Hooman Movassagh hm5r@virginia.edu Professional Information Education: Ph.D. in International Law, Shahid Beheshti University (2009), thesis entitled: Human Cloning and the International System of Human Rights Law, graded excellent ; L.L.M. in International Law, Shahid Beheshti University (2000), dissertation entitled: A Survey of the Declaration on Principles of International Law Concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation Among States in Accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, graded excellent ; L.L.B. in Law, Azad University Tehran Central Branch (1998). Professional Association Membership: American Society of International Law; Human Rights Educators USA. Language Proficiency: Farsi (native); English (excellent). Academic Positions: Faculty Member at the Center and UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy, Shahid Beheshti University, 2001-2012; Director of the Bioethics Group, Center and UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy, Shahid Beheshti University, May 2009-2012; Lecturer, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law, 2002-2009; Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law, 2009-2012; 1
Assistant Professor (Visiting), Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, 2011-2012; Visiting Scholar, University of Virginia Law School, 2012-2013; Adjunct Professor, University of Virginia Law School, Fall 2013. Other Work Experience: A- Paydar Construction Company, 1997-1999: Position: Legal Adviser B- Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Organization (IRIB), 2003-2004: Position: Legal Adviser and Member of the Legal Studies Group C- Simaye Ghanoon Legal Development Institute, 2004-2005: Position: Researcher D- Demag Delaval Desoil Services-SIEMENS, 2004 until November 2010: Positions: Legal Adviser (2004-2010); Local Compliance Officer (2008-2010) E- Iranian Yearbook of International and Comparative Law, 2005 to date: Positions: Member of the Executive Board (2005-2009); Member of the Editorial Board (2009 to date); F- Dr. Seifi and Associates, 2006-2009: Position: case by case collaboration on international commercial arbitration and due diligence activities. Chiefly: Assistant Counsel for Respondent, Dr. Seifi, Abdol Majid Mahallati Kazemeini v. Hamzeh Ilkhanizadeh, ICC Case No. 13187/FM; Assistant Counsel for Respondent, Dr. Seifi and Associates, Chemoproject a.s. v. Shiraz Petrochemical Company, ICC Case No. 14831/EC; Legal Due Diligence study for the purchase of a mining company by a foreign firm. G- Dadfarjam Legal Institute, 2006-2008: Position: Co-founder, legal adviser Activities: provision of legal services on international business law and contracts, international commercial arbitration, most notable of which was my role as legal adviser to Claimant s parent Company (SAIPA), Indamine Shock Absorber Mfg. CO. (ISAM) v. Korea Automotive System Co.Ltd. (KASCO), ICC Case No. 13446/FM; 2
H- Simaye Ghanoon Legal Institute, 2009-to date Position: Partner I- Tehran Law Offices, 2011: Position: Legal translator. Activity: one-off translation of 200 pages of all Iranian Laws, Bylaws and Directives on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism from Farsi to English. J- Other: Provision of ad hoc legal services to several firms on international dispute resolution, international contracts and international trade law; Provision of consultations to NGOs on international human rights law. Teaching Experience: A- University of Virginia Law School, course: Human Rights and Islam (Fall of 2013); B- Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law, Dubai Branch, Graduate level (PhD in International Law) course: Analysis and Critique of Philosophical Schools of International Law (2012); C- Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Graduate level (PhD in Public Law) course in English: Philosophy of International Law (2012); D- Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law, Tehran, Graduate level (PhD in Public Law) course in English: Constitutional Concepts - Rights (2011); E- Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law, Dubai Branch, Graduate level (PhD in International Law) course in English: Universal Mechanisms for the Protection of Human Rights (2011); F- Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Graduate level (PhD in International Law) course in English: Universal Mechanisms for the Protection of Human Rights (2011); G- Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Graduate level (PhD in Public Law) course in English: Constitutional Concepts - Liberty (2011); 3
H- Graduate level (Masters in International Law and Masters in Human Rights), Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law: Courses taught in English: Sources of International Law, the International Responsibility of States, Philosophy of Law, Analysis of Human Rights Issues, Human Rights Concepts, Theory of Human Rights, Theories of Justice, Theories of Rights (2002-2012), Bioethics (2003); Courses taught in Farsi: Research Methods (2003), Regional Mechanisms for the Protection of Human Rights (2011), Universal Mechanisms for the Protection of Human Rights (2011), Detailed Analysis of International Issues (2011) I- Legal Texts in English, Jahad Daneshgahi of Shahid Beheshti University (2003-2005); J- Speaker, chairman, and translator at numerous workshops, seminars and conferences in Iran and abroad (2001 to date). For a select listing of notable lectures, please see below; K- Private Tutoring of Public International Law, Private International Law, International Organizations, Constitutional Law, Legal Texts in English (1996-2002). Masters and PhD Dissertations and Theses: A- Co-supervisor: Mohsen Sharifi, The Rule of Law and its Application to the United Nations Security Council, PhD thesis, International Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Mohsen Naziri, Legal Consequences of Security Council Actions on Non- Proliferation, PhD thesis, International Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Seyyedeh Sara Mirian, Sexual Slavery of Children and Mechanisms for Control in the International System of Human Rights Law with a Case Study on Iran, LLM Dissertation, International Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Leila Faghfouri Azar, Public Morals and Human Rights, LLM Dissertation, International Human Rights Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Mohammad Fazeli, The Interaction of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights in Contemporary Forms of Armed Conflict, LLM Dissertation, International Human Rights Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; 4
Elham Mondegari, Culture and Human Rights (Review of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting), LLM Dissertation, International Human Rights Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Afsaneh Mirzazadeh, Communitarianism and Human Rights, LLM Dissertation, International Human Rights Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Mahboubeh Malekmokhtari, The Doctrine of Responsibility to Protect and the Role of the Security Council, LLM Dissertation, International Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law. B- Examiner: Abbas Bagherpour Ardakani, International Community Obligation to Respect and to Ensure Respect for International Humanitarian Law, PhD Thesis, International Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Keyvan Jalili, Concept of Right Holder in International Human Rights Law, LLM Dissertation, International Human Rights Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Raufeh Mohammadzadeh, Euthanasia from the viewpoint of Human Rights Norms, LLM Dissertation, International Human Rights Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Omolbanin Teimouri, The Human Rights Challenge of AIDS, LLM Dissertation, International Human Rights Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Zahra Sajedi, Climate Change and Human Security, LLM Dissertation, Environmental Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Behrooz Rafatrad, The United Nations Compensation Commission, LLM Dissertation, Environmental Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Shima Behnammanesh, The Consideration of Ethical and Legal Aspects of Animal Cloning, LLM Dissertation, Environmental Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Ali Akbar Nooralivand, Corporate Social Responsibility in the Iranian Petroleum Industry, LLM Dissertation, International Business Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; 5
Sulmaz Barmaki, The Judicial Review of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions by the International Court of Justice, LLM Dissertation, International Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Mona Salmani Izadi, Humanitarian Intervention and Global Civil Society, LLM Dissertation, International Human Rights Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Seyyed Rasoul Ghoreishi, A Study on the Criminal Responsibility of the Heads of States due to Crimes against Humanity, LLM Dissertation, International Human Rights Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Boshra Jalalian, Freedom of Expression and National Security: Case Study of the European Court of Human Rights, LLM Dissertation, International Human Rights Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Omolbanin Mahdevari, Rehabilitation of Prisoners in light of Human Rights Principles, LLM Dissertation, International Human Rights Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Zahra Mehrabi Tavana, The Limitation or Prohibition of Infertility Treatment for Incompetent Couples from a Human Rights Perspective, LLM Dissertation, International Human Rights Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Sedigheh Ghoroghi, Empowerment of Women: Political Participation, Representation and Human Rights- Case Study of Iran, Australia, and Turkey, LLM Dissertation, International Human Rights Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Kalamollah Alemi, Fair Trials under the Convention against Corruption, LLM Dissertation, International Human Rights Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Ali Alipour, The Effects of Iran s Accession to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the Iranian Legal System, LLM Dissertation, International Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Abdolnaïm Shahriari, The Context and Requirements of Security Council Reform, LLM Dissertation, International Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; 6
Narin Kashani, The Responsibility of States concerning Cultural Heritage, LLM Dissertation, International Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law; Nader Pirzadeh, Security Council Sanctions and the International Court of Justice Competence for Review, LLM Dissertation, International Law, Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law. Publications: A- Books: Author: Human Cloning and Human Rights, accepted for publication by SaMT [Sazemane Motale e va Tadvine Kotobe Oloome Ensanie Daneshgah] (Organization for the study and codification of university books in the humanities). General Editor for the translation of: Smith, Rhona K.M. and van den Anker, Christien, Human Rights. In progress. General Editor for the translation of: Beauchamp, Tom L. and Childress, James F., Principles of Biomedical Ethics. In progress. Co-author: An Ethical and Legal Study of Abortion. In progress. B- Journal Articles, Translations and Book Chapters: Ethical and Legal Considerations of Human Organ Transplants in Iran, in progress; The Exhaustion of Local Remedies Rule, Co-authored with Fatemeh Shojaei, accepted for publication, Iranian Yearbook of International and Comparative Law; Translation of The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: General Assembly Resolution A/RES/63/117 of 10 December 2008, Iranian Yearbook of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 5, 2010, pp. 603-612; The Universality of Human Rights and the Cultural Relativism Thesis, Mehrnameh, No. 14, August 2011, pp. 178-179, available at: http://goo.gl/nht1p; From Humanitarian Intervention to Responsibility to Protect, Mehrnameh, No. 11, May 2011, pp. 127-128, available at: http://goo.gl/gmhsl; 7
Human Life : The Nexus between Human Identity and the Right to Life, Genetics: Law, Ethics, Psychology, Avicenna Research Institute, 2010, pp. 27-43; Human Rights and Bioethics, Journal of Legal Research- Supplement No. 3, Shahid Beheshti University, 2009, pp. 415-463; The Principle of Non-Intervention in the Internal Affairs of States, Sedaye Edalat Newspaper, 23 July 2009, page 8; Also can be accessed at: http://publiclaw.blogfa.com/post-227.aspx Translation of the Foetus Donation to Infertile Couples Act, Iranian Yearbook of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 4, 2009; Translation of the Executive Byelaw to the Foetus Donation to Infertile Couples Act, Iranian Yearbook of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 4, 2009; Translation of the Therapeutic Abortion Act, Iranian Yearbook of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 4, 2009; Translation of the UN International Law Commission s Guiding Principles applicable to unilateral declarations of States capable of creating legal obligations, 2006, Iranian Yearbook of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 3, 2008; A Content Analysis of the Judgment of the ICJ in the LaGrand Case, Iranian Yearbook of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 2, 2007, pp. 377-411; Translation of the UN International Law Commission s Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts 2001, Iranian Yearbook of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 2, 2007, pp. 573-593; A Critique of Policy-Oriented Jurisprudence, Iranian Yearbook of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 2, 2007, pp. 281-307; An International Human Rights Approach to Human Cloning, Quarterly Journal of Medical Law, Vol. 1, No. 1, Summer 2007, pp. 123-183; The International Committee of the Red Cross: Past, Principles and Prospect, Iranian Yearbook of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 1, 2006, pp. 199-245; The Applicability of the 1955 US-Iran Treaty of Amity in the Oil Platforms (ICJ) Case, in: A Collection of Articles on: International Court of Justice Judgment in the Case 8
of Oil Platforms, Jamshid Momtaz (ed.), The Office of Legal Studies, Majlis Research Centre, 2005, pp. 165-195; available at: http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/book_pub/show/837366 The Ethical Basis of International Human Rights Law in light of the Principle of Universality, Public Law and Human Rights, Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring and Summer 2005, pp. 3-25; Translation and Edition of the United Nations Factsheets on Human Rights (Numbers 4, 10 and 21), UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy, 2001-2003. Select Research: National Mechanisms for the Protection of the Rights of the Accused, Shahid Beheshti University, 2002; Analysis of Objections to Iran s Human Rights Record, Bureau for Information and Research, Vice Presidency for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Office of the President, 2000; Analysis of International Norms and Regulations on National Human Rights Institutions, UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy, 2003-2004; Draft Bill for the Establishment of a National Institution for the Rights of the Child, UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy, 2004; Comparative Study of Sports Law in the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Australia, Simaye Ghanoon Legal Development Institute, 2004; Elaboration of the Draft Constitution for the Iranian National Paralympic Committee, Simaye Ghanoon Legal Development Institute, 2005. Select White Papers / Reports and Requesting Bodies: Invocation of Most Favored Nation and National Treatment Clauses for Intellectual Property Protection, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Organization, 2003; Evaluation of the IAEA s Resolutions on Iran, Bureau for Information and Research, Vice Presidency for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Office of the President, 2003; 9
The International Regulation of Human Cloning, Bureau for Information and Research, Vice Presidency for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Office of the President, 2004; The Transitional Government of Iraq: Implications for Iran, Bureau for Information and Research, Vice Presidency for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Office of the President; The Events at Abu Ghraib and the Obligations Required by International Law, Bureau for Information and Research, Vice Presidency for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Office of the President; Evaluation of the Draft International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2004; Extradition of Individuals Accused or Convicted of Fraud between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United Arab Emirates, the Iranian Judiciary, 2011. Select Presentations and Public Lectures: A- In English: The Effect of International Law and Mechanisms on Human Rights in Iran, Salzburg Global Seminar, Session 405 Law as a Catalyst of Change in Asia, Austria, 7 th December 2002; A Critique of the Parliamentary Draft Bill on Torture with regard to Iran s International Obligations, International Roundtable on the Prohibition of Torture, jointly organized by the UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy and the Danish Institute for Human Rights, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran, 2003 The Challenges of a Regional Human Rights Regime for Asia, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), India, 15 th February 2006; Delicate Diplomacy: Preventing a Crisis Between Iran and the US, Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution (IIMCR), Cyprus, 21 st June 2006; Ethical and Legal Considerations of Human Organ Donation in Iran, University of Virginia Law School Colloquium, 8 th February 2013. 10
B- In Farsi (select): CEDAW and Iran: Possibility of Accession? Short Course on Human Rights, Shahid Beheshti University, May 2002; The International Obligations of Iran on Nuclear Activities, Shahid Beheshti University, 2004; Women s Rights and the Obligations of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Summer Course for Governmental Authorities and Non-Governmental Organizations of Zanjan, Imam Khomeini Student Association Amphitheatre, Zanjan, Iran, 2005; Sexual Slavery of Children and the Rights of the Child, National Conference on Child Abuse with a Focus on Sexual Abuse of Children, Shahid Beheshti University, 2005; Transnational Corporations and Human Rights, Shahid Beheshti University, 19 th November 2007; The Ethics of Free Speech, Pornography and Censorship, Ma refat and Pajoohesh Institute, 31 st August 2009; Human Identity and the Right to Life, First National Congress on the Right to Life, Shahid Beheshti University, 8 th December 2009; Human Cloning and Human Rights, Congress on the Ethical Challenges of Cloning and Stem Cell Research, Shahid Beheshti University, 20 th December 2009; Human Life : the Nexus between Human Identity and the Right to Life, Congress on Genetics: Law, Ethics, Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, 10 th November 2010; Immunity from Torture, Conference on Citizenship Rights, Vice Presidency for Strategic Planning and Monitoring, 28 th February 2011; Sanctions, Human Rights, and the Freedom of Scientific Researchers, International Workshop on Human Rights and Development, Shahid Beheshti University, 21 st May 2012; Human Cloning and International Human Rights Law, Presentation before the Iranian National Committee for Bioethics and the Ethics of Science and Technology of the Iranian National Commission for UNESCO, 14th February 2012. 11
Other: Member of the Scientific Committee, 16 th National Congress of the Avicenna Research Institute on Genetics: Law, Ethics, Psychology, 2009-2010; Member of the Scientific Committee, Congress on the in vitro Embryo from the Perspective of Fiqh, Law, and Ethics, 2010; Member of the Jury for the 12 th International Royan Research Award, 2011; Member of the Jury for the 13 th International Royan Research Award, 2012. 12