Hurst Hannum

Hurst Hannum is a Professor of Law at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, USA. He had first joined the Legal Studies Department at CEU in 2010. He has taught courses on public international law, international human rights law, minority rights, international organizations, and nationalism and ethnicity. His focus is on human rights and its role in the international legal and political order, including, in particular, issues such as self-determination, humanitarian intervention, and conflict resolution. His scholarly work has been complemented by service as consultant/advisor to a number of intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, including the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Department of Political Affairs. He has been counsel in cases before European and Inter-American human rights bodies and is a member of the boards of Minority Rights Group International (London) and the International Service for Human Rights (Geneva). A graduate of Boalt School of Law (University of California, Berkeley), he also has taught at the University of Hong Kong, Harvard, American University, Georgia, and Virginia. Prof. Hannum is the author or editor of numerous books and articles on international law and human rights, including International Human Rights: Problems of Law, Policy, and Process (4th ed. 2006) Negotiating Self-Determination (2006); Guide to International Human Rights Practice (4th ed. 2004); and Autonomy, Sovereignty, and Self-Determination: The Accommodation of Conflicting Rights (rev. ed. 1996). He serves on editorial advisory boards of Human Rights Law Review and Human Rights Quarterly.