Noha Aboueldahab
Research student
- Name: Noha Aboueldahab
- Fax: 020 7679 4969
- Email: n.aboueldahab.11@ucl.ac.uk
Dissertation Topic
The Prosecution of Political Leaders in the
Arab Region.
Introduction
Noha is an MPhil/PhD student at UCL, under the supervision of Dr. Başak Çali and Professor Chandra Sriram. She is interested in the emergence of individual criminal accountability in the Arab region. Her thesis will examine the prosecution of Arab political leaders, following the recent wave of uprisings known as the Arab Spring. Her research will explore the factors that led to the decision to prosecute the former leaders of Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia. She will also examine calls to prosecute the leaders of Yemen, Bahrain, and Syria.
General Research Interests
- International criminal law
- International Criminal Court
- Arab Spring
- Accountability
- Justice
- Human Rights
- Socio-legal studies.
Academic Background
Noha holds an MA in International and Comparative Legal Studies from SOAS, University of London and an Honours BA in International Relations and Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Toronto. She also holds a diploma from Sciences Po, Paris and post-graduate certificates from the Instituto Superiore Internazionale di Scienze Criminali in Siracusa, Italy.
Professional Background
Since 2004, Noha has worked as a researcher for UNDP headquarters in New York, UNDP Lebanon, and UN-ESCWA. Most recently, she managed UNESCO Doha’s education programmes in Yemen. Noha also served as the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe Outreach Liaison for the NGO Coalition for the International Criminal Court.
