I am Professor Ahmed Aubais Neama Al-Fatlawi, Professor of Public International Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Kufa. My academic work lies principally in the fields of international humanitarian law and international criminal law, with a broader research agenda encompassing cyber operations and emerging technologies, the protection of cultural heritage and the natural environment during armed conflict, international accountability, legislative and penal drafting, grand corruption, and contemporary challenges to criminal justice.
My academic career spans more than two decades of university teaching, legal scholarship, postgraduate supervision, and institutional engagement. I hold a PhD in Law from the Lebanese University and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Babylon, and I pursued advanced specialised studies in international humanitarian law at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.
I have authored numerous books and peer-reviewed studies in Arabic and English, addressing international humanitarian law, international criminal justice, cyber warfare and cyber operations, cultural heritage protection, child protection in armed conflict, legislative reform, corruption, and emerging forms of criminality.
My international academic engagement includes contributions to major initiatives undertaken by the International Committee of the Red Cross. I participated among international experts in the work associated with the updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention of 1949 relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, and served among the international peer reviewers of the ICRC Guidelines on the Protection of the Natural Environment in Armed Conflict.
Among my most significant international engagements was my participation as an Iraqi academic expert in a United Nations policy event convened by the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate of the United Nations Security Council on 12 June 2024, devoted to advancing accountability for the destruction and looting of cultural heritage and its illicit trafficking in contexts linked to terrorism. My contribution addressed the Iraqi experience and the legal challenges surrounding accountability for crimes committed against cultural heritage.
I currently serve as a member of the Executive Committee of the Universities Network for Children in Armed Conflict (UNETCHAC), contributing to international academic initiatives devoted to the protection of children affected by armed conflict. I am also a member of the Academic Board of the Heritage International Institute (HII), Italy, reflecting my continuing scholarly engagement with the international legal protection of cultural heritage.
At the national level, I contribute to the development and implementation of international humanitarian law in Iraq through expert and institutional work associated with the Permanent National Committee for International Humanitarian Law within the Office of the Prime Minister, including engagement with legislative initiatives concerning international crimes.
Alongside research and institutional service, I teach Public International Law, International Humanitarian Law, and International Criminal Law at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and have supervised and examined numerous master’s theses and doctoral dissertations.
My scholarship is guided by the conviction that legal research should extend beyond doctrinal inquiry to contribute meaningfully to legislative reform, institutional development, judicial effectiveness, and the formulation of principled legal responses to armed conflict, technological transformation, corruption, and emerging threats to international peace and human dignity.