Joni Asi
Nature of Work
Academic
Profession
Assistant Professor

Joni Asi

Nature of Work
Academic
Profession
Assistant Professor
Biography

Dr. Joni Aasi is the Professor of public law and political science at An-Najah University, and also Director of UNESCO Chair on Democracy and Human Rights since 2013. In research and teaching his focus is on international law, citizenship and statehood, constitutional transformations and comparative democratization processes. He has worked at BirZeit University for more than 13 years and was a visiting scholar or invited professor at European universities, including Institute of Political Studies Lyon, France, University Rennes 2, France, Palermo University, Italy, to name a few. He has also worked as a legal expert with Palestinian Authority and with international and local NGO’s, including World Health Organization, UNESCO Office of Ramallah, Palestinian Hydrology Group, TRC and Hurriyyat, and the Centers of Community Service at An-Najah University. His interventions were in human-rights centered approach to bioethics, the concept of health from medical to legal thought, the rights of children, the struggle against torture and ill-treatment, the right to adequate housing and to services like electricity and energy, and finally review of legal texts in constitutional or in environment and water issues.

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Education
Institution
University Jean Moulin
Country
France
Degree
PhD
Faculty
Faculty of Law
Department
Public Law and Political Science
Thesis
Paradigms in the test of time? Politilogues and historians face the collapse of the Soviet empire
Speciality
Public Law and Political Analysis
Sub speciality
Epistemology
Duration
1992 - 2000
Institution
Institute For Political Studies/ University Lumieres
Country
France
Degree
MSc
Faculty
Institute For Political Studies
Department
Comparative European studies (Political systems, Public Administrations and Public Finances)
Thesis
The role of the Monarchy in the UK political system
Speciality
Comparative and constitutional Law
Sub speciality
Comparative European Studies
Duration
1989 - 1991
Employment History
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