Curtis Doebbler

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Curtis FJ Doebbler (* 1961 in Buffalo ) is an American lawyer and legal scholar . Doebbler's main area of ​​activity is international humanitarian law .

Life

Doebbler, who is both an American and a Dutch citizen, first studied English literature and journalism at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas . He completed his studies there in 1984 with a bachelor's degree or a bachelor of fine arts degree . This was followed by studies at the New York Law School , which he graduated in 1988. Since then he has been working as a lawyer in the field of international human rights. Admitted he is in Washington, DC He received further the degree of a 1994 Master of Laws at the Radboud University Nijmegen and received his doctorate in 1998 at the London School of Economics on international law .

Doebbler was a volunteer advisor to the Dutch Council on Refugee Issues from 1989 to 1991. From 1992 to 1997 he was a consultant for humanitarian projects in the area of ​​the former Yugoslavia . He taught at the London School of Economics from 1995 to 1997 and also as a visiting professor at the University of London in 1997 . In 1996 he was visiting professor at the University of Tuzla . From August 1997 to the end of 1998 he was a professor at the University of Khartoum and from 1997 to 1999 advisor in the advisory body on human rights issues of the Sudanese Ministry of Justice. In 1997 he also provided legal advice to UNICEF in Sudan. From 2000 to 2002 he taught in the political science faculty of the American University of Cairo and was visiting professor at the University of Pristina in 2002 . From January to June 2003 he was again visiting professor in Pristina and from January to June 2004 visiting professor in Tashkent . In 2005 Doebbler was appointed professor of law at the An-Najah National University in Nablus . Since the beginning of 2007 he has represented the NGO Nord Sud XXI before the United Nations in Geneva and New York . Since October 2007 he has also been visiting professor at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations and the Geneva branch of Webster University .

Legal activity

As a lawyer he represented Saddam Hussein before the special tribunal in Iraq. He stated that he likes to represent unpopular clients because their rights are most likely to be abused and such cases are the most likely touchstones for legal proceedings. He takes the view that, in principle, every violation of human rights must be atoned for in court, but that every defendant deserves a fair trial and defense in such trials . He also advised the Taliban in Afghanistan and represented inmates of the Guantanamo detention center before the United States Supreme Court .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Vanessa Gezari, Hussein's defender: All deserve due process , St. Petersburg Times Online, December 6, 2004 (English)
  2. ↑ a b Saddam's sole American lawyer defends his choice of clients , CNN Online of May 27, 2004. (English)
  3. ↑ Saddam execution: "It happened very quickly - he died immediately" Spiegel Online of December 30, 2006.
  4. ↑ US Supremecourt, Shafiq Rasul et al vs. Georg W. Bush et al., Judgment No. 03-334 of October 3, 2003 ( Memento of July 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 152 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Doebbler, Curtis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dobbler, Curtis FD; Dobbler, Curtis Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo