Abdulhay Sayed
About/Bio
Abdulhay Sayed is an independent Syrian lawyer, and has been a lecturer in law in the Damascus Faculty of Law from 2005 to 2011. He graduated in law from the University of Damascus and holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, as well as a DES and a Ph.D. in international law from the Graduate Institute of International Studies of the University of Geneva. He writes on corruption, good governance, human rights, Syrian constitutional and public law, and the sociology of law. He is author of Corruption in International Trade and Commercial Arbitration, Kluwer Law International, 2004.
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Syria the Land of Impunity
November 24, 2015
Abdulhay Sayed
The Geneva Communiqué of the Action Group for Syria of 30 June 2012, which was endorsed by the UNSC Resolution 2118 (2013), identified key steps for a Syrian led political transition. The Communiqué problematized the “Syrian conflict” as one involving a challenge of security, safety and restoration of stability and calm. During the first half of…
Who is Unwilling and Unable to Prosecute Crimes Against Humanity in Syria?
May 29, 2014
Abdulhay Sayed
Abdulhay Sayed is an independent Syrian lawyer, and has been a lecturer in law in the Damascus Faculty of Law from 2005 to 2011. For Syrians, who are caught between totalitarian arrogance and human folly, the debate in the Security Council on 22 May 2014, over the French-sponsored Chapter…
Popular articles by Abdulhay Sayed
Syria the Land of Impunity
November 24, 2015
Abdulhay Sayed
The Geneva Communiqué of the Action Group for Syria of 30 June 2012, which was endorsed by the UNSC Resolution 2118 (2013), identified key steps for a Syrian led political transition. The Communiqué problematized the “Syrian conflict” as one involving a challenge of security, safety and restoration of stability and calm. During the first half of…
Who is Unwilling and Unable to Prosecute Crimes Against Humanity in Syria?
May 29, 2014
Abdulhay Sayed
Abdulhay Sayed is an independent Syrian lawyer, and has been a lecturer in law in the Damascus Faculty of Law from 2005 to 2011. For Syrians, who are caught between totalitarian arrogance and human folly, the debate in the Security Council on 22 May 2014, over the French-sponsored Chapter…