Yusra Suedi is a Lecturer in International Law at the University of Manchester. She holds a PhD in Public International Law from the University of Geneva for her manuscript entitled The Individual in the Law and Practice of the International Court of Justice (forthcoming with Cambridge University Press). Yusra has worked for the United Nations Office in Geneva, the International Law Commission, the Institut Du Droit International, the International Labour Organization Administrative Tribunal and the International Court of Justice. She has held teaching and research positions at the London School of Economics (LSE) Law School and the University of Geneva. She has acted in cases before the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, has published in journals such as The European Journal of International Law and the Leiden Journal of International Law.
languages
English (fluent); French (fluent); Arabic (intermediate); Swahili (intermediate)
current research interests
International courts and tribunals; international environmental law; international climate change law; international human rights law.
selected litigation experience
International Court of Justice: Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem; Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change | International Criminal Court: Situation in the State of Palestine