Yoram Dinstein is an international law Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...

 and is a specialist on international law, and an authority on the laws of war.

Career

Dinstein formerly held the posts of President (from 1991–98), Rector (1980–85), and Dean of Law at Tel Aviv University.

He served twice as the Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Law

Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Law

The Charles H. Stockton Chair of International Law at the United States Naval War College has its origins in the Naval War College's oldest civilian academic post. The first civilian academic at the College, James R. Soley was appointed in 1885 to lecture on the subject of International Law. Dr...

 at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island

Newport, Rhode Island

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. He was also a Humboldt Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

The Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law is a legal research institute located in Heidelberg, Germany. It is operated by the Max Planck Society...

 in Heidelberg, Germany, a Meltzer Visiting Professor of Law at New York University

New York University

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, and a visiting Professor of Law at the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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Dinstein is President of Israel’s national branch of the International Law Association

International Law Association

The International Law Association is a non-profit organization based in Great Britain that — according to its 2004 constitution — promotes "the study, clarification and development of international law" and "the furtherance of international understanding and respect for international law."The ILA...

 and of the Israel United Nations Association

United Nations Association

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. He served as Chairman of the Israel national branch of Amnesty International

Amnesty International

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 and as a member of the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law

American Society of International Law

The American Society of International Law is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational membership organization, based in Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 1906, and was chartered by the United States Congress in 1950...

. He is a member of the Council of the San Remo International Institute of Humanitarian Law

International Institute of Humanitarian Law

The International Institute of Humanitarian Law is an independent, non-profit humanitarian organisation founded in 1970. Its headquarters are situated in Villa Ormond, Sanremo, Italy. A liaison office of the Institute is established in Geneva, Switzerland...

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Dinstein has written on international law

International law

Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of sovereign states; analogous entities, such as the Holy See; and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond...

, human rights

Human rights

Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...

, and the laws of armed conflict.

Books

• The Conduct of Hostilities Under the Law of International Armed Conflict, ISBN 0521198135], Cambridge University Press
  Cambridge University Press
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   (2nd ed., 2010)
• The International Law of Belligerent Occupation, Cambridge University Press
  Cambridge University Press
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  , ISBN 052172094X (2009)
• War, Aggression and Self-Defence, Cambridge University Press
  Cambridge University Press
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  , ISBN 0521797586 (4th ed., 2005)
• War crimes in international law, co-editor with Mala Tabory, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, ISBN 904110237X (1996)
• Freedom of Religion and the Protection of Religious Minorities, The Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights (1991)
• The Release of Prisoners of War, International Committee of the Red Cross
  International Committee of the Red Cross
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   (1984)
• Models of Autonomy, Transaction Publishers, ISBN 0878554351 (1981)
• The Laws of War at Sea, (1980)
• The Defence of "Obedience to Superior Orders" in International Law, A. W. Sijthoff (1965)

Articles

• "Comments on Protocol I}, International Review of the Red Cross
  International Review of the Red Cross
  The International Review of the Red Cross is a quarterly academic journal published by the International Committee of the Red Cross and Cambridge University Press. The journal aims to serve as a forum for debate, reflection and critical analysis on international humanitarian law, humanitarian...
  
   (2010)
• "War, Aggression and Self-Defence", Commonwealth Law Bulletin, Volume 32, Issue 4 (December 2006)
• "Comments on War", Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy (2003)
• "The Parameters and Context of International Criminal Law", Touro Journal of Transnational Law (1988)
• "International Criminal Law", The Israel Law Review
  The Israel Law Review
  The Israel Law Review is the oldest Israeli law journal published in English. In , it is referred to as being among "the most prestigious of scholarly journals".-History:...
  
  (1985)
• "Oil pollution by ships and freedom of the high seas", Journal of Maritime Law & Com. (1971)