Work Experience Associate Professor, Director, Human Rights Dept., Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, 2003 – to present; Field of teaching & research: International human rights law (civil and political rights, citizenship and democracy education, peace-building, development and rights of women & minorities) Lawyer & Legal Consultant (Int'l contracts and arbitration), 2003- to present Visiting Professor, UN University for Peace, Costa Rica, 2009- to present UN Consultant in Kabul, Afghanistan, (Human Rights Treaty Reporting Workshops), 2006-2009 Post-Doctoral Fellow, McGill University, 2002-2003 Lecturer, Faculty of Religion, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 2002 Research Assistant, Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal, 1997-2000 Lecturer, Faculty of Legal Science (Tehran, Iran), 1989-1992 Education LL.D. Université de Montréal & McGill University, Canada, 1996-2001 International Human Rights Law; Human Rights in Islamic Law (Dean’s Honor List) LL.M. McGill University, Canada 1992-1994 International Law LL.D. Tarbiat Modarres University (Tehran, Iran) 1989-1992 Criminal Law and Criminology LL.M. Tarbiat Modarres University 1986-1989 Criminal Law LL.B. Faculty of Legal Science (Tehran, Iran) 1983-1986 Law Certificate in Arbitration and Conflict Resolution.

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