Eyal Benvenisti
Eyal Benvenisti | |
|---|---|
איל בנבנשתי | |
| Whewell Professor of International Law | |
| In office 2015–2024 | |
| Preceded by | James Crawford |
| Succeeded by | Jan Klabbers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 February 1959 Jerusalem |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem (LLB) Yale Law School (LLM, JSD) |
| Thesis | Conflict of Laws and Belligerent Occupation: A Study in International and Comparative Law (1990) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Reisman |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Public international law |
| Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem Tel Aviv University University of Cambridge |
| Main interests | Sovereignty, belligerent occupation |
| Notable works | The International Law of Occupation |
| Notable ideas | Sovereignty as trusteeship |
Eyal Benvenisti (Hebrew: איל בנבנשתי; born 18 February 1959) is an attorney and legal academic, and Whewell Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge. He was formerly Anny and Paul Yanowicz Professor of Human Rights at Tel Aviv University's faculty of law. Since 2003 he has been part of the Global Law Faculty at New York University School of Law. He is the founding co-editor of Theoretical Inquiries in Law (1997–2002), where he served as Editor in Chief (2003-2006). He has also served on the editorial boards of the American Journal of International Law, and International Law in Domestic Courts.
Benvenisti is a member of the Israeli Law Professors' Forum for Democracy, established in 2023 to respond to the Israeli coalition's plans for changes in the legal system.