Berytus Nutrix Legum, or Beirut as cradle of the law in its Latin expression, has lost all meaning in times such as these, when our national institutions have become decrepit …
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Karim El Mufti

Karim El Mufti
Karim El Mufti is an associate professor of international law and the director of the Human Rights Legal Clinic at the law faculty of La Sagesse University in Beirut. He is a human rights and humanitarian law expert, researcher and activist. His research focuses on state-building in multicommunal societies, such as Lebanon and Bosnia-Herzegovina.