Dr Ammar Bajboj
Visiting Research Fellow
Research interests
- Law
- Policy and society
- Conflict and security
Contact details
Biography
Biography
Ammar graduated from the Faculty of Law at Damascus University 2003, and has continued his studies in Egypt, where he obtained a master's degree in public law in 2006. He obtained a PhD of international criminal law from Cairo University in 2011 and completed a PhD, entitled “International Cooperation to Combat Terrorism Crimes”.
Until 2014, Ammar worked as a lecturer at faculty of law of Damascus University, and the Syrian Virtual University. He was also a lawyer in the Syrian Bar Association.
As a result of the worsening violence because of the war in Syria, Ammar has moved to London. He currently works at a human rights and refugee organization and is interested in furthering his research on international criminal law, terrorism and international responses to war crimes in Syria.
Areas of Interest
- International criminal justice
- Criminal Law
- Counter terrorism
- International cooperation to combat crimes
- Human rights (HR) protection; refugee issues
- Accountability and reconciliation / post-conflict.
Teaching
2011-2014 Damascus University, Syria – Lecturer, Faculty of Law. Tutor of Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, Crimes against people and money, and Crimes against security of the state.
2011-2014 Syria Virtual University – Lecturer, Faculty of Law. Tutor of Penal Code, Tutor of Crimes against people and money subject, and drugs law.
Current Arabic Academy in Denmark – online programme. Lecturer in Criminal Law.
Publications
- Blog titled: ‘In the midst of political bargaining, migrants are the biggest losers’.
- Published by Middle East Centre of LSE, London 2016
- Working paper on international efforts to combat money-laundering crimes, submitted to scientific seminar on anti-money laundering crimes. Organized by London Centre for Studies and Research, London, 13th-14th July 2014
- Research titled: Criminal Investigation by video conference technology, published at the Journal of the University of Damascus "Economic and legal sciences”, Fourth Issue of 2013
- Research titled: Implementation of foreign criminal judgments, comparative research, published at Journal of the Syrian Bar Association, No. 14 of 2011
Research
War Crimes Research Group
Conducting research and teaching on war crimes (broadly conceived) and war.
Arts & Conflict Hub
The Arts & Conflicts hub uses artistic mediums to communicate, teach and research the complexities of conflict
Research
War Crimes Research Group
Conducting research and teaching on war crimes (broadly conceived) and war.
Arts & Conflict Hub
The Arts & Conflicts hub uses artistic mediums to communicate, teach and research the complexities of conflict