Country of Origin:
Palestine/Israel
WLS Award:
2005-2006
About:
Graduate Program: LLM in Public International Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London
Background & Goals: Hanan Elmasu wished to enhance her expertise in the field of human rights, and to learn how to more effectively utilize principals of international law in public diplomacy. She was also interested in gaining the skills necessary to develop negotiation policies, and to conduct third-party interventions in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as other situations of armed conflict.
Post-Degree Projects: Elmasu completed her LLM in Public International Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. The focus of her coursework was international protection of human rights, international courts and tribunals, and colonialism and the development of international law.
In July 2016 Elmasu joined Oak Foundation’s International Human Rights Programme as Programme Officer. She covers the portfolio area of impunity and works across the Programme on issues related to human rights and technology.
Elmasu has worked over the last twenty years with a range of national and international NGOs and the UN on the protection of human rights and respect for humanitarian law.
