Farnaz Dezfouli Asl

Farnaz Dezfouli Asl is an Associate Research Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and serves as Assistant to the President at the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission, focusing on international humanitarian law. As a PhD Candidate in Public International Law and Research Associate at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Farnaz coordinates the International Winter University on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and lectures at the Technical University of Darmstadt. Additional roles include Supervisor for the IHL Clinic at the Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum and a Visiting Researcher at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies. Previously, Farnaz worked as an Associate Human Rights Officer with the United Nations and interned with UNHCR, contributing to global protection efforts and research on civilian harm related to private military companies. Farnaz holds an LLM from the Geneva Academy and two master's degrees in law from Tarbiat Modares University and Guilan University.