Ben Saul
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| Alma mater | University of Sydney, Magdalen College (Oxford) |
Accuses Israel of having "used counter-terrorism rhetoric to justify exceptional, extreme violence against Palestinians, accompanied by a chronic dehumanisation of the Palestinian people” | |
Professor Ben Saul is an Australian lawyer who is the UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights and holds the Challis Chair of International Law at the University of Sydney.[1] He has appeared as an advocate in international, regional and national courts outside Australia, and he is also admitted to practice as a barrister in New South Wales. His research interests include international law, in particular, international aspects of anti-terrorism law, humanitarian law and human rights law.
Background
Saul attended the University of Sydney, graduating with a BA (Hons) and LLB (Hons), and Magdalen College (Oxford), where he received a PhD.
Career
Saul has published articles in various international law journals and is the author of an authoritative book, "Defining Terrorism in International Law".
Saul was a member of the International Law Association's International Committee for the Compensation of Victims of War; President of the Refugee Advice and Casework Service; Vice-President of the International Law Association (Australian Branch); Vice-President of Sydney PEN; a board member of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights; and a Member of the NSW Legal Aid Commission’s Human Rights Committee.
Saul was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in November 2022.
In November 2023, Saul was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism.
Legal fallout from Gaza
A brief video put out on the United Nations X channel summarises Saul's view of how Israel “has used counter-terrorism rhetoric to justify exceptional, extreme violence against Palestinians, accompanied by a chronic dehumanisation of the Palestinian people”.
In an extended interview with Sydney Black in the Harvard International Review, Saul spells out in a nuanced, almost understated, way how Israel has consistently violated international law with impunity, aided and abetted by the United States whose unwillingness to give the UN Security Council resolutions teeth is undermining the whole architecture of international law.
- “You need the states that matter to bring the pressure to bear on Israel. They could stop this conflict overnight if they stopped the weapons that kill the Palestinians.”[2]
Books
- Saul, B., "Documents in International Law: Terrorism", Hart: Oxford (2010)
- Saul, B., Stephens, T., McAdam, J. and Sherwood, S., "Climate Change and Australia: Warming to the Challenge", Federation Press: Sydney ( 2010)
- Nasu, H. and Saul, B. (eds), "Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region: Towards Institution Building", Routledge-Cavendish: Abindgon (2010)
- Saul, B., "Defining Terrorism in International Law", Oxford University Press – Monographs in International Law Series: Oxford (2006), (2008 paperback)
- Crock, M., Saul, B. and Dastyari, A., "Future Seekers II: Refugees and Irregular Migration in Australia", Federation Press: Sydney (2006)
- Crock, M. and Saul, B., "Future Seekers: Refugees and the Law in Australia", Federation Press and the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW: Sydney (2002)
References
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