John Dugard Editor & Author

John Dugard (born 23 August 1936 in Fort Beaufort) is a South African professor of international law. His main academic specialisations are in Roman-Dutch law, public international law, jurisprudence, human rights, criminal procedure and international criminal law. He has served on the International Law Commission, the primary UN institution for the development of international law, and has been active in reporting on human rights violations by Israel in the Palestinian territories. He has written several books on apartheid, human rights and international law, in addition to co-authoring textbooks on criminal law and procedure and international law. He has also written extensively on South African apartheid.