Ardi Imseis

Dr. Ardi Imseis is Assistant Professor of Law, Queen’s University, where he specializes in public international law. Between 2002 and 2014, he served in senior legal and policy capacities with UNRWA in the occupied Palestinian territory. He has provided expert testimony to the UN Security Council, members of the UK House of Lords and the French Senat. His scholarship has appeared in a wide array of international journals, including the American Journal of International Law, the Harvard International Law Journal, and the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. He is outgoing Editor-in-Chief of the Palestine Yearbook of International Law (2008-2019), and former Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and Human Rights Fellow, Columbia Law School.

Policy Lab

Palestine at the ICC: Prospects and Limitations

April 22, 2020

While the world remains fixated on the latest developments surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, Palestine's case at the International Criminal Court presses on. In this policy lab, international legal experts Ardi Imseis and Halla Shoaibi join host Nur Arafeh to weigh in on the current status of the case, its prognosis, and how actions taken at…

Commentary

UNRWA in a Time of Crisis: Separating the Red Herrings from Legitimate Shortcomings

October 8, 2019

UNRWA has recently faced funding cuts and an ethics report detailing alleged abuses by top management. While these events are important to understand UNRWA’s current dilemmas, they do not provide a proper understanding of the Agency’s more fundamental issues. Ardi Imseis sheds light on UNRWA’s actual challenges and why its mandate should include durable solutions for Palestine refugees.