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Victor Kattan

Assistant Professor in Public International Law, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Expertise Summary

Victor Kattan is Assistant Professor in Public International Law at the 糖心原创 School of Law where he is the deputy director of the Nottingham International Law and Security Centre.

Victor obtained his LL.B. from Brunel University London with Honours, his LL.M from the University of Leiden School of Law, and his Ph.D in international law from the School of Law at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies, where he was awarded a scholarship from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. He previously taught postgraduate and undergraduate courses at Yale-NUS College in Singapore, NUS Law, and the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies.

Victor is a member of the Editorial Board of the Asian Journal of International Law and is Area Editor for the Middle East and Islam for Oxford Bibliographies of International Law. He was awarded the inaugural Asian Society of International Law Younger Scholar Prize for the best article published in the Asian Journal of International Law.

Victor is the author of one monograph, four edited books, and more than thirty single authored articles that have been published in peer reviewed journals. These include publications in Political Geography, the Melbourne Journal of International Law, the American Journal of International Law, the Leiden Journal of International Law, the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, the Asian Journal of International Law, and the Journal of the History of International Law. He has also published widely on social media, including scholarly blogs, such as EJIL: Talk!, Opinio Juris, and Verfassungsblog. His scholarship has been cited by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), states and international organizations in advisory proceedings before the ICJ, Special Rapporteurs to the UN Human Rights Council, the Congressional Research Service, and leading academics. He has delivered invited lectures at the , Harvard Law School, the Graduate Institute in Geneva, the University of Oxford's Bonavero Institute, and the British Academy.

Victor's publications include an edited book with Brian Cuddy, titled Making Endless War: The Vietnam and Arab-Israeli Conflicts in the History of International Law (published in the series on law, meaning and violence edited by Martha Minow and Austin Sarat, , with Michigan University Press, 2023), and another edited book with Amit Ranjan of The Breakup of India and Palestine: The Causes and Legacies of Partition (published in the series Studies in Imperialism with Manchester University Press, 2023). Victor is the author of From Coexistence to Conquest: International Law and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1891-1949 (Pluto Press, 2009) and The Palestine Question in International Law (British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2008).

In addition to his scholarly work, Victor has published op-eds in newspapers, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Religion & Ethics website, Ha'aretz, the South China Morning Post, The Straits Times, the Guardian, the LA Times, TRT Global, and Arab News. He has appeared on television, including ABC, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera Arabic, and Al Jazeera Balkans, Bloomberg, the BBC, Channel News Asia, CNBC Asia, and CNN. He has also been interviewed on radio, including the BBC World Service, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Nottingham, and LBC Radio London. He has been quoted as an expert in The Financial Times, the Guardian, and The Times.

Victor joined the School of Law at Nottingham University in July 2020 from Southeast Asia where he was based for seven years at the School of Law and the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore. He moved to Singapore from Jerusalem where had been legal adviser to the Palestinian Negotiations Affairs Department in Ramallah on secondment from the United Nations Development Program. In that capacity, he advised the Palestinian leadership on treaty accession when it was conferred observer statehood by the UN General Assembly. He was previously a research fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) where he worked on a project on international law and human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Victor is the recipient of numerous academic awards and grants, including an Arts and Humanities Research Council grant to complete a PhD, two postdoctoral awards at NUS Law, and a Nottingham Research Fellowship. He was awarded a BA/Leverhulme small research grant as the principal investigator for a project on demographic engineering and apartheid in Western Sahara (2024-2026). At the NUS Middle East Institute, Victor was the Head of the Transsystemic Law Research Cluster in which he oversaw an annual research budget and organized four major international conferences.

Throughout his academic career Victor has acted as a research consultant for several organizations and has written reports for the European Council of Foreign Relations, the Oxford Research Group, the Human Sciences Research Council, and a number of governments. He has written expert reports in cases that have reached the UK Court of Appeal (chancery division). Victor is an associate member of Temple Garden Chambers in London.

Victor's expertise encompasses the legal aspects of territorial disputes, the history of international law, including the law of the United Nations, international humanitarian law, and the use of force. He has given evidence as an expert witness before the UK's House of Commons and has appeared as an expert before the UN Human Rights Council's on the Right to Development.

Teaching Summary

Victor is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). He was awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (With Distinction) from the 糖心原创 in December 2024.

Victor is the LLM Specialism Convenor in International Law and Public International Law. He teaches courses on the LLB including Public Law, Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, and Public International Law. He is the convener of two courses on the LLM: Principles of Public International Law and International Humanitarian Law.

At the National University of Singapore, Victor was the convener of the course on The Use of Force in International Law. At Yale-NUS College, Victor was the convener of the course on Law, War, and Peace in the Middle East.

At the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Victor was a tutor on the postgraduate course in Public International Law at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy.

Research Summary

Victor is writing a book on apartheid as a crime against humanity for Oxford University Press. He welcomes applications from students wishing to pursue their doctorates in the areas of public… read more

Selected Publications

  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2023. Jus Gentium: Journal of International Legal History. 8(1), 4
  • VICTOR KATTAN and JOHN B QUIGLEY, 2023. Oxford Bibliographies of International Law.
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2022. . In: JURE VIDMAR, SARAH MCGIBBON and LEA RAIBLE, eds., Research Handbook on Secession Edward Elgar Publishing. 275-292
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2021. The Arab Law Quarterly. 35(5), 503-548

Current Research

Victor is writing a book on apartheid as a crime against humanity for Oxford University Press. He welcomes applications from students wishing to pursue their doctorates in the areas of public international law, the history of international law, Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL), international dispute resolution, and all areas relating to the use of force in international law. Information about the School of Law PhD programme and how to apply can be found here: /law/study/postgraduate-research/index.aspx

  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2025. . In: The 2024 ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Berlin: Verfassungsbooks. 257-273
  • MUTAZ M. QAFISHEH, JINAN BASTAKI and VICTOR KATTAN, 2025. Leiden Journal of International Law. 38(1), 42-57
  • VICTOR KATTAN and R脡MI FUHRMANN, 2025. Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development. 15(3), 334-359
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2025. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Religion & Ethics. Available at: <https://www.abc.net.au/religion/hidden-history-british-war-crimes-palestine-campaign-for-apology/105878764>
  • VICTOR KATTAN and GERHARD KEMP, 2024. EJIL Talk!: Blog of the European Journal of International Law. Available at: <https://www.ejiltalk.org/apartheid-as-a-form-of-genocide-reflections-on-south-africa-v-israel/>
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2024. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Available at: <https://www.abc.net.au/religion/after-gaza-conflict-recognition-palestinian-serves-peace/103441728>
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2024. Reiss Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law.. Available at: <https://www.justsecurity.org/93403/the-implications-of-an-icj-finding-that-israel-is-committing-the-crime-against-humanity-of-apartheid/>
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2024. Verfassungsblog -- On Matters Constitutional. Available at: <https://verfassungsblog.de/apartheid-or-systemic-discrimination/>
  • VICTOR KATTAN and JOHN B QUIGLEY, 2023. Oxford Bibliographies of International Law.
  • VICTOR KATTAN and BRIAN CUDDY, eds., 2023. Michigan University Press.
  • VICTOR KATTAN and AMIT RANJAN, eds., 2023. Manchester University Press.
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2023. Jus Gentium: Journal of International Legal History. 8(1), 4
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2023. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Available at: <https://www.abc.net.au/religion/no-legal-impediment-to-australian-recognition-of-palestine/102679696>
  • VICTOR KATTAN and DAVID JOHNSON, 2023. EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law. Available at: <https://www.ejiltalk.org/the-crime-of-apartheid-beyond-southern-africa-a-call-to-revive-the-apartheid-conventions-group-of-three/>
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2022. Political Geography. 94,
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2022. Jurist: Legal News & Commentary. Available at: <https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2022/03/victor-kattan-russia-ukraine-legal-justifications/>
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2022. . In: VAN DER PLOEG, K. P., PASQUET, L. and CASTELLANOS-JANCKIEWICZ, L., eds., International Law and Time: Narratives and Techniques 101. Springer. 441-473
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2022. . In: JURE VIDMAR, SARAH MCGIBBON and LEA RAIBLE, eds., Research Handbook on Secession Edward Elgar Publishing. 275-292
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2021. The Arab Law Quarterly. 35(5), 503-548
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2021. Oxford Bibliographies of International Law.
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2021. Melbourne Journal of International Law. 21(3), 789-811
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2020. Insight Turkey. 22(1), 47-57
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2020. The Asian Journal of International Law. 10(1), 12-22
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2020. The American Journal of International Law. 114(2), 281-287
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2020. Third World Approaches to International Law Review. 14
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2019. Israel Law Review. 52(3), 390-395
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2019. Humanity.
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2019. Journal of Palestine Studies. 48(3), 79-85
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2019. Max Planck Encyclopaedia of Public International Law.
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2019. . In: SATVINDER S JUSS, ed., Human Rights and America鈥檚 War on Terror 1st. Routledge. 1-28
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2019. . In: PETER SLUGLETT and VICTOR KATTAN, eds., Violent Radical Movements in the Arab World: The Ideology and Politics of Non-State Actors 1st. I.B. Tauris. 93-120
  • VICTOR KATTAN and PETER SLUGLETT, eds., 2019. Bloomsbury.
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2018. Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. 12(3), 304-327
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2018. Journal of Palestine Studies. 47(3), 72-92
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2018. Journal on the Use of Force and International Law. 5(1), 97-144
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2018. Leiden Journal of International Law. 31(1), 147-170
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2018. Chinese Journal of International Law. 4
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2018. Journal of the History of International Law. 20(2), 251-256
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2016. American Journal of International Law Unbound. 110, 109-114
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2016. Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law. 19(1), 419-468
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2016. Indian Journal of International Law. 55(4), 583-589
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2016. Singapore Middle East Papers. 1-7
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2015. Journal of the History of International Law. 17(2), 247鈥�281
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2015. The Asian Journal of International Law. 5(2), 310-355
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2015. The Asian Journal of International Law. 5(1), 16-25
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2015. The Palestine Yearbook of International Law. 18, 53-91
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2015. The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs. 104(3), 297-305
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2015. Journal of Conflict and Security Law. 3
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2015. Modern Law Review. 78(2), 394-401
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2015. Journal on the Use of Force and International Law. 2(1), 169-183
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2014. Journal of Palestine Studies. 44(1), 61-73
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2014. Social and Legal Studies. 23(3), 457-467
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2013. Journal of International Criminal Justice. 11(5), 1161-1163
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2013. European Journal of International Law. 24(1), 463-469
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2012. Hastings International and Comparative Law Review. 35(1), 5
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2012. Leiden Journal of International Law. 25(2), 561-564
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2011. American Journal of International Law. 105(2), 407-415
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2009. The Palestine Yearbook of International Law. 15(1), 95-118
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2009. Pluto Press.
  • VICTOR KATTAN, ed., 2008. British Institute of International and Comparative Law.
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2007. Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. 40(5), 1425-1521
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2006. Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law. 12, 31-50
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2006. Human Rights Brief. 14(1), 26-30
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2005. Nordic Journal of International Law. 74(1), 67-102
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2004. Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law. 110, 33-82
  • VICTOR KATTAN, 2004. Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights. 8(2), 293-321

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