Jann Kleffner
Professor
Folkrätt
Organisation
Institutionen för statsvetenskap och juridik
Centrum för operativ juridik och folkrätt
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Prof. Dr. Jann K. Kleffner LL.M. is Professor of International Law at the Swedish Defence University and Extraordinary Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His research is on public international law, with a special focus on the international law of military operations, including the law of armed conflict and peace operations, jus ad bellum, international criminal law, and human rights law. He has published widely in these fields (more than 90 publications).
After studies in Germany, the UK and The Netherlands, Jann K. Kleffner obtained LL.M. and PhD degrees in international law from the University of Amsterdam Law School in The Netherlands. Prior to joining the Swedish Defence University, he was Assistant Professor of International Law and Deputy Programme leader of the research programme on 'The Role of Law in Armed Conflict and Peace Operations', at the University of Amsterdam. Professor Kleffner has been a fellow of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa at the University of Pretoria, and of DePaul University Law School, Chicago, USA.
Professor Kleffner has served as expert and consultant for a number of states and inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations, including the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Law Association. He has also advised law firms in the areas of the law of armed conflict and international criminal law, in addition to fulfilling a number of editorial functions. Between 2010-2020 he served as Head of the Centre of International and Operational Law at the Swedish Defense University.
Senaste publikationer
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The unilateralization of international humanitarian lawIngår i International Review of the Red Cross
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Article 33: Rights and privileges of retained personnelIngår i ICRC Commentary on Geneva Convention III relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
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Human Rights in Armed ConflictsIngår i The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law
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Protection of the Wounded, Sick, and ShipwreckedIngår i The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law
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Responsibility of Organized Armed Groups controlling territory : attributing conduct to ISISIngår i Military operations and the notion of control under international law : Liber Amicorum Terry D. Gill
Jann Kleffner
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