Areas of interest
- Constitutional law
- Human rights
- International humanitarian law
- Judicial review
Prof. David Kretzmer
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David Kretzmer, LL.B, LL.M (Jerusalem), Dr. Jur. (York, Canada), Dr. Jur. h.c. (Potsdam), is Professor Emeritus of International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Professor of Law at Sapir Academic College School of Law. He has been a visiting professor at Columbia University, Tulane University, University of Southern California, Bar Ilan University, and the Fletcher School of Tufts University. From 2006-9 he was Professor of Law at the Transitional Justice Institute of the University of Ulster, and during 2009/10 he was an Inaugural Fellow at the Straus Institute for Advanced Study of Law and Justice at NYU Law School.
Kretzmer was a member of the UN Human Rights Committee from 1995-2002, and Vice-Chair of the Committee in 2001-2002. He is a Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists.
Kretzmer’s main fields of research are constitutional law, human rights and international humanitarian law. His books include The Occupation of Justice: The Supreme Court of Israel and the Occupied Territories (SUNY Press, 2002); The Concept of Human Dignity in Human Rights Discourse (edited together with E. Klein) (Kluwer International, 2002) and The Legal Status of the Arabs in Israel )2nd edition, 2002). Recent articles deal with international humanitarian law, the use of force in international law, the law of belligerent occupation and international human rights law.