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Ardi Imseis is an Associate Professor at Queen's Faculty of Law and serves as Associate Academic Director of the International Law Programs at Bader College, Herstmonceux Castle, United Kingdom. Holding a BA (Hons) from Toronto, LLB from Dalhousie, LLM from Columbia, and PhD from Cambridge, Imseis brings extensive practical experience to his academic work, having served 12 years as a UN official in the Middle East with UNRWA and UNHCR before joining Queen's in 2018.
His scholarly contributions appear in leading journals including the American Journal of International Law, Berkeley Journal of International Law, Harvard International Law Journal, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, and University of British Columbia Law Review. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Third World Approaches to International Law Review and was Editor-in-Chief of the Palestine Yearbook of International Law (2008-2019).
Imseis's research spans public international law, international humanitarian law, human rights law, refugee law, international criminal law, legal history, and UN practice. His scholarship often examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through critical legal frameworks, challenging conventional interpretations of occupation law and international legal processes.
As a practitioner, Imseis has addressed the UN Security Council multiple times, briefed the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights, and provided testimony to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs. His 2024 testimony addressed Canada's relationship with the Two-State Solution, and he recently spoke at the UN on the Nakba and the UN's Permanent Responsibility for the Question of Palestine.
- Member, Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen (2019-2021)
- Senior Legal Counsel to Chief Justice Catherine A. Fraser of Alberta (2010-2011)
- Visiting Research Scholar, American University in Cairo
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and Human Rights Fellow, Columbia Law School
His recent book The United Nations and the Question of Palestine: Rule by Law and the Structure of International Legal Subalternity (Cambridge University Press, 2023) represents a major contribution to understanding the historical and structural dimensions of international legal approaches to Palestine. His work consistently demonstrates how international law both reflects and shapes power relations in global governance.
