egypt, and a visiting professor at Leiden University and the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik in Lebanon. Dr. Khalifa is the coordinator of Oxford Uni moot court competition in human rights in the Middle East region since 2014, and is a legal expert and trainer with the ICRC and the UN Regional Office on Drugs and Crime.

Riyad Samer

Development and Media Consultant at Law for Palestine, author of several books in the field of Marketing and Digital Media. He helped many emerging organizations and institutions to grow and develop, and trained and supervised the training of hundreds of businessmen, entrepreneurs and decision makers in the areas of digital marketing industry.

Hiba Birat

a New York State-based lawyer with a master's degree from Washington College of International Law-American University in International Law and Human Rights. She founded a legal blog of the Palestinian American Center and chaired the Jerusalem website Gerosalem of the same Center, a board member of the American feminist organization Delta Alpha and a founding member of the West Bank-United States Legal Partnership.

Dr. Lex Takkenberg

Senior Advisor on the Question of Palestine at ARDD, and non-resident Professor of Humanitarian Affairs at Fordham University. From 1989 until 2019, he worked in various field and headquarters positions with UNRWA, most recently at its Amman headquarters as the first Chief Ethics Officer. Previously, he worked as the Legal Officer of the Dutch Refugee Council. Takkenberg is the author -along with Francesca Albanese- of "The Status of Palestinian Refugees in International Law" book, published by Oxford University Press (2020).

Rania Madi

Rania currently works for an International Organization based in Geneva. She holds a master’s in international law from the University of Geneva and a master’s in human rights law from University of Strasbourg. She worked for 18 years as a legal advisor with the government of the Geneva canton and was a representative of Badil to UN institutions in Geneva and the EU institutions in Brussels (2008 - 2020). Since Aug. 2022, Rania has been working as a senior advisor for Law for Palestine.

Public Relations

Ammar Yaser Jaradat

Is a public relations coordinator with Law For Palestine, and a social and human rights activist. He has been a practicing lawyer for 8 years and works as a legal consultant for many non-governmental organizations in Palestine. He is also a member of the board of directors of many NGO’s. He graduated from Birzeit University with a bachelor's degree in law and has been selected by the Open Society Foundation to pursue his LL.M in law at Syracuse University in New York in 2019.

Palestine Legal Scene Team

Razwan Issa

Issa is a Legal & Communications Assistant at Law for Palestine Organization. She is a women's rights activist, holds a master's degree in public law from University of Constantine of Algeria, and has written a number of legal papers on international terrorism crimes and sexual violence against women.

Nour Kharouf

Kharouf is a Legal Researcher at Law for Palestine Organization, she holds a bachelor’s degree in law from An-Najah National University, Interested in international law, participated in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, and wrote in the environmental justice in Palestine.

Nermin Abdel Hakim Allawh

Member of the social media team at Law for Palestine. She received a bachelor degree in law from Al-Azhar University. She works as a practicing lawyer in both the regular and legislative systems and is a member of the Palestinian Bar Association’s Women’s committee.

Arwa Hassan

a Media Assistant at law for Palestine. She holds a bachelor degree in economics and political science. Arwa is interested in politics in Middle East, international relations and international law. She was part of model of Arab league and model of Egyptian stock exchange. She also worked as a journalist at “world of business” journal in Cairo .

Kamal Abdulkarim

Kamal holds an honors Bachelor’s degree in Law from An-Najah National University. He is passionate about international law and a committed advocate for human rights, constantly driven to learn and achieve more. During his studies, Kamal authored several legal research papers and was an active member of the university's debate and moot court teams, representing the Faculty of Law.

Translation Unit

Sundus Al-Fararja

Translator at Law for Palestine. She is an international law and human rights student at Al-Quds University and a civic participation and dialogue trainer. She is interested in the questions related to the long-term occupation, and minorities and women rights.

Rawan Radi

Radi is a Legal Researcher at Law for Palestine Organization, A lawyer and human rights researcher, she is active in the human rights and Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons. She won the first place in a local and Arab legal competition, holds a Bachelor and Master degrees in Law from the University of Jordan, a member of the committee to harmonize Palestinian legislation with international conventions and treaties to which the State of Palestine has adhered, and she wrote many legal papers.

Maisa Abdelqader

Maisa is an English language teacher at UNRWA schools(United Nation relief and works agency for Palestine refugees) for 15 years. She holds a higher diploma in teaching methods and a certificate in Legal translation. She was ranked in the second place in her university(Jordan university for Science and technology). She works now for UNRWA and also as a freelancer legal translator.

Mai Shaheen

A skilled professional at the Anna Lindh Foundation, specializing in project management and MEAL in international development within the Palestinian context. With a BA in English, Mai volunteers at Law for Palestine as translation unit coordinator and at Witness Centre for Citizen Rights. She is passionate about empowering Palestinian women and youth.

Asma Louzon

Louzon is a Translator at Law for Palestine Organization, holds a bachelor’s degree in English/French literature. She is a Project Proposal Writer, participated in many courses in the field of human rights and has volunteered with several human rights NGOs as a legal and human rights translator.

‏Sabrin Alsheikh Ahmed

‏Sabrin is a Translator for Law for Palestine Organisation, holds a Master's degree in TESOL from Arizona State University and a bachelor's degree in English Translation. A legal sworn translator and medical interpreter and translator at NYC Medics. Interested in medical and legal translation, human rights, and Palestinian issue.

Ferdous Abdul Hamid

Legal translator at Law for Palestine. She received a bachelor’s degree in English language and literature. She participated in an ample of training courses on human rights and volunteered at human rights organizations to help the children in camps and volunteered as an interpreter at the Freedom Theatre.

Adnan Saad

Adnan Saad, an Arabic-English translator, content writer, and trainer with a distinguished track record. His achievements span translating books, legal documents and technical content, as well as crafting compelling news articles and engaging social media content. Moreover, he has conducted comprehensive training programs across diverse institutions, including the University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS).

Um Kolthoom Sharif

Translator at Law for Palestine, currently studying for a Bachelor of Arts in Education at University College London. Previously volunteered as a translator on a research project funded by the Druze Heritage Foundation. Interested in Palestinian rights, especially underrepresented groups such as ethnic minorities and those with disabilities and long-term health conditions.

Research team

Nasser Thabet

Nasser Thabet is a Coordinator of the research team in Law for Palestine. He is a licensed attorney before the Palestinian courts. He holds a bachelor's degree in law from Al-Azhar University-Gaza. Thabet is currently completing a master’s degree in human rights at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. He is also a legal researcher who published several legal papers in the field of international law.

Yousef Al-Ashqar

Palestinian lawyer, academic, and legal and political researcher. He has published several legal and political papers, and is specialist in the International Criminal Court and Palestine. Al-Ashqar is a PhD candidate in law, his thesis entitled "Implementing the International Criminal Court Judgments before the National Cours, challenges and obstacles."

Dr. Lahbib Naaimi

A specialist in international criminal justice and transitional justice; has a Ph.D. in international law from Mohamed I University, Oujda, Morocco, as well as an international diploma in international refugee law from Cairo University and UNHCR, in addition to a master's degree in political studies. His studies in international criminal justice have been published peer-reviewed Arabic journals. Naaimi is also a judicial delegate to the Ministry of Justice of Morocco since 2011 and serves as a visiting lecturer at the Marrakech School of Law of Morocco

Reeda Alji

Reeda is a PhD candidate at Sciences Po in Paris, specializing in international Humanitarian Law and negotiations. She holds an LLM from the University of Exeter and an MA in Transitional Justice and Human Rights from the Geneva Academy. She has worked with the UNHCHR in Geneva and the ICTJ, focusing on the MENA region

Bashar Solout

Legal researcher at Law for Palestine and a trainee lawyer in Palestinian courts, with a bachelor’s degree in law. He is studying for a master’s degree in public law. Solout is a youth and community activist in many youth teams in Gaza. He is the author of various published articles on international law and Palestine.

Walaa Ghaboun

Walaa Ghaboun is a practicing Lawyer in Palestine. She received her BA in Law with distinction and her MA in Israeli Studies from Birzeit University. Her MA thesis focused on forced feeding of Palestinian prisoners. Walaa is a researcher in the legal issues of palestinians. She worked as assistant coordinator in the Central Elections Commission - Palestine and participated in several training workshops on human rights.

Yousra Jenkal

Yousra, a Law graduate from De Montfort University, excels in French, English, and Arabic. She is keenly interested in International Human Rights Law and aims to pursue a Masters at the University of Leicester. Her past work delved into international law's interplay with politics, spotlighting Palestine and Iraq as case studies.

Legal Support and Advisement Team

James Henderson

James Henderson is a legal researcher at Law for Palestine. In 2022, he joined Al-Haq to conduct research on Israeli violations of IHL and ICL across the OPT. He holds a master’s degree in IHL from the University of Essex, and an undergraduate degree in Law from University of Greenwich. James had previously worked as an English Teacher in Shanghai.

Anisha Patel

Anisha is a legal researcher at Law for Palestine. She is currently a doctoral researcher in Germany. She has background in international law, heritage studies, and architecture. Anisha has worked with governmental and inter-governmental organizations related to the UNESCO World Heritage system as well as the intersection of heritage and peace with a focus on community-based processes.

Aya Wazaz

Aya is a researcher and legal advocate with over two years of experience in the non-profit sector. She holds a BSc International Relations degree from the London School of Economics and will be pursuing a MA in Research Architecture at Goldsmiths University from September 2024. Her interests include aerial violence, border politics, the hostile environment, and international law.

Nicola Soekoe

Nic is an advocate (barrister) of the High Court of South Africa with experience in a wide variety of public law matters, both domestically and internationally. Prior to joining the Bar, she spent six years doing legal research for Global South social movements. Nic holds a BA in Ethics, Politics and Economics (Yale University) and an LLB (University of the Witwatersrand). She is currently completing an LLM in Economic Regulation with the University of London, as a Canon Collins Scholar.

Hannah Bruinsma

Hannah is currently an LLM student in Public International Law at Leiden University. Prior to her master's degree, she did an internship at the Community Action Center - Al Quds in Jerusalem on Palestinian land rights. Alongside her studies, she is currently working as a legal researcher for Law for Palestine.

Giulia Nuij

Giulia is in the process of completing her European Law LL.M. and her Public International Law LL.M at Leiden University. While completing her master's thesis, she is working as an intern at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism. Alongside her studies and her internship, she is currently working as a legal researcher for Law for Palestine.

Dr Souheir Edelbi

Dr. Souheir, Lecturer at Western Sydney University's School of Law, specializes in ICC complementarity, merging Third World Approaches to International Law, postcolonial studies, and critical race theory. A former litigation solicitor, she advocated for Palestinian and minority rights in Iraq and Iran. As an Advisory Committee member of the Racial Justice Centre Ltd, Souheir contributes to anti-racism litigation and legal reform in Australia.

Vittoria De Bortol

Vittoria is part of the Correspondence Team. She holds a Law Degree from Padua University and an Advanced LLM in European and International Human Rights Law from Leiden University. With experience at the European Court of Human Rights and various NGOs, she has focused her work on women's rights and gender-based violence.

Kathryn Ravey

Kathryn is a legal researcher at L4P and a former researcher at Al-Haq. She holds a master's degree in Human Rights Law from UCL and a B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology from St. Olaf College. She worked in litigating civil rights violations and worked for the Tahirih Justice Center, along with NGOs in India and N. Ireland. Kathryn is dedicated to promoting justice and engendering human rights.

Anchita Dasgupta

Anchita is a legal researcher and editor at Law for Palestine. She is also a legal advocacy fellow at the Palestinian prisoners’ rights group, Addameer. Anchita holds an MPhil in Law from the University of Oxford, and an A.B. in Middle East Studies & History from Brown University. Her research traces the role played by movements resisting postcolonial states in ‘subalternizing’ and decolonizing international law.

Parsa Alirezaei

Parsa is a former intern at the International Court of Justice. He's currently working at the Center for Comparative Muslim Studies as a research assistant and Spheres of Influence as a managing editor. He’s also a junior researcher of self-determination movements in modern MENA/SWANA.

Aideen Byrne

Aideen is a public international law expert, consultant, and community organizer based in New York, originally from Ireland. She holds an LLM in International Law from the University of Edinburgh. Aideen specializes in human rights, Indigenous rights, environmental and climate justice, and disability justice. She engages in strategic litigation, advocacy, research, fundraising, and clinical teaching, serving marginalized people and communities globally.

Conall Mathur-Dix

Conall received his undergraduate education at Trinity College Dublin and holds an LLM in International Human Rights, completed at the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the University of Galway, with a focus on migration and refugee law. He has also attended the ICHR's International Criminal Court Summer School.

Jurists for Palestine Forum Team

Huda Abudagga

Huda is the Coordinator of the Jurists for the Palestine Forum Unit. She holds an LLM in Public International Law from the University of Manchester. Huda is currently working as a Legal Project Manager and consultant in Corporate Law at a law firm.

Shireen Mikkawi

Mikkawi is a trainee lawyer based in Palestine. She holds an LL.B from An-Najah National University and is actively involved in organizations focused on Palestinian human rights, with experience in international moot courts. She is passionate about law and politics and aims to pursue a master’s degree in Peace Studies.

Tareq Ramahi

Tareq is a dedicated individual with a strong commitment to justice and human rights. With a background in international law and extensive experience in legal practice, Mr Ramahi focuses on advocating for Palestinian rights. Currently, he serves at the Jurists for Palestine forum, promoting legal awareness and defending Palestinian rights on an international stage.

Human Rights Council - Geneva Team

Ghada Alrayan

Ghada Alrayan is the consultant and coordinator of Law for Palestine activities in the Human Rights Council in Geneva. She holds a diploma in economics and law and currently works in an international financial institution. Working at the UN since 2016 with several NGOs allowed her to gain practical experience in legal research.

Bruna Perestrelo

Bruna Perestrelo, is a Representative and Geneva Activities Coordinator at Law for Palestine Organization. Perestrelo has a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations as she is interested in human rights field. Perestrilo works extensively with asylum seekers in Switzerland as well as the Palestine issue, she has spent 3 months internship in the West Bank for human rights.

Interpretation team

Nour Hakki

She specializes in interpretation: language pair is Arabic/English, has participated in a number of Syrian negotiation rounds between 2016 and 2017 in Geneva, and has obtained an MSc in International Political Economy from University College Dublin.

Malek Diraneyya

Is an advocate member at the Jordanian Bar Association. He holds an LLM in Human Rights Law from University of Kent. His thesis tackled Civilians Protection Norms in NIAC through the lens of the Syrian Conflict. Malek currently works as a Consultant in the International Organization for Migration (IOM). He is in the final stages of getting another Master's in Mediation & Communication (English/Arabic) from the VUB in Brussels.

Communication and Outreach Team

Angham Sawalha

Coordinator of the media team at Law for Palestine. She received a bachelor’s degree in journalism and media and a master’s degree in democracy and human rights from Birzeit University. She works as a part-time teaching staff member at Al-Quds Open University, a programme creator and presenter on “Hayat” Radio - Nablus, and a member of the preparatory committee in many conferences and events on human, women and youth rights.

Mays Abu Atwan

A translator and editor at Law for Palestine. Abu Atwan holds a bachelor’s degree in international law and human rights from Al-Quds Bard College. She is currently doing her master's degree in International Criminal Law. She got the chance to intern in the Independent Commission for Human Rights-ICHR 2021, and she was the speaker in an international forum for SUNFO International Children's Wing regarding the UN Sustainable Development Goals. She was a delegate in the Palestinian International Model United Nations in Al-Quds University. And now she is a volunteer with Cadfa in the UK that promotes awareness about the human rights situation in Palestine.

Charlotte Bonnet

Charlotte has spent the last seven years working in the international development sector with experience in government, private sector and international institutions. She has worked on thematic areas such as displacement, local governance, human rights, and social protection. She currently works in communications at a United Nations agency.

Tayeb Abuawwad

Tayeb is an undergraduate Law and Economics student at University College Dublin and a former law student at Al-Azhar University, Gaza. He documented children's rights abuses in Gaza for Save the Children and the Palestinian Center for Democracy and Conflict Resolution. He served as a UNRWA Student Ambassador, advocating for Gaza’s students to international senior decision-makers.

Hadil Mubarak

A translator at L4P Organization, holds a BA in French language from Birzeit University and MA in international law and diplomacy from the AAUP. She is well trained by many human rights organizations in Palestine, the most prominent of which was the Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies Hadil, as a volunteer and a project coordinator at Sharek Youth Forum, she has coordinated various activities within the 16-days of activism campaign as well as the Model UN program.

Technical and Graphic Design Team

Muath Surakji

Technical and visual consultant at Law for Palestine. He is a lecturer at Al-Ummah University College, with a master’s degree in graphic design and entrepreneurship from Princess Sumaya University in Jordan, where he also worked as a research and teaching assistant. He has over 11 years of experience in teaching, graphic design, brand development and user experience optimization (UI/UX designer and researcher).

Mostafa Al-Aashi

Programmer at Law for Palestine. He received his master’s degree in web science. He works as an expert web and software developer and designer and a digital marketing and SEO freelancer and provides training in working online. He received certificates from Google, Niuversity and Edraak in the fields of digital analysis and search engine optimization (SEO).

Fatma Marei

Graphic designer and video editor at Law for Palestine. She received a diploma in graphic design and several design and animation courses on Udemy and Domestika. She has 3 years of experience in design and management.

Sandra Nasser

Sandra is an event/cultural manager and graphic designer. She has a background in architecture and World Heritage Studies and has experience in project coordination and management. She has worked as a graphic designer as well as in the UNESCO field, drafting World Heritage nominations and mapping attributes using GIS programmes.