Jamshid Momtaz

Who is Jamshid Momtaz?

Jamshid Momtaz earned his degree in public law at the Faculty of Law and Economy from University of Paris.

In 1968, he graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and held his Phd in Public Law at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences of Panthéon-Assas University.

He is currently Professor of Public International Law at the University of Tehran and Visiting Professor at the universities of Paris I, Paris XI, XIII Paris, Caen and Grenoble II.

From 1979 to 1982, he chaired the Center for International Studies of the University of Tehran.

He was a member of the International Law Commission of the United Nations between 2000 and 2006.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of International Law and member of several organizations :

International Committee of Red Cross Group of International Adviser.

Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law.

Board of Editors of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law.

Steering Committee for the International Committee of Red Cross, Study on International Customary Law.