Chaloka Beyani
Chaloka Beyani is a professor of
international law at the
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He has worked and published extensively in the fields of
international human rights law,
international criminal law and
international humanitarian law, as well as on issues relating to
humanitarian assistance and
population displacements, in particular
internal displacement. In 2023 Beyani was nominated by Zambia for
election to the
International Court of Justice (ICJ). The Netherlands co-nominated Beyani. Zambia had previously put Beyani forth for the
2017 International Court of Justice judges election, but withdrew his name prior to the candidate selection process. If elected, he would have been the first Zambian judge at the ICJ. After five rounds of voting in the
Security Council and one round of voting in the
General Assembly, Beyani was not elected.
Beyani is a recognized international and United Nations expert on
internally displaced persons (IDPs),
population transfers, the
rights-based approach to development,
climate change,
sexual and reproductive health,
mercenaries and
private military companies, making
treaties and making
constitutions.
His analysis and arguments on the protection of the human rights of IDPs have become highly influential in shaping state policies on the protection of IDPs, especially in Africa.
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