The BEYOND Project - Team - Abdullah Omar Yassen

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Abdullah Omar Yassen is Assistant Professor in Public International Law, and Head of Cultural Relations, International Office, at the Erbil Polytechnic University. He is a member of the BEYOND Advisory Board.

Abdullah holds a PhD in International Refugee Law from Newcastle University and an LL.M with Merit in Public International Law from the University of Leicester. He received a postgraduate diploma in International Law from the University of Nottingham and holds an LL.B with Honours from the University of Derby. 

Abdullah is country expert on citizenship for GLOBALCIT, based at the European University Institute, and Iraqi consultant for UNESCO Institute for lifelong learning. He has published several papers in the field of forced migration, refugee law, and minority rights. He is also a researcher on BEYOND’s sister project REF-ARAB, and has his own lived experience of displacement.