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Balkees Jarrah

Balkees Jarrah

Senior Counsel, International Justice Program Follow @balkeesjarrah

Balkees Jarrah is senior counsel in the International Justice Program where she focuses on the Middle East and North Africa region. She is a former law clerk at the Federal Court of Canada and has worked at the Brookings Institution supporting the mandate of the special representative of the UN Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons. She holds degrees in common law and civil law from McGill University and a masters from the University of Oxford.

Articles Authored

  • July 3, 2017 Dispatches

    A Small Step Toward Justice in Syria

  • March 19, 2014 Commentary

    The United States Should Support ICC Involvement in Syria

    Published in Jurist
  • September 25, 2013 Commentary

    Why U.S. should back ICC role in Syria

    Published in CNN's Global Public Square Blog
  • June 13, 2012 Commentary

    Syria and the ICC

    Published in The International Herald Tribune

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