Eugene Cotran
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Judge Eugene Cotran is a circuit judge in England and one of the main jurists in charge of the drafting of a Basic Law of Palestine.
Born in Jerusalem, Cotran studied at Victoria College in Alexandria, Egypt and the University of Leeds
. He was a research fellow in international law
at the Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge
. He was awarded an LL.D. by the University of London
for his publications in the field of African law and his work at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. He was subsequently appointed a High Court Judge in Kenya and remained in this position until 1982. On his return to London he became a visiting professor and chairman of the Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law at the SOAS. After the Oslo Accords, Judge Cotran was appointed to the Board of the Commissioners of the Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights (PICHR). He assisted in the drafting of the Basic Law for Palestine. He also worked in projects for the unification of the laws of the West Bank and Gaza and has also acted as an Advisor to the Negotiation Affairs
Department of the PLO.
His works include:
Born in Jerusalem, Cotran studied at Victoria College in Alexandria, Egypt and the University of Leeds
University of Leeds
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. He was a research fellow in international law
International law
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at the Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
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. He was awarded an LL.D. by the University of London
University of London
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for his publications in the field of African law and his work at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. He was subsequently appointed a High Court Judge in Kenya and remained in this position until 1982. On his return to London he became a visiting professor and chairman of the Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law at the SOAS. After the Oslo Accords, Judge Cotran was appointed to the Board of the Commissioners of the Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights (PICHR). He assisted in the drafting of the Basic Law for Palestine. He also worked in projects for the unification of the laws of the West Bank and Gaza and has also acted as an Advisor to the Negotiation Affairs
Department of the PLO.
His works include:
- The Protection of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories (together with Emma Brown), in: Rainer Grote and Tilmann Röder (eds.), Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity (OUP: Oxford and New York 2011)
- The Rule of Law in the Middle East and the Islamic World: Human Rights and the Judicial Process (together with Mai Yamani, 2000)
- Democracy: The Rule of Law and Islam (Cimel Book Series, 1999)
- The Role of the Judiciary in the Protection of Human Rights (Centre of Islamic & Middle Eastern Law Series, 1997)
- The Arab-Israeli Accords: Legal Perspective (Cimel Book Series, 1996)
- Readings in African Law Cb: Volumes 1 and 2 (together with Neville Rubin) (Routledge: 1970)