Joost Hiltermann
Joost R. Hiltermann is the Program Director, MENA for International Crisis Group.[1] He was previously its Chief Operating Officer.[2]
Education
Hiltermann earned an MA degree in International Relations from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in 1980, and a PhD in Sociology from University of California, Santa Cruz in 1988.[1]
Political Activism
Hiltermann is known for his pro-Palestinian activities, using different human rights frameworks and mechanisms. In addition to managing the ICG's Middle East campaigns, where his views are reflected in the organization's political stance, bias and employment practices, he has worked for Human Rights Watch and for Al Haq, a Palestinian NGO claiming to promote human rights, whose executive director was convicted for involvement in terrorism. [3] In an article published in Middle East Report, published by the radical MERIP organization, he describes his activism at Al Haq during the 1980s.[4]
Published works
- A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja Cambridge University Press (2007) ISBN 978-0521876865[5]
- Behind the Intifada: Labor and Women’s Movements in the Occupied Territories Princeton University Press (1991)
- Al-Haq: The First Twenty Years[6]
References
- ^ a b "Joost Hiltermann - International Crisis Group". International Crisis Group. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
- ^ Joost Hiltermann, The New York Review of Books
- ^ "Shawan Jabarin, former PFLP operative and current head of a Palestinian human rights NGO, recently submitted a report to the prosecutor of the ICC accusing Israel of "war crimes," expecting the prosecutor to launch an investigation against Israel". The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ Hiltermann, Joost (2000). "Al-Haq: The First Twenty Years". Middle East Report (214): 42–44. doi:10.2307/1520195. ISSN 0899-2851.
- ^ amazon.com A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja
- ^ Hiltermann, Joost (2000). "Al-Haq: The First Twenty Years". Middle East Report (214): 42–44. doi:10.2307/1520195. ISSN 0899-2851.
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