Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry

Appendix G — Commissioners’ Biographies
MAHNOUSH H. ARSANJANI
A leading authority on international law, Dr. Arsanjani spent more than 30
years as a legal officer with the United Nations where, among other
assignments, she was the Director of the Codification Division of the Office
of Legal Affairs, Secretary of the International Law Commission and
Secretary of the Committee of the Whole of the Rome Conference on the
Establishment of the International Criminal Court.
Dr. Arsanjani serves as Vice-President of the American Society of
International Law, member of the Board of Editors of the American Journal
of International Law, membre titulaire of the Institut de Droit International
and member of the International Advisory Board of City University of Hong
Kong. Recently, Dr. Arsanjani also served as a member of the Expert Group
established by the 2008 Ad Hoc Energy Ministers Meetings Held in Jeddah
and London, and as a special consultant to the International Energy Forum,
Charter of the International Energy Forum 2010. She practices public
international law and international investment law.
Dr. Arsanjani is the author of three books and numerous articles on
international law and international criminal law. She has lectured widely at
leading universities and institutions on human rights, international tribunals
and international institutions.
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