MOHAMED Y - Protection Project



MOHAMED Y. MATTAR5137 Winding Woods Drive,Centreville, VA, 20120 (Phone) 202.256.7520mmattar@jhu.eduPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEAdjunct Professor of Law: The American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC. Teaching courses in: Investment and Trade Laws of the Middle East, Comparative Law, Islamic Law, International Commercial Contracts, International Trafficking in Persons. (1997-1999), (2000 – Present)Non-Resident Distinguished Professor of Law:Alexandria University Faculty of Law, Alexandria, EgyptTeaching courses in: International Arbitration, Drafting Contracts, Corporate Liability and Human Rights, and Legal Clinic. (2009-present)Visiting Professor:Arab University of Beirut, Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Business, Beirut, LebanonTeaching courses in: Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Trafficking (2011-present)Consultant: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Advisor on International and National Laws on Combating Trafficking in Persons, Legislative Drafting, Drafting of Strategies and Action Plans, Legal Aid, and Middle East Legal Systems (2007-present)Executive Director: The Protection Project (2015-present)Founder and Editor in Chief:The Protection Project journal of Human Rights and Civil Society. (2007-present)Executive Director: The Protection Project of the Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington, DC. Directs and supervises The Protection Project’s work in the following seven areas: Trafficking in Persons; Clinical Legal Education; Corporate Social Responsibility; Legal Reform; Promotion of Religious Dialogue; Enhancing Capacity of Civil Society; and Human Rights Education. Monitors, analyzes and reports on violations of human rights, conducts training and capacity building programs for NGOs, government officials and service providers, while working towards universal implementation of human rights. (2005-2014) Senior Research Professor of International Law:Johns Hopkins University, Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC. Teaching courses in: Comparative Law: The Islamic Legal System, International Trafficking in Persons, International Business and Human Rights. (2001- 2014)Clinical Professor:Founder and Professor: The International Human Rights Clinic, at Johns Hopkins University, Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. (2012-2014)Adjunct Professor of Law: Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC. Teaching courses in: Islamic Law, Investment and Trade Laws of the Middle East, International Trafficking of Women and Children. (1997-1999), (2000-2014)Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. Teaching courses in Comparative Contract Law at Alexandria University Faculty of Law, an Introduction to the American Legal System, International Business and Human Rights, International Contract Law at Cairo University Faculty of Law, LLM Joint Program. (2008-2013)Consultant: Qatar Foundation for the Child and Women Protection, Designing Strategies and Action Plans for the protection of women and children in Qatar in light of international standards and best practices (2012 – 2013)Consultant: The World Bank. Advisor on Judicial Reform in the countries of Ghana, Senegal, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Turkey, Philippines, Guatemala, Bolivia. (2005-2007)Consultant: The Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Advisor on developing indicators to assess reform in the Arab World. (2006 – 2009)Co-Director: The Protection Project of the Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University-School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington, DC. (2002-2004)Director for Legal and Legislative Affairs: The Protection Project of the Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University-School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington, DC. Advisor on anti-trafficking legislation and conducting comparative analysis of related laws, including anti-corruption laws, money-laundering laws, labor laws and immigration laws. (2001-2002)Legal Advisor: Arab National Bank, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Advisor on banking laws, margin trading, electronic banking, debt collection, loan agreements, securities, assignments, guarantees, mortgages and other banking transactions. (1999-2000)Senior Legal Advisor: The Protection Project (“Creating an International Legislation to Protect Women and Children from Commercial Sexual Exploitation”) of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Advisor on the various legislation and law enforcement issues in the legal systems of Arabic-speaking countries. (1999-2000)Legal Advisor: Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, Washington, DC.Advised the U.A.E. government on investment and trade laws, franchising agreements, commercial agency, negotiating and drafting contracts, preparing legal memoranda regarding the U.A.E. and the U.S.A. legal systems. (1996-1999)President’s Consultant for American Relations: Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport, Alexandria, Egypt. (1997-1999)US Director: Gulf Institute for International Law, Organized exchange programs between the Institute in Dubai, UAE and American and Egyptian educational institutions (1995-1999).Legal Advisor: The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Cultural Mission to the USA, Washington, DC. Advisor on the Universities and Colleges’ Laws and Regulations, Employment Contracts and Immigration Law. (1993-1996)Visiting Professor: Northeastern University, Department of Sociology, Boston, MA. Lectured on “The Legal Profession: Politics, Constitutional Structure and Professional Organizations in Egypt and the Arab World.” (Spring 1993)Visiting Scholar: Faculty of Law, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom (Fall 1992).Assistant Professor of Civil Law: Alexandria University Faculty of Law, Alexandria, Egypt. Taught Contract Law and Employment Relations. (1990-1993)Visiting Professor: Arab Maritime Transport Academy, College of Management and Technology, Alexandria, Egypt. Taught Business Law, and Introduction to the Study of Law. (1991-1992) Assistant Professor: Arab University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. Faculty of Law. Taught Torts, Contracts, Evidence, Leases, Insurance, Labor Law and Obligations. Faculty of Commerce: Taught Business law. (1986-1990)Lecturer in Law: Alexandria University Faculty of Law, Alexandria, Egypt. (1978-1981)Legal Consulting: Reported on the Saudi Arabian legal system. U.S. Law Firm, Chicago, IL. (1995); Egyptian Legal Exchange and Administration of Justice Program, Institute for the Study and Development of Legal Systems. San Francisco, CA (1993); Numerous American Law Firms, New Orleans, LA; Wrote memoranda on Egyptian workman’s Compensation and Tort Law. (1983-1985) Expert Witness: Gave deposition regarding Egyptian Family Law, Property and Islamic and Arab Legal System. Houston, TX. (1984) UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHTCorporate Social Responsibility: This course investigates the role of national and international corporations in promoting respect of human rights, environmental ethics, with special focus on corporate liability for human rights violations including child labor, forced labor and labor trafficking, codes of conduct, and other means of voluntary compliance, labor rights, anti-corruption measures, unfair competition, consumer protection, and the John Ruggie’s Protect, Respect and Remedy principles.Investment and Trade Laws of the Middle East: This course provides an overview of the commercial laws of the Middle East through an analysis of foreign investment and trade rules. The course also focuses on the laws that regulate the establishment of economic enterprises, contracts, oil concessions, franchising, commercial agency, the employment of foreign employees, intellectual property protections, and the enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards. In addition, the course examines models of privatization, Foreign Direct Investment, and Free Trade Agreements. Comparative Law: This course explores the two major systems of the legal family, common law and civil law, with additional focus on Islamic law and Jewish law. The course provides a comparative legal analysis of specific issues in the various legal systems, including comparative constitutionalism, immigration law, and death penalty, theories of contractual liability, basis of tort liability, products liability, judicial divorce, and inheritance rights. International Commercial Contracts: This course investigates the general principles of international contracts, including contract negotiations, contract formation, and contract drafting. The course also discusses specific forms of international contracts, including international agency, distributorship, joint ventures, licensing, and concession agreements. Sources of International Commercial Contract Law are also discussed, especially the United Nations Convention on International Sales of Goods (CISG), and the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts. International Trafficking in Persons: This course is designed to examine the various issues related to trafficking in women and children from an international and comparative perspective. The course studies the international trafficking prohibitions of the various international conventions including the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. The course analyzes texts of domestic trafficking laws from selected jurisdictions worldwide. The course also emphasizes the human rights based approach to trafficking in persons and the recognition of the trafficking person as a victim of a crime. Islamic Law: This course focuses on human rights in the Islamic legal tradition and contemporary Islamic world, especially in countries of the Middle East. In particular, the course explores constitutional law, banking, insurance, international law, crimes and punishments, marriage, divorce, child custody, succession and wills in Islamic law. The course covers women’s rights, religious rights, and minority rights in Islam. The course also examines recent cases in which Islamic law is applied in American parative Contract Law: This course examines various contract issues in the different legal systems, especially common law and civil law. These issues include contract negotiations, contract drafting, contract performance, and contract termination. The course presents comparative models from France, Italy, Germany, Egypt, and the United States. The course also discusses contract cases in which Islamic law is the applicable law. Introduction to the American Legal System: This course is designed to provide an overview of the American legal system including adjudication, trial proceedings, the adversarial system, legal education and the legal profession. The course addresses the concept of federalism and American constitutionalism specifically the bill of rights, equal protection and judicial review. Contract law, tort law and commercial law are also covered, in particular, the Uniform Commercial Code, antitrust and unfair trade practices. The course examines various Supreme Court cases that highlight the fundamental principles of the American legal system.International Business and Human Rights: This course investigates the links between human rights and business with special focus on the relation between international human rights norms and business standards, labor rights and regulations under American trade law, the issues of extraterritoriality, unemployment, wealth distribution and corruption. International Arbitration: This course covers arbitration as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism with references to Egyptian law no. 27 of 1994 and arbitral awards rendered by the Cairo Regional Center for international Commercial Arbitration. The course also examines the UN convention on recognition and enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards especially the public policy exception. Clinical Legal Education: This course offers law students an opportunity to enhance their lawyering skills by presenting the American Model of Legal Clinics and methods to implement this model in Egyptian law schools through civil society representation and pro bono work. Cases discussed during the course include violence against women, especially domestic violence, human trafficking and sexual violence. Contract Drafting Techniques: This course provides practical exercises on international contract negotiations and drafting. The course adopts franchising as a model and explains the various contract terms and conditions that are included in an international contract. Special attention is paid to common contract provisions, filling the gaps, and the application of the various contract principles.Drafting Human Rights Legislation: This course provides practical exercises on drafting human rights legislation in accordance with international standards embodied in international human rights law, and comparative models that provide best practices. Illustrations include violence against women, human trafficking, child protection, the establishment and operation of NGOs, and domestic work. International Human Rights: Theory and Practice – Online Course: This course is designed to provide participants with a basic understanding of the main issues related to theory of and practice in international human rights. The course covers in detail the international legal instruments that constitute the basis for international human rights. The course also explores critical issues in women’s rights, children’s rights, minorities’ rights, religious rights, and ethnic rights. Business Clinics: This course is designed to provide an overview of the legal aspects of doing business in Lebanon with emphasis on foreign direct investments (FDI), especially tax and customs exemptions and incentives, business formation and incorporation, ownership of land, labor and employment, relations, agency and franchising, privatization law, banking and credit, and intellectual property rights. The course also examines international business law, especially WTO and ILO standards. The Arab Charter on Human Rights: This course addresses the Arab Regional Convention that details the rights and freedoms of the Arab people, including civil and political rights, as well as economic, social and cultural rights. Special focus is devoted to positive discrimination in favor of women and minorities’ rights. The course emphasizes the interpretation of the Arab Charter in accordance with international law, as stipulated in Article 43 of the Charter. It also refers to cases decided in Arab courts as well as specific legislation.Civil Law: The employment contract, obligations: the theory of contract, introduction to the study of law: the theory of rights, labor law, a comparative study in Lebanese and Egyptian laws, the landlord-tenant relationships, a case study in the Lebanese and Egyptian laws, evidence in commercial and civil contractions. PUBLIC SPEECHES/ CONFERENCES/TRAINING PROGRAMS Guest Speaker: Gender- based Violence; A perspective from the United States and international law, International Institute, Graduate school USA, Washington D.C. (March 10, 2015) Expert: A Round-Table with Government Officials, Parliamentarians, and NGOs on Drafting a law on Legal Aid for the Kurdistan Region, Erbil, Iraq (January 24-27, 2015)Trainer: Protection of Victims of Human Trafficking especially women and children: Principles, Means, and Policies, in collaboration with UN Women, Marakesh, Morocco (January 6-9, 2015)Trainer: Legislative Drafting: Legal Aid and Legal Texts, in collaboration with the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences, Siracusa, Italy (December 17-19, 2014)Lecturer: English for Human Rights, a program organized by The Protection Project, Istanbul, Turkey (December 11-15)Expert: Drafting a law on Legal Aid for the Kurdistan Region, Erbil, Iraq (December 8-10, 2014)Speaker: Interpretation of International Law, Regional Laws, and National Laws on Combating Human Trafficking: The View from the Arab World, a workshop organized by the UNODC, Amman, Jordan (December 1-2. 2014)Trainer: Clinical Legal Education in the Arab World: Creating a Network and setting an Agenda for the Future, a workshop organized by the UNODC Amman, Jordan (November 26-27, 2014)Speaker: International Business and Human Rights and the Role of Commercial Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (November 25, 2014)Speaker: Celebrating 10 Years of the Passage of the Qatar Civil Code, Doha, Qatar (November 23-24, 2014)Keynote Speaker: The Law, the Related Laws and the Explanatory Laws in the New Sudan Law to Combat Trafficking April 2014, organized by the UNODC, Khartoum, Sudan (November 3-5, 2014)Expert: United Nations Expert Group Meeting on the Concept of Exploitation in the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, UNODC, Vienna, Austria (October 13-14, 2014)Guest Speaker: Diplomatic Immunity and Human Rights, London Academy of Diplomacy (October 6, 2014)Speaker: The Transnational Organized Crime of Trafficking in Persons: Patterns and Indicators, UNODC Workshop on Trafficking in Persons and Migrants Smuggling, Teheran, Iran (September 23-24, 2014)Lecturer: The Arab Charter on Human Rights, a course delivered at the International Institute of Human Rights, 45th Study Session - Strasbourg, France (July 7 - 25 , 2014)Speaker: A Model Law on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility for Countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), International Legal Ethics Conference VI, The City University Law School, London, United Kingdom (July 10-12, 2014)Speaker: Interpretation of Article 10 of the CEDAW Convention, including its main principles, objectives and links to the other articles of the CEDAW Convention, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, General Discussion on Girls’ and Women’s Right to Education, Geneva, Switzerland (July 7, 2014)Speaker: Arab Model Laws: The Concept, Successful Models, and an Agenda for the Future, in collaboration with the League of Arab States, Casablanca, Morocco (June 18-19, 2014)Trainer: Training of the Algerian Magistrates in Charge of the Fight Against Trafficking and Smuggling, in collaboration with UNODC , Algiers, Algeria (June 15-18, 2014)Speaker: Second Regional Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Middle East, Istanbul, Turkey (May 29-30, 2014)Speaker: Third Middle East Regional Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Istanbul, Turkey (May 26-27, 2014)Lecturer: Assessing the Effectiveness of International Criminal Law in the Prevention and Control of Transnational and International Crimes, 14th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law for Young Penalists, Siracusa, Italy (May 18-28, 2014)Discussant: “Jurisprudential Problems in Islamic Law and Economics”, SJD dissertation, submitted to Washington University School of Law (May 18, 2014)Speaker: Procedural Issues in deciding cases of Human Trafficking: Comparative Models and Implications for the Legal System of Morocco, in cooperation with the UNODC, Rabat, Morocco (May 12-15, 2014)Speaker: UNODC Expert Group Meeting on Case Digest of Trafficking in Persons Cases: Evidential Issues and Victim Protection Issues which Impact on Evidential Matters, Vienna, Austria (May 6-8, 2014)Speaker: Public Policy as Basis for the Exclusion of Islamic Law in American Courts, a conference on Islamic Law and the European Legal Order: The Public and Private Issues, in cooperation with the Société de législation?comparée, Paris, France (April 28-29, 2014)Speaker: Second Middle East Regional Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Middle East, in cooperation with Jerash University, Istanbul, Turkey (April 20-21, 2014)Speaker: The Impact of Islamic Law on English Law, The Development of Islamic Jurisprudence, in cooperation with the Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, Muscat, Oman (April 6-9, 2014)Speaker: The 2010 UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts in light of International Conventions and National Laws: Launch of the Arabic Version of the 2012 Principles, Muscat, Oman (March 23-24, 2014)Speaker: Enhancing Access to Justice for Victims of Human Trafficking especially women and children, in collaboration with UN Women, Rabat, Morocco (March 17-18, 2014) Speaker: Enforcement of International Human Rights Conventions: UN Committees and Special Procedure Mandates, in cooperation with the Johns Hopkins University-SAIS Bologna Center and the Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development, Bologna, Italy (March 10-11, 2014)Speaker: Training Workshop for Judges and Prosecutors on the Fight Against Human Trafficking in Egypt, in cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Egyptian Ministry of Justice, Cairo, Egypt (February 9-11, 2014)Speaker: Islamic Law in American Courts and the Clinical Legal Education Movement in the Middle East, in conjunction with Mofid University, Qom, Iran, Shahid Beheshti University and Shahid Motahari University and University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran (January 30- February 4, 2014)Discussant: “Silent Corporate Complicity of Transnational Corporations in Gross Human Rights Violations Committed by Host States”, SJD dissertation, submitted to American University Washington College of Law (January 27, 2014) Speaker: A Discussion on the Model Law on Domestic Work with the law clinics at Qatar University and Kuwait University, Doha, Qatar (January 18-22, 2014)Speaker: MENA Regional Consultation on the Right to an Effective Remedy For Trafficked Persons, Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Amman, Jordan (January 9, 2014)Speaker: Enforcing International Labor Standards and Combating Labor Trafficking: Multidisciplinary Approaches, Istanbul, Turkey (January 7-8, 2014)Trainer: Combating Human Trafficking in Morocco, in collaboration with the regional office of UNIFEM, Rabat, Morocco (December 23-26)Lecturer: A Course on Business Law Clinics, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon (December 16-20, 2013)Speaker: Global Alliance for Justice Education 7th Worldwide Conference and Training of Trainers: Advancing Justice Education through Global Commitments and Connections, Delhi, India (December 9-14, 2013)Keynote Speaker: Incorporating Human Trafficking in Educational Curricula in Arab Universities, in collaboration with UNODC, Kuwait City, Kuwait (November 27-28, 2013)Speaker: Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility: International Workshop, Oslo, Norway (November 25-26, 2013)Advisor: Advising the Government of Yemen on Drafting an Anti-Trafficking Legislation, in collaboration with the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking, Sana’a, Yemen (November 1-5, 2013)Speaker: Restitution and Recovery, Global Consultation on the Right to an Effective Remedy for Trafficked Persons, United Nations Headquarters, New York, New York (October 24, 2013)Speaker: Second Workshop to Support the Drafting of National Legislation in accordance with the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, organized by the Qatar Foundation to Combat Human Trafficking, UNODC, and the League of Arab States, Rabat, Morocco (October 21-22, 2013)Speaker: 'Good Faith in Islamic Law', The Concept of Good Faith in Judaic Law, American Law and Sharia, Congregation Har Tzeon – Agudath-Achim, Maryland, USA (October 13, 2013) Speaker: A Model Law on Child Protection, in collaboration with the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 129th Inter-Parliamentarian Union Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland (October 7-9, 2013)Speaker: Clinical Legal Education: Crimes against the Family and Community Development: International Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey (September 30-October 1, 2013)Speaker: The Islamic Waqf and The Charitable Trust: A Comparative Perspective: International Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey (September 28-29, 2013)Trainer: Building a National Referral Mechanism to Enhance Services provided to Victims of Trafficking, UNODC in collaboration with the Qatar Foundation to Combat Human Trafficking, Doha, Qatar (September 23-26, 2013)Trainer: Drafting a Bench Book for Commercial Judges on the Yemeni Law of Civil Procedure No. 40 of 2002, in collaboration with the High Judicial Institute, Sana’a, Yemen (August 24-27, 2013)Moderator: The Contemporary Application of Islamic Law: Case Studies from Iran, Malaysia, Indonesia and Beyond, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (August 21-22, 2013)Trainer: Drafting a Model Law on the Establishment and Operation of NGOs, in collaboration with the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan & Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait (July 3-7, 2013)Speaker: First Regional Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Middle East, The Protection Project, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Istanbul, Turkey (June 19-20, 2013)Speaker: Interpretation of Article 303 of Penal Code, Defense Strategies and Sentencing Guidelines, in collaboration with UNODC, Algiers, Algeria (June 16-17, 2013)Speaker: International Symposium on New Approaches to Legal Education: Legal Clinics, Clinical Legal Education in Arab Universities: A Call for Curriculum Reform, Anadolu University, Congress Center (June 13-14, 2013) Trainer: Capacity Building and Raising Awareness in the field of Combating Trafficking in Persons, in collaboration with IOM and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Manama, The Kingdom of Bahrain (June 10-11, 2013)Moderator: Joint legal clinic meeting on drafting model law on rights of domestic workers, Kuwait International Law School, Sultan Qaboos University and Qatar University (June 5-6, 2013)Speaker: The Elements of a Model Law on Combating Human Trafficking: reading of Moroccan draft law, in collaboration with UNODC (June 2-3, 2013)Speaker: Filling the Gaps: The Study of Judicial Creativity and Equity in Mixed Jurisdictions and Beyond, in cooperation with the University of Catania Faculty of Law, the Eason Weinmann Center for Comparative Law, and the World Society for Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists, Catania, Italy (May 27-28, 2012)Lecturer: The Emerging Role of Non-State Actors in Domestic and Regional Armed Conflict and Related Transnational Crimes, 13th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law for Young Panelists, Siracusa, Italy (May 19-29, 2013)Discussant: “The Constitutional Protection of Individual Rights under Terrorism Laws, Toward a New Egyptian Anti-Terrorism Law (Comparative Study Egypt, United States and International Law)”, SJD dissertation, submitted to Washington University School of Law (May 1, 2013)Speaker: Trafficking in Children: Reconciling International, Regional and National Legal Responses, Domestic Child Sex Trafficking Symposium, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland (May 1-2, 2013)Speaker: Five Problems and Five Solutions: Some Thoughts on the Problem of Labor Trafficking in the Middle East, ILO Regional Tripartite Workshop to Combat Human Trafficking, Amman, Jordan (April 9-10, 2013)Discussant: “Towards a New Anti-Corruption Law in Egypt: A Comparative Study between the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), Egyptian Anti-Bribery Law, and Islamic Sharia’s Law”, SJD dissertation, submitted to Indiana University School of Law (April 1, 2013) Speaker: Second Middle East Regional Conference on Clinical Legal Education: The Service Model and the Project Model of CLE: Family Law and Labor Law, Doha, Qatar (March 16-17, 2013)Guest Speaker: Trends in Combating Human Trafficking: A Conversation with Professor Cecelia Mo and Members of the Human Trafficking Course at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (February 19, 2013)Guest Speaker: A Conversation with Professor Sabahi and Professor Taylor and the International Women’s Human Rights Seminar, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC (February 26, 2013)Guest Speaker: Egypt’s New Constitution, American University Washington College of Law Middle East Forum, Washington, DC (February 20, 2013)Moderator: Constitutional Transformations in the Arab World following the Arab Spring: Comparative Models, in cooperation with the Bologna Center and the Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development (CCSDD), Bologna, Italy, (February 7-8, 2013)Moderator: Crossroads East and West: Visions of the Economy in the Islamic and Western Legal Traditions, Turin, Italy (February 4-5, 2013)Speaker: A Model Law on Child Protection, Committee on the Rights of the Child- Side Event, Geneva, Switzerland (January 28, 2013)Speaker: The Role of Law Clinics in Combating Human Trafficking in Arab Universities, Contemporary Trends for Combating Human Trafficking, Doha 3rd Forum for Combating Human Trafficking, Doha, Qatar (January 22-23, 2013)Trainer: Drafting Model Laws on Combating Human Trafficking and Protecting Rights of Domestic Workers, Round Table Discussion with delegations from Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon, Alexandria, Egypt (January 14-15, 2013)Speaker: International Conference on Access to Justice, Alexandria University Faculty of Law, (December 19-20, 2012)Trainer: Drafting a Model Law on the Establishment and Operation of Non-Governmental Organizations in Collaboration with Kuwait University Faculty of Law and University of Jordan Faculty of Law, Kuwait, Jordan (December 9-13, 2012)Speaker: National Colloquium: Shelter and Services, Evaluation for Action, Washington, D.C. organized by Shared Hope International (November 30, 2012)Speaker: Reforming Legal Education, Association of Arab Universities, Amman, Jordan (November 18-19, 2012)Speaker: Doing Business Abroad Conference, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. (November 14, 2012)Speaker: UNODC Expert Group Meeting on Further Development of UNODC Human Trafficking Case Law Database, Vienna, Austria (September 24-25, 2012)Speaker: Harmonization of the Law: the Hague Conference, Unidroit, UNCITRAL, Beirut, Lebanon (September 10-11, 2012)Speaker: Comparative Law: Legal Foundations, Investment, Competition, and Commercial Law in Islam and Other Major Legal Systems, in cooperation with the Tajikistan Bar Association, Dushanbe, Tajikistan (August 25-26, 2012)Keynote Speaker: The Association of Scholars in Trafficking in Person in Latin America, First Regional Meeting, Colombia, Bogota (June 12, 2012)Speaker: Regional Workshop on Drafting National and Regional Reports on Human Trafficking, Cairo, Egypt (June 5-7, 2012)Speaker: First Middle East Regional Conference on Clinical Legal Education: Developing Clinical Legal Programs and Expanding Access to Justice, King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center, Mount Nebo 1 & 2, Dead Sea, Jordan (May 27-29, 2012)Lecturer: Assessing the Patterns of Transnational Organized Crime, 12th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law, Siracusa, Italy (May 20-30, 2012)Speaker: Mixed Jurisdictions: East and West, in cooperation with the Parliament of Malta, the Eason Weinmann Center for Comparative Law, and the World Society for Mixed Jurisdiction Jursits, Valletta, Malta (May 14-15, 2012)Keynote Speaker: Iraq Law School Curriculum Development Conference, Erbil International Hotel, Erbil, Iraq (May 6-7, 2012)Guest Speaker: Recent Developments in International, Comparative and U.S. Legislation in Human Trafficking at the Sanela Diana Jenkins Human Rights Speakers Series, UCLA School of Law, California, Los Angeles (March 21, 2012) Guest Speaker: New Trends in the Status of Human Trafficking: Five Numbers, Five Challenges and Five Initiatives at Stanford University, the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, the Program on Human Rights, California, San Francisco (March 13, 2012) Guest Speaker: The Second Doha Forum: The Launch of the Arab Initiative to Combat Human Trafficking,?organized by the Qatar Foundation?to Combat Human Trafficking, UNODC, and the?League of Arab States, Doha, Qatar (January 16-17, 2012)Trainer: Drafting Anti-Human Trafficking Legislation: International Standards and Comparative Models, Training held in cooperation with the Jordanian Women’s Union for delegations from Egypt, Morocco, Lebanon, and Jordan, Cairo, Egypt (December 26-27, 2011) Moderator: Human Trafficking and Religion, Workshop held with Religious Leaders in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt (December 25, 2011) Presenter: The Model Law on the Establishment and Operation of? NGOS, a joint research project between Alexandria University Faculty of Law and Columbia Law School, New York, NY, Revolution and the Law, Annual Conference, Alexandria University Faculty of Law, Alexandria, Egypt (December 22, 2011) Trainer: Clinical Legal Education, Training for members of the Legal Clinic at Alexandria University Faculty of Law, Alexandria, Egypt (December 20, 2011) Trainer: UNODC Anti-Human Trafficking Training for Law Enforcement Officers from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq, organized by UNODC Beirut, Lebanon (December 12-14, 2011)Speaker: Human Rights in Arab Constitutions, The Human Rights Center and the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon (December 7-8, 2011)Trainer: Study Tour on International Criminal Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands (November 21-24, 2011)Speaker: Incorporating Human Trafficking in Academic Institutions: The European Experience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (November 25-26, 2011)Head of delegation: Scholars from the Middle East visiting the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY); the International Criminal Court (ICC); the International Court of Justice (ICJ); the Hague Conference on Private International Law; the Utrecht Law School Clinical Programme on Conflict, Human Rights and International Justice; the Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Utrecht University; the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights;?and the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS), The Hague, Utrecht, Leiden, The Netherlands (November 20-24, 2011)Guest Speaker: Sex Trafficking in Puerto Rico, Conference at the University of Puerto Rico in cooperation with the University of Puerto Rico and The Ricky Martin Foundation, San Juan, Puerto Rico (November 14, 2011)Panelist: Clinical Legal Education in the Arab World; a Need for Reform of the Legal Curriculum, the International Bar Association Annual Conference, Dubai, U.A.E. (November 1, 2011)Trainer: Obstacles and Prospects of Clinical Legal Education in the U.A.E., the U.A.E. Law Faculty, Al Ain, U.A.E. (October 31, 2011)Guest Speaker: Comparative Analysis of The Protection Project Model Law on Children Protection Against Exploitation, Abuse and Neglect and the United Arab Emirates Draft Law on the Rights of the Child, the U.A.E. Ministry of the Interior, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. (October 30, 2011) Trainer: Drafting Human Trafficking Legislation for Arab Parliamentarians, in cooperation with the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Cairo, Egypt (October 24-25, 2011) Speaker: Interpreting the Egyptian Law no. 64/2010 in light of the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, in collaboration with the National Coordinating Committee, Cairo, Egypt (October 23, 2011) Speaker: The ILO Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers, in collaboration with The Jordanian Women’s Union, Amman, Jordan (September 24-26, 2011)Moderator: Developing and Disseminating a Model Law on Child Protection: Case Studies, in collaboration with the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, Istanbul, Turkey (September 19-20, 2011) Moderator: Comparative Case Studies in Divorce Law: Enhancing Access to Justice for Women and Advancing Legal Reform, in collaboration with Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey (September 17- 18, 2011)Speaker: Analysis of Regional Trends in Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, Office of International Affairs, Forced Child Labor, Trafficking in Persons, Child Sex Tourism Regional Training. Rome, Italy (September 12-14, 2011)Moderator: Expert Panel: A Model Law on Child Protection, in cooperation with the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Valencia, Spain (July 18-19, 2011)Moderator: Recent Developments in Clinical Legal Education in the Middle East, 6th Global Alliance for Justice Education Worldwide Conference, Valencia, Spain (July 11-15, 2011)Speaker: The Role of Religion in Combating Human Trafficking, in cooperation with the National Center for Human Rights, Amman, Jordan (July 3-4, 2011)Moderator: Expert Panel: A Model Law on Child Protection, in cooperation with the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children, San José, Costa Rica (June 22-23, 2011)Speaker: Human Trafficking in Accordance with The Principles of Islamic Law, in cooperation with The International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences, Siracusa, Italy (May 25-27, 2011)Lecturer: The Shari’a: Sources of Law and selected Legal Aspects, 11th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law, Siracusa, Italy (May 22-31, 2011)Advisor: Assessment of The Iraqi Criminal Justice System, The Court System, The Police, and The Corrections System in Cooperation with The National Centre For State Courts, Baghdad, Iraq (May 23-24, 2011)Moderator: Clinical Legal Education in Egypt: The Alexandria Model, in cooperation with the Alexandria University Faculty of Law, Alexandria, Egypt (May 15, 2011)Moderator: Comparative Models of Reporting Mechanisms on the Status of Trafficking in Persons, in cooperation with the National Coordinating Committee to Combat and Prevent Human Trafficking, Cairo, Egypt (May 14, 2011)Advisor: Drafting the National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking, Doha, Qatar (May 12, 2011)Advisor: USAID Access to Justice Program: Establishing a Legal Clinic and Curriculum Reform in Iraqi Law Schools, Baghdad/Erbil, Iraq (May 1-10, 2011)Panelist: Discussion on the Arab Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking, the League of Arab States, Cairo, Egypt (April 27-28, 2011)Speaker: Human Trafficking in the United States and Abroad, University of Chicago, Chicago (April 18, 2011)Speaker: Islam and Human Trafficking: A Religious Approach to a Human Rights Problem, a Conference, at The University of Denver, Colorado (April, 1-3, 2011)Moderator: Islam and Europe: Religion, Law, Identity, The Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center, Bologna, Italy (March 14-15, 2011)Head of Delegation: Scholars from the Middle East visiting the European Court of Justice (ECJ), Luxembourg; European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France; Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany; Institute for Labor Law and Industrial Relations in the European Community, Trier, Germany, Strasbourg, France; Luxembourg; Heidelberg, Germany (March 7-11, 2011) Moderator: Comparative Law: Interpretation of the Legal Text, Academy for European Law, Trier, Germany (March 7, 2011)Panelist: Discussing a doctorate thesis on” “The Crime of Human Trafficking in International Law”, University of Damascus, Damascus, Syria (February 27, 2011)Participant: Expert Group Meeting, International Reporting System for Human Trafficking Cases, Vienna, Austria (February 21-22, 2011)Panelist: Successes and Failures in International Human Trafficking Law, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan (February 5, 2011)Trainer: Trafficking in Persons and Appropriate Responses, The Judicial Institute of Jordan, Amman, Jordan (January 11, 2011)Panelist: Discussion of a Master Thesis on Reporting Trafficking in Persons as a Human Rights Violation, Case Study: Lebanon, Notre Dame University-Louaize of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon (January 5, 2011)Trainer: Combating Trafficking in Persons in Lebanon: Government and Civil Society Partnership, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon (January 3-4, 2011)Moderator and Speaker: Towards an Arab Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking, The League of Arab States, Cairo, Egypt (December 21-22, 2010)Trainer: Human Rights Education: Incorporating Human Rights in Academic Curricula of Institutions of Higher Education, The Royal Police Academy, Manama, Bahrain (December 14-15, 2010)Participant: End Human Trafficking Now: Enforcing the U.N. Protocol, the Luxor International Forum, Luxor, Egypt (December 10-12, 2010)Moderator: Pioneering Legal Clinics in Egypt: Lessons Learned Internationally, in collaboration with Alexandria University Faculty of Law, Alexandria, Egypt (December 3-4, 2010)Panelist: Clinical Legal Education and Women’s Access to Justice, Women’s Rights in Egypt and Arab States, Alexandria, Egypt (December 1-2, 2010)Trainer: The Iraqi Draft Anti-Trafficking Law, in collaboration with Heartland Alliance, Sulaimaniya, Iraq (November 27-28, 2010)Trainer: Drafting an Anti-Trafficking Law for the Iraqi Kurdish Government, in collaboration with Heartland Alliance, Erbil, Iraq (November 25-26, 2010)Expert: Expert Consultation: Effective Remedies for Victims of Trafficking in Persons, convened by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Bratislava, Slovakia (November 22-23, 2010)Moderator: Alliances for Justice: Creating Public Awareness Campaigns to Combat Human Trafficking, Alexandria, Egypt (October 21, 2010)Moderator: Expert Panel on a Model Law on Child Protection, in collaboration with the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, Alexandria, Egypt (October 19-20, 2010)Speaker: Slavery in America Today: Domestic Sex Trafficking, Child Exploitation, and the Silence of Our Culture, Regent University Law Review Symposium Fall 2010, Regent University, Denver, CO (October 9, 2010)Speaker: Elements of a Foundation for the Future of the Anti-Trafficking Movement, Building Networks for CSOs to Combat Human Trafficking in the MENA Region, Foundation for the Future, Amman, Jordan (September 29-30, 2010) Speaker: An Explanation of the Syrian Anti-trafficking Law of 2010 in Light of International Standards and Comparative Models, International Organization for Migration, Damascus, Syria (September 26-27, 2010)Speaker: A Symposium on Comparative Law: Right to Inheritance, Constitutionalism, Damages in Contract and Tort Cases and Competition Laws, A training on teaching a course on international business and human rights, Qom, Iran (September 18-23, 2010) Trainer: Legal Aid Capacity Building Program Study Tour, in cooperation with university legal aid clinics in South Africa, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Stellenbosch, South Africa (August 1-8, 2010)Moderator: Training on English for Human Rights, University of Sydney Faculty of Law, Sydney, Australia (July 18-31, 2010)Moderator: Embassy Luncheon, Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report 2010: Findings and Recommendations, An Open Dialogue with Ambassador Luis C. de Baca Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC (June 23, 2010)Keynote Speaker: Human Trafficking in Canada: An American Perspective, The U.S. Exchange Visitor Program, in collaboration with World Learning, Washington, D.C. (June 21, 2010)Speaker: Human Rights and Human Trafficking: An Islamic Perspective, Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights, 8th Annual Law and Leadership Summer Program,George Washington University School of Law, Washington, D.C. (June 14, 2010)Speaker: Expert Group Discussion on a Global Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons, UN Group of Friends and NGOs, UN Headquarters, New York, USA (June 2, 2010)Speaker: An Overview of U.S. Approaches and Legal Frameworks to Combating Trafficking in Persons, Academy for Educational Development, Washington, D.C. (June 1, 2010)Lecturer: 2010 Specialization Course on Human Trafficking for Commercial Sexual Exploitation, in cooperation with the International Institute for Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences, Siracusa, Italy (May 23- June 2, 2010)Trainer: Concepts of Peace and Human Rights in the Abrahamic Faiths: Comparative Theological Perspectives, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (May 29-30, 2010)Speaker: An Assessment of Anti-Trafficking Legislation in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Latin America; 10th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law for Young Panelists, International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences (ISISC), Siracusa, Italy (May 26, 2010) Speaker: An Explanation of the Egyptian Law #64 on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Alexandria University Faculty of Law, Alexandria, Egypt (May 22, 2010)Moderator: Alliances for Justice: Interagency Collaboration to Assist Victims of Human Trafficking, The Suzanne Mubarak Regional Centre for Women’s Health and Development, Alexandria, Egypt (May 21, 2010)Panelist: Discussion of a Master Thesis on Human Trafficking as a Transnational Organized Crime, Alexandria University Faculty of Law, Alexandria, Egypt (May 20, 2010)Panelist: Discussion of a Master Thesis on Money Laundering and Financing Terrorism, Alexandria University Faculty of Law, Alexandria, Egypt (May 20, 2010)Speaker: Elements of a Model Law on Violence against Women, The Suzanne Mubarak Regional Centre for Women’s Health and Development, Alexandria, Egypt (May 20, 2010)Moderator: Expert Panel on a Model Law on Child Protection, in collaboration with the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, Singapore (April 28-29, 2010)Trainer: Incorporating Human Trafficking in Educational Curricula in the Royal Police Academy of Bahrain, Royal Police Academy of Bahrain, Manama, Bahrain (April 11-12, 2010)Speaker: Evaluating International Efforts on Combating Human Trafficking During the Past Ten Years, Arab Initiative to Combat Human Trafficking: Building National Capacities for Combating Human Trafficking, Doha Foundation Forum, Doha, Qatar (March 22-23, 2010)Guest speaker: An Introductory Lecture to Highlight the Training Manual Prepared for the Arab Initiative to Combat Human Trafficking, Arab Initiative to Combat Human Trafficking: Building National Capacities for Combating Human Trafficking, Doha Foundation Forum, Doha, Qatar (March 22-23, 2010)Trainer: Implementing the Iraqi Constitutional Mandate: Criminalizing Trafficking in Persons, Notre-Dame University-Louaize, Beirut, Lebanon (March 18-19, 2010)Moderator: Alliances for Justice: Building Coalitions between Civil Society Organizations and Pro-Bono Lawyers to Defend Women’s Rights in Egyptian Courts, The Suzanne Mubarak Regional Centre for Women’s Health and Development, Alexandria, Egypt (March 14-15, 2010)Trainer: Foundational Legal Aid Training Program, Alexandria University Faculty of Law, Alexandria, Egypt (March 13, 2010)Moderator: The Role of Clinical Legal Education in Enhancing Access to Justice, Annual Conference on Legal Rights and Specialized Courts, Alexandria University Faculty of Law, Alexandria, Egypt (March 12, 2010)Keynote speaker: Combating Trafficking in Persons in accordance with the Principles of Islamic Law, International Organization for Migration, Nairobi, Kenya (February 27-March 1, 2010)Moderator: Human Rights: Between Universalism and Relativism, Human Rights: Universal Principles and Regional Guarantees, Le Médiateur de la Répulique Fran?aise, Paris, France (February 1, 2010)Moderator: International Human Rights and Business: An International Workshop, International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences (ISISC), Siracusa, Italy (January 9-10, 2010) Head of Delegation: Organized a study tour on the United Nations Reporting Mechanisms, Geneva, Switzerland (December 16-17, 2009)Speaker: Islam and International law Seminar, Swiss Institute for Comparative Law, Lausanne, Switzerland (December 14-15, 2009)Guest speaker: Congressional Hearing on Human Trafficking in the US Congress, Model of American Congress, Alexandria University Faculty of Law, Alexandria, Egypt (December 11, 2009) Discussant: Member of the Master dissertation panel on human trafficking and organized crime, Alexandria University Faculty of Law, Alexandria, Egypt (December 10, 2009)Moderator: Enhancing Access to Justice for Women in Egypt in Family Courts, National Center for State Courts and The Suzanne Mubarak Regional Center for Women’s Health and Development, Cairo, Egypt (December, 6-9, 2009)Trainer: Drafting Shadow Reports on the Rights of the Child Conventions and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights for Iraqi Representatives of Civil Society, the International Republican Institute, Beirut, Lebanon, (November 14-16, 2009) Speaker: Comparative Models of Reporting Mechanisms on the Status of Trafficking in Persons, 25th Annual Meeting, The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Atlanta, GA (November 7, 2009)Speaker: Trafficking in Persons as a Form of Violence Against women, 4th Annual Symposium on Trafficking in Persons as a Form of Violence Against Women, The Protection Project, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC (November 2, 2009)Speaker: Judicial Decisions and Statutory Interpretation, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium (October 29-30, 2009)Keynote Speaker: The Commodification of Illicit Flows: Labor Migration, Trafficking and Business, Multidisciplinary International Conference, University of Toronto, Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, Toronto, Canada (October 10, 2009) Speaker: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: Launch of the International Framework for Action to Implement the Trafficking in Persons Protocol, UN ECOSOC Chamber, New York, USA (October 9, 2009)Trainer: English for Human Rights Course, Irish Centre for Human Rights Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, (August 15-24, 2009).Trainer: Humans Rights and Islamic Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in cooperation with the Women’s Lawyers’ Association, Beirut, Lebanon (August 6, 2009)Trainer: Human Rights and Islam: The Way Forward, in cooperation with the Women’s Lawyers’ Association, Beirut, Lebanon (August 5, 2009)Trainer: Workshop on Developing a Referral System for Victims of Trafficking with the International Organization for Migration, Damascus, Syria, (August 3-4, 2009)Guest Speaker: Group meeting on Forced Child Labor, Human Trafficking, and Child Sex Tourism with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Office of International Affairs, NGO Liaison, Panama City, Panama (July 27-29, 2009)Speaker: Workshop on the Arab Charter on Human Rights, Arab League, Cairo, Egypt (July 4-5, 2009)Moderator: Embassy Luncheon, Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report 2009: Findings and Recommendations, An open dialogue with Ambassador Luis C. de Baca Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC (June 30, 2009)Guest Speaker: Combating Trafficking in Persons in Accordance with the Principles of Islamic Law, Celebrating Graduation of the Class of 2009, Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, (June 23, 2009)Expert: Expert Group Meeting, Her Highness Sheikha Moza’s Initiative on Combating Human Trafficking in the Arab World, in Cooperation with the Qatar Foundation to Combat Human Trafficking and the UNODC, Doha, Qatar, (May 26-27, 2009)Guest Speaker: 5th International Conference on Human Rights: Peace, Human Rights and Religion, Center for Human Rights Studies of Mofid University, Qom, Iran, May 13-14, 2009Expert: Expert Group Meeting, Framework for Action for an Effective Implementation of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, UNODC, Vienna, Austria, (April 21, 2009)Guest Speaker: National and International Reporting and Monitoring Mechanism on Trafficking in Persons,? United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, UNODC, Vienna, Austria, (April 20, 2009)Trainer: Access to Justice for Women: The Case of Trafficking in Human Beings as a form of Violence against Women,” in cooperation with the Qatar Foundation to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings, Doha, Qatar, (April 4-6, 2009)Trainer: Empowering Iraqi Representatives of Civil Society to Raise Awareness of Trafficking in Persons in Iraq, Istanbul, Turkey (March 19-21, 2009)Trainer: Legislative Drafting Techniques in cooperation with the International Republican Institute, Istanbul, Turkey (March 16-18, 2009)Trainer: Rights of Minorities, in cooperation with the International Republican Institute, Istanbul, Turkey (March 13-15, 2009)Panelist: Joint dialogue of the Commission on the Status of Women and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Violence against Women through Legal Reform, United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA (March 4, 2009)Expert: Drafting a Model Law to Combat Violence against Women, in cooperation with the Suzanne Mubarak Center for Health and Development of Women, Alexandria, Egypt (February 17, 2009)Trainer: A discussion of the Draft Anti-Trafficking Legislation of Iraq, in cooperation with the Iraqi Council of Ministers and the University of Baghdad, Istanbul, Turkey (February 13-15, 2009)Keynote Speaker: The Global Economic Crisis and the New American Administration; New Strategies to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC (February 9, 2009)Discussant: Member of SJD Committee discussing the doctorate degree on Law and Law Enforcement in the Area of Trafficking in Persons in Albania, American University, Washington College of Law (February 5, 2009)Trainer: Prosecutorial Techniques in the Judicial Legal System in Saudi Arabia; the case of Human Trafficking, Naif Arab University of Security Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (January 11-13, 2009).Trainer: Drafting shadow/ alternative reports on State progress in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women in cooperation with the International Republican Institute (IRI), Istanbul, Turkey (January 6-7, 2009).Panelist: Rights-Based Approach to Law Enforcement, Regional Expert Meeting on Rights-Based Assistance to Victims of Trafficking, International Organization for Migration, Cairo, Egypt (December 14-16, 2008)Panelist: Volunteerism: Innovation Practice and Pathways for Future Engagement, Nanjing, China (December 8-9, 2008)Trainer: Regional Human Rights Mechanisms: The European Convention on Human Rights and the Arab Charter on Human Rights, Bologna, Italy (December 2-3, 2008)Trainer: Workshop on Volunteerism, Pro Bono Work, and Internships, Beijing, China (December 8-9, 2008)Participant: Third World Congress Against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (November 25-28, 2008)Speaker: Third Annual Symposium on the Economics of Trafficking in Persons” The Protection Project, SAIS, Washington DC (November 10, 2008)Speaker: Islam & Human Trafficking, The 10th Annual International Conference: The Indian Ocean & Arab Slave Trades: Global Connections & Disconnections, Yale University, Connecticut (November 7-8, 2008)Keynote Speaker: Catholic Charities USA-Catholic Relief Services: Responding to Trafficking in the Americas Meeting, Washington DC (November 2, 2008)Participant: Access to International Criminal Justice for Victims of Violence against Women, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia?(October 16-18, 2008)Participant: The West and the Rest in Comparative Law, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law, University of California Hastings College of Law Together with The International University College of Turin, San Francisco, California (October 2-4, 2008)Panelist: Canada-US Consultation in preparation for the World Congress III Against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, Arlington, Virginia (October 4, 2008)Speaker: Extraterritoriality and Child Sex Tourism, Business Unusual: Winnipeg Global Thematic Consultation, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba (September 25-26, 2008)Speaker: Human Trafficking for the Purpose of Prostitution: The Bush Doctrine and Beyond, Fifth Annual Conference on Prostitution, Sex Work, and Human Trafficking, University of Toledo, Ohio (September 19, 2008)Keynote Speaker: ALERT: Accountability, Legislation, Education, Religion, & Technology, World Learning International Visitor Leadership Program: Combating Trafficking in Persons, A Multi-Regional Project, Washington, DC (September 12, 2008)Panelist: Child Sex Tourism in Anti-Trafficking Laws: Recent Developments, Customs and Border Protection Stop Human Trafficking Symposium Washington, DC (September 3, 2008)Guest Speaker: Sex Trafficking as a Form of Sexual Violence Against Women: East Meets West: Cross Cultural Perspectives towards Addressing and Preventing Sexual Assault, Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Bethesda, Maryland (August 21, 2008) Trainer: Islam, CEDAW, and the Human Rights of Women: Reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, in cooperation with the Center for Arab Women Training and Research, Tunis, Tunisia (August 4-6, 2008)Trainer: Implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women: Shadow Reports and Individual Complaints, in cooperation with IRI, Istanbul, Turkey (July 25-26, 2008)Trainer: The Draft Anti-Trafficking Law of Saudi Arabia: National and International Interpretations, Naif Arab University of Security Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (July 19-21, 2008).Trainer: Implementation of the January 9, 2008, Anti-Trafficking Law of Bahrain, The Royal Police Academy, in cooperation with IOM, Manama, Bahrain (July 16-17, 2008)Moderator: The Council of Europe Approach to Trafficking in Human Beings, Washington, DC (June 5, 2008)Special Guest: United Nations Informal Thematic Debate of the General Assembly on Human Trafficking, New York, USA (June 3, 2008)Panelist: Trafficking in Persons and Human Organs in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Doha, Qatar (May 13-14, 2008)Trainer: Conducting a training program in cooperation with the UNODC on Trafficking in the Gulf Area: the National, Regional, and International Frameworks, hosted by the Naif Arab University for Security Services, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (May 3-7, 2008)Keynote Speaker: A Discussion of the Draft Anti-Trafficking Law of Kuwait, Institute for Judicial and Legal Training, Kuwait City, Kuwait (May 1, 2008).Panelist: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men Briefing on the Parliamentarian Handbook on Trafficking in Persons, Vienna, Austria (April 28, 2008)Guest Speaker: New Challenges in Combating Trafficking in Persons in the US and Abroad, College of William and Mary, Virginia (April 14, 2008)Speaker: National and International Responses to Trafficking in Persons: Omissions and Gaps, Symposium on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery: Critical Gaps and prospects for Change, Center on Rights Development, University of Denver (April 12, 2008)Trainer: Organizing a Training Program on Human Rights Legal Clinics: Examining Comparative Models from the United States, Poland, South Africa, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran and Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey (April 3-7, 2008)Moderator: The Status of Trafficking in Persons in the Arab World, Washington, DC (March 31, 2008)Speaker: A Call for Harmonizing Domestic Internet Laws to Combat Sexual Exploitation, Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet, The Use of New Technologies in Human Trafficking, George Washington University, Washington, DC (March 25, 2008)Moderator: Promising Practices and Public Private Partnerships: The Path Forward to Combating Human Trafficking, The World Bank, Washington, DC (March 25, 2008)Keynote speaker: “Combating human trafficking between Theory and Practice”, organized by the Qatar National Office to Combat Human Trafficking and Qatar University, Doha, Qatar (March 12-13, 2008)Speaker: Human Rights of Women and Children in Haiti, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego California (March 7, 2008)Moderator: To Wear or not to Wear: the Debate on Islamic Veiling in Turkey, Islamic Veiling: A Symbol of Tradition or Progress?, Washington, DC (February 27th, 2008)Speaker: An analysis of the Handbook for Parliamentarians on the Appropriate Legal Responses to Combat Trafficking in Persons, The Parliamentary Forum, Vienna, Austria (February 12, 2008)Moderator: The Effectiveness of the Legal Framework to Combat Trafficking in Persons, The Vienna Forum, UN.GIFT, Global Initiative to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Vienna, Austria (February 15, 2008)Expert: Conducted meetings with government officials on the enforcement of the anti-trafficking laws of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (January 25 – February 3, 2008)Expert: Participated in a workshop on a discussion of the new Syrian draft law on combating trafficking in persons in light of international legal standards and comparative models, Damascus, Syria (January 13-14, 2008)Speaker: Slavery and Trafficking in Persons in Islamic Law, American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting (January 3-6, 2008)Speaker: Participated in a workshop on a discussion of the new Omani law to combat trafficking in human beings in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Muscat, Oman (December 16-17, 2007)Keynote Speaker: “International and Comparative Family Law” in conjunction with the Fondation Esprit de Fes, Fes, Morocco (December 13-15, 2007)Speaker: Family Laws in the Muslim World: Comparative Perspectives, in cooperation with the Fondation Espirit de Fes, Fes, Morocco (December 11-14, 2007)Speaker: Conducted a regional conference on trafficking in persons in the Gulf States, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (December 9th, 2007)Panelist: The Nexus between a Good Anti-Trafficking Legislation and an Effective Government Policy to Combat the Problem, given at The Protection Project and Freedom House conference entitled Human Trafficking and Freedom, Washington, DC (December 3, 2007)Expert: Organized the League of Arab States official meeting on the status of anti-trafficking legislation in the Arab world, Cairo, Egypt (October 28th, 2007).Expert: Participated in the UNODC Expert Group on Drafting a Model Law to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Vienna, Austria (October 1-5, 2007)Moderator: Democratization in the Middle East: The Perspective of Local Activists, in conjunction with Human Rights First, Washington, DC (September 11th, 2007)Speaker: Incorporating Trafficking in Persons into Human Rights Curricula in Universities in the United States and Abroad, Washington, DC (November 27th, 2007)Moderator: Trafficking as a Form of Violence Against Women, Suzanne Mubarak Regional Center for Women’s Health and Development, Alexandria, Egypt (October 23-25, 2007)Speaker: Violence against Children, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (August 24-September 4, 2007)Trainer: State Compliance on the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and the Trafficking Protocol, a pilot training on anti-human trafficking for law enforcement organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Regional Office for the Middle East & North Africa – Lebanon Outpost (July 23–26, 2007)Moderator: A dialogue with the newly appointed Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons of the U.S. Department of State, Ambassador Mark Lagon, an Embassy Luncheon, Washington, DC, (June 20, 2007)Principle Investigator: Conducted an assessment of the status of domestic trafficking in persons in Egypt, in conjunction with the United States Agency for International Development, Cairo, Egypt (April 30 - June 3, 2007).Speaker: Organized a workshop on the scope of the problem of labor trafficking for the purpose of domestic servitude in Qatar, in cooperation with the National Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Doha, Qatar (May 29-30, 2007). Panelist: Presented Concept Paper on Monitoring and Reporting Mechanisms for participant members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe during “Alliance Against Trafficking in Persons” Conference, Vienna, Austria (May 21, 2007). Speaker: Discussion of Human Rights Education in Turkey and Exchange Programs at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (May 18, 2007).Panelist: Human Rights and Religion, Mofid University in Qom, Iran, (May 16–17, 2007)Advisor: Advised the National Committee to draft anti-trafficking legislation for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Muscat, Oman (May 14, 2007).Trainer: Conducted a training program on trafficking in persons for the Institute for Diplomatic Studies, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (May 5, 2007). Panelist: Recent Developments in Trafficking in Persons and International Child Sex Tourism, Hidden Epidemic: Child Sex Trafficking, Suffolk University Law School (April 27, 2007)Expert: Member of the Arab Expert Group meeting at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina to develop Indicators for Reform in the Arab Region, Alexandria, Egypt (March 18, 2007).Investigator: Member of the US delegation visiting the Kingdom to assess the scope of the problem of trafficking in persons and the appropriate responses, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (February 24 – March 1, 2007).Trainer: Conducted training for government officials and members of civil society on labor trafficking and the labor market in Bahrain, Manama, Bahrain (February 18 – 20, 2007)Moderator: A dialogue with the Swedish National Coordinator on Trafficking in Persons, Mr. Oljelund, an Embassy Luncheon, Washington, DC (February 13, 2007)Expert: Member of the United Nations expert group on drafting an advanced manual for judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officers, Vienna, Austria (February 5 – 8, 2007)Advisor: Advised the National Committee for combating trafficking in persons on drafting an anti-trafficking law, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration IOM, Damascus, Syria (January 29 – 30, 2007)Trainer: Conducted a Training Program for Iraqi NGOs on “Minorities’ Rights in Comparative Constitutionalism and International Conventional Law,” in collaboration with the Iraq Foundation and Human Rights Without Frontiers, Amman, Jordan (December 14 –17, 2006).Speaker: Five Emails on Behalf of Our Females, Sex Trafficking and Labor Exploitation in Countries of the Middle East, STAR – Steps Toward Achieving Reform, Bibliotheca Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt, (December 11-13, 2006)Speaker: An Assessment of Anti-Trafficking Initiatives and Steps Taken to Combat Child Sex Tourism and Child Pornography, The Protection Project Symposium on New Challenges in the Fight against Trafficking in Persons: Combating Child Sex Tourism and Child Pornography on the Internet, (November 29, 2006)Participant: Promoting and Protecting Investment and Trade between Spain and the Arab World, organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Spain and the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, (November 13-14, 2006)Speaker: Prosecuting Demand: Issues of Policy and the Law, Georgetown Conference on Human Trafficking, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, (October 27, 2006)Trainer: Implemented the “National Capacity Building Programme to Counter Child Trafficking in Yemen” as Legal Expert for the International Organization for Migration, Sana’a, Yemen (August 17 – 23, 2006), (October 13 –17, 2006).Speaker: A Three-E Approach in Reviewing the U.S. Laws against Trafficking in Persons, United States Department of Justice National Conference on Human Trafficking, New Orleans, Louisiana, (October 3, 2006)Moderator: Trafficking in Persons in Greece, a dialogue with the Ambassador of Greece to the United States, His Excellency Alexandros Mallias, an Embassy Luncheon, Washington, DC, (July 10, 2006)Participant: Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants in the MENA Region – Regional Plan of Action and Technical Cooperation, Expert Group Meeting, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna, Austria (July 3-5, 2006)Panelist: Trafficking in Persons: Interference with Family Relations as a Violation of International Family Law, organized by Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, Colorado, (June 13, 2006)Panelist: Trafficking in Persons in Central Asia: The Scope of the Problem and the Appropriate Responses, Regional Central Asian Conference jointly organized by the OSCE and the Republic of Kazakhstan, Combating Trafficking in Human Beings – Regional Response, Astana, Kazakhstan, (May 18-19, 2006)Trainer: Conducted a program on Modernizing Training and Qualification Procedures for government lawyers of the Agence Judiciaire du Royaume – AJR, Rabat, Morocco (May 3 – 5, 2006)Speaker: United Front for Children: Global Efforts to Combat Sexual Trafficking of Children in Travel and Tourism, PROTECT Act: A Legislative Review of Child Sex Tourism Laws in the United States in the United States, University of Minnesota, (April 21-22, 2006)Guest Speaker: Overview of Transnational Trafficking: a Global Perspective, University Program on Trafficking in Persons. Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, (April 7, 2006)Speaker: The 3 E’s in Analyzing United States Legal Framework to Combat Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Midterm Review of United States Government Efforts to Combat Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children. Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, (April 3-4, 2006)Speaker: Omissions and Gaps: From the United Nations Protocol to the European Convention, Conference on European Convention on Action Against Trafficking Human Beings. Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, Bologna Center, Bologna, Italy, (March 25, 2006)Trainer: Conducted a training program for government officials on the International Labor Organization’s standards on combating labor trafficking, Manama, Bahrain (March 17 – 23, 2006)Trainer: Conducted continuing legal education program for lawyers on drafting international commercial contracts. Institute for International Law, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (March 11 – 13, 2006)Speaker: Labor Trafficking and Labor Migration in the Gulf States, Center for Global Studies of the University of Illinois Conference on Criminal Trafficking and Slavery The Dark Side of Global and Regional Migration, Urbana, Illinois, USA (February 23-25, 2006)Principle Investigator: Conducted a fact-finding mission on “Child Sex Tourism” with a grant from the U.S. Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Costa Rica (February 18 – 22, 2006)Guest Speaker: Trafficking in Persons: Recent Developments in the United States, The Martin Institute, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, (January 30-31, 2006)Guest Speaker: Islam. Moslems and Islamic Law: Reflections on Contemporary Problems, The Martin Institute, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho (January 30-31, 2006)Principle Investigator: Conducted a fact-finding mission on “Child Sex Tourism,” Cambodia, The Philippines and Thailand (December 2 – 20, 2005)Consultant: Educational Development Center, implementing USAID “Global Workforce in Transition” Program, Bahrain (November 17 – 22, 2005)Speaker: Exploited Children: Defining the Problem and Designing an Effective Legal Response, Missing and Exploited Children: The Past, The Present, And The Future, Buonas, Switzerland (October 25-27, 2005)Guest Speaker: “Islamic Law; Traditional Sources and Contemporary Problems”. International Reporting Project, Johns Hopkins (SAIS), (October 27, 2005)Guest Speaker: Islamic Law in U.S. Courts: Theory and Practice: Islamic Law Forum, Section of International Law, Division of Comparative Law Middle East Committee: Washington, DC, USA (October 3, 2005)Speaker: Trafficking in Persons: Cyprus and the Region and Effective Measures to Combat Trafficking in Persons: Conference: Identifying the Scope of the Problem and the Appropriate Responses, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic (September 11-12, 2005)Expert: Member of the Expert Consultation Committee- The “Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)” and the “United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights” Experts’ Consultation to Develop a Legal Framework to Prosecute the Exploitation of Trafficked Persons, Vienna, Austria (July 14-15, 2005)Speaker: Trafficking in Persons: Cyprus and the Region.” Conference: “Conference on Trafficking in Persons, Nicosia, Cyprus (June 27-30, 2005)Trainer: Identification of Victims of Trafficking: Concepts and Challenges, St. Louis, Missouri, (June 16, 2005)Advisor: Advised Iraqi non-governmental organizations and civil society on drafting a constitution that incorporates human rights in accordance with the International standards and comparative constitutionalism, Amman, Jordan (June 10-13, 2005)Speaker: Recent Developments in the Anti-Trafficking Movement in the United States and Europe, Islam and Rules of Islamic Law in American Courts: How Does an American Judge Exclude the Application of Islamic Law Based on Public Policy Brussels, Belgium (May 10-15, 2005)Speaker: A Commentary on the Indonesian Anti-trafficking Bill, Jakarta, Indonesia (May 1-5, 2005)Speaker: Regional Comparative Legal Analysis of Sex Trafficking and Sex Tourism, Conference: “Tackling the Demand for Child Sex Tourism and Sex Trafficking,” Singapore (April 25-27, 2005)Speaker: The Status of National Anti-Trafficking Legislation: A Comparative Analysis of European Law, Symposium: Trafficking in Persons: Global Crisis, Global Perspective,” Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, USA (April 7-9, 2005)Speaker: Trafficking in Persons: the Case of Maryland, Attacking Modern Slavery: Fighting Human Trafficking Here and Abroad, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, USA (April 5, 2005)Speaker: The Choice of Law Clause in Contract Disputes: When the Parties Choose Islamic Law, Exploring Important Topics on the Shari'a (Islamic Law), ABA, District of Columbia Bar, Continuing Legal Education Program, USA (April 4, 2005)Speaker: The Human Trafficking Forum, State Laws to Combat Trafficking in Texas, Florida, Missouri, and Washington: Implications for the Federal Law, George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA (April 2, 2005)Trainer: The Trafficking Victims Protection reauthorization Act of 2005: Major Amendments to the TVPA of 2000, The Protection Project Public awareness Campaign conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Philadelphia, USA (April 1, 2005)Moderator: World Bank Legal and Judicial Reform Program for Jordanian Judges and Public Prosecutors, The World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA (March 23-June 1, 2005)Speaker: Trafficking in Persons: Recent Developments in Law and Law Enforcement in the United States and Abroad, D.C. Bar International law Section, Immigration and Human Rights Committee, Washington DC, USA (March 8, 2005)Speaker: The U.S. Introducing a UN Resolution on Reducing Demand for Trafficked Women and Girls, National Capital Chapter of UNIFEM, International Women’s Day, Washington DC, USA (March 8, 2005)Trainer: Approaching the Victim of Trafficking, the Derivative Victim, the Vulnerable Victim, the Potential Victim, and the Presumed Victim in our Legal Response to Trafficking in Persons,” Women’s Human Rights Training Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria, (February 18-22, 2005) Trainer: Conducted program designed for “Preparing Iraqi Women as Leaders, Advocates, and Participants in the Political Process” with a grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Labor and Human Rights, Baghdad, Iraq (December 5-12, 2004)Speaker: Islamic Law in the United States Court System, the Muslim Law Student Association at Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC (November 18, 2004)Speaker: Islam, Muslims and Islamic Law in the United States: A Legal Perspective, the Islamic Legal Forum American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC, USA (November 11, 2004)Trainer: United States Embassy Training Program on Trafficking in Persons for the Police Academy, Article 217 of the Russian Criminal Code: A Distinct Approach in Exemption from Criminal Liability Moscow, Russia (October 18-22, 2004)Trainer: Recent Federal and State Anti-Trafficking Laws, The Protection Project Public Awareness Campaign conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Portland, OR, USA (October 4, 2004)Speaker: Anti-Trafficking Laws in South Africa: A Comparative and International Perspective, The Next Steps To Path Breaking Strategies in the Global Management and Prosecution of Sex Trafficking in South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa (June 22-24, 2004)Trainer: Overview of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, its Amendments and State Legislation, The Protection Project Practical Training Session for Providing Services to Victims of Trafficking in Persons, Mesa, AZ, USA (May 17, 2004)Speaker: Incorporating a Concept of Human Security in Designing a National Legal Response to Trafficking in Persons, Meeting of the Helsinki Process on Globalization and Security, Track on Human Security, London, United Kingdom (April 1-3, 2004)Trainer: State Legislation and the Right of a Victim of Trafficking to Civil Compensation Under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003, The Protection Project Practical Training Session for Providing Services to Victims of Trafficking in Persons, New Orleans, LA (March 30, 2004)Panelist: The Relevancy of Islamic Law in International Commercial Transactions, The District of Columbia Bar Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Program, Introduction to the Sharia [Islamic Law], Washington, DC (March 8, 2004)Trainer: Explanation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, The Protection Project Practical Training Session for Providing Services to Victims of Trafficking in Persons, Miami, FL (March 2, 2004)Principle Investigator: Conducted a fact-finding mission on “Identification of Victims of Trafficking,” Azerbaijan, United Arab Emirates and Turkey (January 29-Februrary 11, 2004)Speaker: A Victim-Centered Approach to the Indian Immoral Traffic Prevention Act of 1956 as amended in 1986, Path Breaking Strategies in Combating Sex Trafficking in India, Mumbai, India (January 27-28, 2004)Trainer: Explanation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, The Protection Project Practical Training Session for Providing Services to Victims of Trafficking in Persons, Boston, MA (January 21, 2004)Principle Investigator: Conducted a “Capacity Building Training Program on Anti-trafficking Initiatives in the Countries of Southeastern Europe” for government officials in Zagreb, Croatia; Sofia, Bulgaria; Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro with a grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro (December 1- 24, 2003)Speaker: The Birth of a New Anti-trafficking Legislation: The Dominican Republic Law No. 137-03 Regarding Illegal Trafficking of Migrants and Trade in Persons, Path Breaking Strategies in Combating Sex Trafficking in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (December 8-9, 2003)Speaker: The New Moldovan Anti-trafficking Law: A Critique of Articles 165 and 206, Path Breaking Strategies in Combating Sex Trafficking in Moldova, Chi?in?u, Moldova (November 17-18, 2003)Speaker: The Appropriate Legal Reponses to the Issue of Demand: A Comparative Legal Analysis, Demand Dynamics: The Forces of Demand in Global Sex Trafficking, Chicago, IL, (October 16-17, 2003)Speaker: Trafficking in Persons in the United States: The Case of Florida, Conference on Slavery in the 21st Century, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (September 18, 2003)Trainer: Explanation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and Case Studies of Victims of Trafficking, The Protection Project Practical Training Session for Providing Services to Victims of Trafficking in Persons, Atlanta, GA (September 11-12, 2003)Speaker: Child Sexual Tourism: The Appropriate Legal Responses, III Bilateral Conference "Parallel Worlds" Tijuana - San Diego Child Sexual Tourism and Other Forms of Trafficking, San Diego CA (August 26-27, 2003)Trainer: Explanation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and Case Studies of Victims of Trafficking, The Protection Project Practical Training Session for Providing Services to Victims of Trafficking in Persons, Chicago, IL (July 24, 2003)Speaker: “Sexual Coercion and Trafficking: A Legal Perspective,” Conference on Sensory Systems and Judgment in Law, Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research, California (June 14, 2003).Trainer: Explanation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and Case Studies of Victims of Trafficking, The Protection Project Practical Training Session for Providing Services to Victims of Trafficking in Persons, Washington, DC (April 22-23, 2003)Trainer: Explanation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and Case Studies of Victims of Trafficking, The Protection Project Practical Training Session for Providing Services to Victims of Trafficking in Persons, Seattle, WA (April 28-29, 2003)Speaker: The United States Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, Catholic University Law & Public Policy Forum on the Trafficking of Persons, Washington DC (March 26, 2003)Speaker: Trafficking in Persons, University of Notre Dame Law School, South Bend, IN, (March 3, 2003)Panelist: Understanding the TVPA: An Introduction to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000,” University of Illinois College of Law 7th Annual Women’s Law Symposium, Champaign, Illinois (February 28-March 1, 2003)Speaker: Elements of an Anti-Trafficking Model Legislation, Path Breaking Strategies in the Global Fight against Sex Trafficking, Washington, DC (February 23-26, 2003)Speaker: 2nd Preparatory Seminar of the Eleventh OSCE Economic Forum “National and International Economic Impact of Trafficking in Human Beings,” Ioannina, Greece (February 17-18, 2003)Trainer: Explanation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and Case Studies of Victims of Trafficking, The Protection Project Practical Training Session for Providing Services to Victims of Trafficking in Persons, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA, (February 11-12, 2003)Panelist: The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000: An International and Comparative Perspective, Trafficking in Persons: Conference on Modern Day Slavery, Global, National and Local Perspectives, Dallas, TX (February 6-7, 2003)Panelist: Trafficking in Persons: The Case of the Middle East, Combating Human Trafficking: Key Approaches, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC (January 6, 2003)Panelist: Participant at “Assessment of Trafficking in Persons in the Countries of the Americas” Hemispheric Conference on International Migration, Human Rights and Trafficking in Persons in the Americas, Santiago, Chile (November 21, 2002)Panelist: Comparative Analysis of the Elements of Anti-Trafficking Legislation in the Asia-Pacific-U.S. Region: What Countries in the Region Have to do to Comply with the 2000 UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, The Human Rights Challenge of Globalization in Asia-Pacific-US: The Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children Honolulu, Hawaii (November 13-15, 2002)Panelist: International Conventional Law: The United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Globalization, Justice, and the Trafficking of Woman and Children Conference University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA (October 25, 2002)Panelist: Legal Responses to Conditions of Victims of Trafficking in Countries of Destination, Trafficking in Persons – How to Respond to a Growing International Issue,” Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Washington, DC (June 18, 2002)Panelist: “Establishing a Bill of Rights for Victims of Trafficking in Persons: How It Can Become a Possibility,” International Conference: 21st Century Slavery – The Human Rights Dimension to Trafficking in Human Beings, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy (May 15-16, 2002)Guest Speaker: The Legal Framework for Investment and Trade in the Middle East, American University, Washington Semester Program, Washington, DC. (February 12, 2002)Panelist: Law and Law Enforcement, Regional Consultation on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Canada, Mexico and the United States, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (December 1-3, 2001)Guest Speaker: Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, The Recent Legal Development, American University, Washington Semester and World Capitals Programs, Washington, DC. (October 11, 2001)Guest Speaker: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Women: The Islamic Law Perspective, The Protection Project Seminar Series, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC. (February 2001)Guest Speaker: The Place of the Islamic Legal System in the Legal Family, a Comparative Study, American University, Comparative Law and Justice Program, Washington, DC. (November 27, 2000)Panelist: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and International Agreements, Ratifications and Reservations, Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America, Hundred Years of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Washington, DC. (November 19-20, 1999)Chair: International Arbitration Assembly, Gulf Institute for International Law, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (April 13-14, 1999)Participant: Annual Meeting of the International Association of the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP), Mexico City, Mexico (August 1998)Panelist: Public Policy and Good Morals in the American Legal System, Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America, Sixth Annual Symposium, Washington, DC. (November 7-8, 1998).Guest Speaker: Independent Judiciary and the Rule of Law, United States Information Agency, International Visitor Program, Washington, DC, (May 15, 1998)Participant: Law & Economy in the Middle East: Prospects and Challenges, Middle East Legal Studies Seminar, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, (May 10-12, 1998)Guest Speaker: Constitutionalism in the Islamic World, Columbia University, School of Law, New York, USA (November 25, 1997)Panelist: Legal Prospective on Contracts, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC, (October 7, 1997)Participant: Middle East Legal Studies Seminar Planning Meeting, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, (September 7-9, 1997)Panelist: Legal Aspects of Doing Business in the United Arab Emirates: Contract and Franchise Law, Arab Ambassador Series, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Boston, MA, (February 25, 1997)Guest Speaker: Islamic Law in American Courts, Recent Development in Islamic Contracts, Family Law and Crimes and Punishments. Harvard Law School Islamic Legal Studies Program, Cambridge, MA, (December 9, 1996).Chair: Islamic law: Theory and Practice, Institute for Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America, Fourth Annual Symposium, Washington, DC (November 1-2, 1996)Chair: Law and Society, Middle East Studies Association, 30th Annual Meeting, Providence, RI, (November 21-24, 1996)Panelist: Arabs in the United States – A Legal Perspective, Association of Arab American Universities Graduates, 29th Annual Convention, Anaheim, CA, (October 18-20, 1996)Guest Speaker: Debating Islamic Legal Issues in American Courts, Islamic Law Series. The University of Michigan Law School and the Center for Middle East and North African Studies, Ann Arbor, MI, (April 4-6, 1996)Panelist: Saudi Arabian Basic Law of Governance of 1992: A Model for an Islamic Constitution, Middle East Studies Association, 29th Annual Meeting Washington, DC, (December 6-10, 1995)Guest Speaker: Teaching Islamic Legal Studies for Law Students in American Law Schools, Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America, Third Annual Symposium, Washington, DC, (April 15-16, 1995)Discussant: Politics and Society in Contemporary Egypt, Middle East Studies Association, 28th Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, (1994)Participant: Representative of Alexandria University at the Human Rights Conference, Siracusa, Italy (1990)Participant: Member of the Egyptian Delegation visiting Austria for Cultural Exchange, Salzburg, Austria (1977)Participant: Representative of Alexandria University at the Moral Rearmament Conference, Geneva, Switzerland (1975)COUNTRIES OF WORK Middle East: Iraq, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Lebanon, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, PalestineNorth America: United States, Canada, MexicoSouth and Central America: Brazil, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Panama, Dominican Republic, Chile, Guatemala, BoliviaEurope: United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Spain, The Netherlands, Italy, Austria, Norway, Malta, Germany, Luxembourg, Ireland, Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Moldova, Montenegro, SlovakiaAsia: China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, The Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Iran, Turkey, RussiaAfrica: South Africa, Kenya, Sudan, Senegal, Ghana, Burkina FasoAustralia: AustraliaCONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONIES/HEARINGS/BRIEFINGSHearing: “Human Rights and Human Trafficking in Puerto Rico”, Inter- American Human Rights Commission, Organization of American States (March 16, 2015)Congressional Briefing: “Providing Services for Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Victims in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act,” Shared Hope International, The Senate Caucus to End Human Trafficking and the Congressional Caucus for Victims Rights, and the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues (July 8, 2013) Congressional Hearing: “The Status of Human Trafficking in the Arab World,” International Human Trafficking and Forced Labor, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, United States Congress (November 28, 2012) Congressional Briefing: The Role of Parliamentarians in Combating and Preventing Trafficking in Persons in cooperation with the UNODC, The Egyptian People’s Assembly, Cairo, Egypt (February 17-18, 2010)Congressional Briefing: Capitol Hill Distinguished Speakers Series, Stopping Women Trafficking in the Muslim World, in collaboration with American-Islamic Congress, (April 1, 2008)Congressional Briefing: Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007”, Helsinki Committee for Security and Cooperation in Europe (March 28, 2008)Congressional Panel Discussion Moderator of “Human Trafficking: a form of Modern-Day Slavery” (March 13, 2007)Congressional Hearing: “Protecting Children: the Battle Against Child Pornography and Other Forms of Sexual Exploitation,” Hearing before the Helsinki Commission for Security and Cooperation in Europe, United States Congress (September 27, 2006)Congressional Screening: “Trafficking in Persons: a Case in Human Trafficking,” (February 14, 2006)Hearing: Remarks on the Anti-trafficking law of Mexico. Senate of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. (October 17, 2005)Congressional Briefing: “The Business of Trafficking in Persons: An International Perspective,” United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services. (June 15, 2005).Hearing: “Towards a More Adequate and Effective Legal Response to Trafficking in Persons: the New Maryland Trafficking of Persons and Involuntary Servitude Law,” Maryland House of Delegates (March 21, 2005) Hearing: “A Call for the Passage of the Russian Draft Law on Encountering Trafficking in Persons: Is there a Need for a Comprehensive Law or the Amendment to the Criminal Code (article 127) is Sufficient?,” The State Duma, Moscow, The Russian Federation (November 29, 2004)Congressional Hearing: “Trafficking in Persons in the Philippines and the Government Responses to the Crime of Trafficking: An Analysis of a new 2003 Anti-Trafficking Law,” A Briefing for the Congressional Delegation to the Philippines (November 19, 2004)Congressional Hearing: “Examining US Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking and Slavery: An Assessment of the United States’ Recent Legal Responses to the Problem of Trafficking in Persons on the Federal, State and International Levels,” Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights (July 7, 2004)Congressional Hearing: “The Role of the Government in Combating Trafficking in Persons—A Global Human Rights Approach,” House Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness (October 29, 2003)Congressional Briefing: “State Responsibility: International Obligations of Countries of Origin, Transit, and Destination,” Congressional Briefing, Central Asia Caucus (July 22, 2003)Congressional Hearing: “A Comparative Analysis of the Anti-Trafficking Legislation in Foreign Countries: Towards a Comprehensive and Effective Legal Response to Combating Trafficking in Persons” House Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights (June 25, 2003) Congressional Briefing: “The 2002 Trafficking in Persons Department of State Report: Does the Report Serve the Purposes of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000? Submitted to the International Relations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives “Foreign Government Complicity in Human Trafficking: A Review of the State Department’s 2002 Trafficking in Persons Report (June 2002)OPINIONS OF MOHAMED MATTAR CITED IN COURT DECISIONS 2007 Bains v. the Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater New Orleans, Louisiana No. 2006-CA-1423 Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit; 2006-1423 (La. App. 4 Cir. 10/03/07); 969 So. 2d 646; 2007 La. App. LEXIS 19151995 Morris v. Friedman; No. 94-C-2808 Supreme Court of Louisiana; 94-2008 (La. 11/27/95); 663 So. 2d 19; 1995 La. LEXIS 2880; 131 Lab. Cas. (CCH) P 58, 051PUBLICATIONSForthcomingMohamed Mattar, “Integrating the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts as a Source of Contract Law in Arab Civil Codes.” (forthcoming)Mohamed Mattar, “Punitive Damages: The Right to a Remedy in Civil Actions.” (forthcoming)Mohamed Mattar, “Public Policy or Public Order and Good Morals as a Basis of Exclusion of Islamic Law in American Courts.” (forthcoming)Books, Books Reviews, Chapters in BooksMohamed Mattar, co-editor “Mixed Legal Systems: East and West,” Ashgate, (2014)Mohamed Mattar, “Combating Trafficking in Persons in Accordance with the Principles of Islamic Law”, published by UNODC (June 2009)Mohamed Mattar, “The Parliamentary Handbook on Combating Trafficking in Persons”, written for the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime Prevention (2009)Mohamed Mattar, “The Employment Contract” in Arabic (1991)Mohamed Mattar, “Obligations: The Theory of Contract” in Arabic (1991)Mohamed Mattar, “Introduction to the Study of Law: The Theory of Rights” in Arabic (1990)Mohamed Mattar, “Labor Law: A Comparative Study in Lebanese and Egyptian Law” in Arabic (1989)Mohamed Mattar, The Landlord – Tenant Relationship: A Case Study in Lebanese and Egyptian Law in Arabic (1988) Mohamed Mattar, “Evidence in Commercial and Civil Transactions” in Arabic (1987)Mohamed Mattar, “Comparative Models of Reporting Mechanisms on the Status of Trafficking in Human Beings, in HUMAN TRAFFICKING.” (Maria Segrave editor 2013)Mohamed Mattar, Corporate Liability for Violations of International Human Rights Law, in Labour Migration, Human Trafficking and Multinational Corporations – The commodification of illicit flows 9 (Ato Quayson and Antonela Arhin, 2012)Mohamed Mattar, “Legal Perspectives on Arabs and Muslims in U.S. Courts”, in Arabs in America, Building a New Future, 100-109 (1999)Mohamed Mattar, “An Action Plan to Preserve the Human Dignity of Victims of Human Trafficking,” Book Review: Human Dignity and the Future of Global Institutions by Mark P. Lagon and Anthony Clark Arend, 7 The Protection Project J of Hum. Rts. And Civ. Soc’y. (2014)Mohamed Mattar, “Guiding Principles in Consensus Building”, Book Review Just Business: Multinational Corporations and Human Rights by John Gerard Ruggie, 6 The Protection Project J of Hum. Rts. And Civ. Soc.’y. 107 (2013)Scholarly Journal ArticlesMohamed Mattar, “Human Rights in Islamic Law especially Procedural Justice,” 16 European J. L. Ref. 274 (2014)Mohamed Mattar, “Article 43 of the Arab Charter on Human Rights: Reconciling National, Regional, and International Standards,” 26 Harvard Human Rights Journal 91 (2013)Mohamed Mattar, “Transnational Legal Responses to Illegal Trade in Human Beings,” 33 SAIS Review of International Affairs, 137 Winter-Spring 2013 Special Issue on “The Good, The Bad, and The Black Informal and Illegal Economics Around the World.” Mohamed Mattar, “Corporate Criminal Liability: Article 10 of the Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime,” 66 Columbia University Journal of International Affairs 107 (Fall 2012)Mohamed Mattar, “Human Rights Legislation in the Arab World: The Case of Human Trafficking,” 33 Michigan Journal for International Law 101 (2011)Mohamed Mattar, “Interpreting Judicial Interpretations of the Criminal Statutes of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act: Ten Years Later,” 19 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 1247 (Spring 2011)Mohamed Mattar, “Improving our approach to human trafficking,” Editorial Introduction, 9 Criminology and Public Policy 197 (2010).Mohamed Mattar, “Access to International Criminal Justice for Victims of Violence against Women Under International Family Law”, 23 Emory International Law Review, a special issue celebrating 60 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 141 (Spring 2009)Mohamed Mattar, “Comparative Models of Human Rights Monitoring and Reporting Mechanisms”, 41 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 1355 (2008)Mohamed Mattar, “Unresolved Questions in the Bill of Rights of the New Iraqi Constitution: How Will the Clash between ‘Human Rights’ and ‘Islamic Law’ Be Reconciled in Future Legislative Enactments and Judicial Interpretations?” 30 Fordham International Law Journal 126 (Spring 2007)Mohamed Mattar, “Human Security or State Security? The Overriding Threat In Trafficking In Persons” 1 Intercultural Human Rights Law Review 249 (2006)Mohamed Mattar, “Incorporating the Five Basic Elements of a Model Anti-trafficking in Persons Legislation in Domestic Laws: From the United Nations Protocol to the European Convention” 14 Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law 357 (Spring 2006)Mohamed Mattar, “State Responsibilities in Combating Trafficking in Persons in Central Asia,” 27 Loyola International & Comparative Law Review 145 (Spring 2005)Mohamed Mattar, “Creating International Consensus on Combating Trafficking in Persons: United States Policy, the Role of the United Nations, Government Responses and Global Challenges,” co-authored with former US Congresswoman Linda Smith, 28 The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs 155 (Winter 2004)Mohamed Mattar, “Monitoring the Status of Severe Forms of Trafficking in Foreign Countries: Sanctions Mandated Under the U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act,” Brown Journal of World Affairs, vol. X issue I, 159-178 (Summer/Fall 2003)Mohamed Mattar, “Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, in the Countries of the Middle East: The Scope of the Problem and the Appropriate Legislative Responses,” 26 Fordham International Law Journal 721 (March 2003)Mohamed Mattar, “American Contract Law: New Trends in Half a Century,” Alexandria University Faculty of Law Journal, Special Issue Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Alexandria University Faculty of Law (1993)Mohamed Mattar, “Promissory Estoppel, “Common Law Wine in Civil Law Bottles,” 4 Tulane Civil Law Forum, 71-149 (1988)Reports, Training Materials, Bibliography Mohamed Mattar, “Trafficking in Persons: An Annotated Legal Bibliography Covering Five Years of Scholarly Work, 2010-2014,” 7 The Protection Project J of Hum. Rts. And Civ. Soc’y. (2014)Mohamed Mattar, Editor, “The Law on the Establishment and Operation of Non-Governmental Organizations: A Handbook for Parliamentarians,” The Protection Project, (2014)Mohamed Mattar, “An Analysis of Human Trafficking Legislation in the Arab World.” (Published by UNODC-2014)Mohamed Mattar, editor, 100 Best Practices in Child Protection, A Series of 100 Best Practices, Volume III, The Protection Project (2013)Mohamed Mattar, editor, 100 Best Practices in the Protection of Migrant Workers, A Series of 100 Best Practices, Volume II, The Protection Project (2013)Mohamed Mattar, “From Villages to Cities: the Geography of Human Trafficking,” SAISPHERE (2012-2013)Mohamed Mattar, Understanding Trafficking in Persons in the MENA Region: Training Manual to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2012)Mohamed Mattar, 100 Best Practices in Combating Trafficking in Persons: The Role of Civil Society, A Series of 100 Best Practices, Volume I, The Protection Project, (2012)Mohamed Mattar, International Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons, published by Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (2010)Mohamed Mattar, “Trafficking in Persons: An Annotated Bibliography Delineating Five Years of Development,” 2005-2009 (Fall 2009)Mohamed Mattar, “Legal Approaches to Trafficking as a Form of Violence against Women: Implications for a More Comprehensive Strategy in Legislation on the Elimination of Violence against Women”, A report submitted to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Prevention, United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (May 2008)Mohamed Mattar, “Reporting on the Status of Trafficking in Human Beings” a report written for the Organization for Security and cooperation in Europe (2007)Mohamed Mattar, “Assessment on the Status of Trafficking in Persons in Egypt: Changing Perceptions and Proposing Appropriate Interventions” report submitted to USAID (August 2007) Mohamed Mattar, “International Child Sex Tourism: Scope of the Problem and Comparative Case Studies” published by The ProFtection Project at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University, School of International Studies (January, 2007) Mohamed Mattar, “Comprehensive Legal Approaches to Combating Trafficking in Persons: an International and Comparative Perspective” published by The Protection Project at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (2006)Mohamed Mattar, “Human Rights Report on Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children” A Country By Country Report on a Form of Modern-day Slavery, published by The Protection Project at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (Editor - Third Edition 2006)Mohamed Mattar, “Victims’ Rights,” Saisphere China Rising, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (Fall 2006)Mohamed Mattar, “Trafficking in Persons, an Annotated Bibliography,” 96 American Association of Law Libraries Law Library Journal, 669, Southern Illinois University (Fall 2004)Mohamed Mattar, “Remarks”, in M. Torrey (ed.) Demand Dynamics: The Forces of Demand in Global Sex Trafficking, conference report, International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, 99-105 (2004)Mohamed Mattar, “Establishing a Bill of Rights for Victims of Trafficking in Persons: How it Can Become a Possibility,” in the Proceedings of the International Conference, 21st Century Slavery – The Human Rights Dimension to Trafficking in Human Beings (May 2002)Mohamed Mattar, “The United States Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000: An Explanatory Note. The International Criminal Court (ICC) Becomes a Reality: When Will the Court Prosecute the First Trafficking in Persons Case?” (July 2002)Mohamed Mattar, “Human Rights Report on Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children” A Country By Country Report on the Status of Law and Law Enforcement in the Context of Trafficking, published by The Protection Project at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University, School of International Studies (Editor – Second Edition, 2002)Mohamed Mattar, “Teaching Islamic Legal Studies for Law Students in American Law Schools – A Functional Approach for Curriculum Design,” in the Proceedings of the Institute of Islamic and Arab Sciences in America’s Third Annual Symposium (1997)Mohamed Mattar, “Academic Grades: Judicial Review of the University Academic Decisions,” “The University Honor Code and the Concept of Academic Justice,” “Crimes in American Universities: The University Legal Obligation to Protect the Safety of its Students,” “Prayers in American Universities: Constitutional Protection for Freedom of Religion,” “Photocopy for Educational Purposes and the Copyright Protection in American Law,” “The University Catalog: The Contractual Relationship Between the Student and the University,” “Foreign Students and the US Tax Law,” “The Student Privacy Rights Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.” Series of articles published in Al-Mubtaath Magazine issues 152-164 (1994-1995)EDUCATIONDoctor of Juridical Sciences (S.J.D.)Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, LouisianaDissertation Topic: Promissory Estoppel: Theory and practice – A Study in Detrimental Reliance as an Independent Basis of Liability in American Law. (August 1986)Master of Laws (L.L.M.) with DistinctionTulane University School of Law, New Orleans, LouisianaCourses: Unfair Competition, Patents and Trademarks, Oil and Gas Law, Labor Law, Evidence, Civil Law Obligations and Torts. (May 1983)Master of Comparative Laws (M.C.L.)University of Miami, School of Law, Miami, FloridaCourses: Energy Law, Land Security and Finance, Insurance Law, American Contracts and Torts, International Law. (January 1982)Diploma of Higher Studies in Private Law (D.P.L.) with Distinction, Class Rank: First Alexandria University Faculty of Law, Alexandria, EgyptConcentration: Civil Law, Comparative Civil Law, Islamic Law, Commercial Law and Private International Law. (June 1980)Bachelor of Law (L.L.B.) with Honors, Class Rank: FirstAlexandria University Faculty of Law, Alexandria, EgyptConcentration: Constitutional and Administrative Law, Islamic Law, Commercial Law, Civil Law, International Law and Conflict of Laws. (June 1978)HONORSAssociate Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law (May 2012-present)Distinguished Leadership Award in Combating Human Trafficking, Qatar Foundation to Combat Human Trafficking, 2008Public Service in International Law Award, International Law Section of District of Columbia Bar, 2007Fulbright Research GrantEgyptian Research Fellowship AwardChairman, Student Bar AssociationAmerican Peace Fellowship AwardBritish Council Fellowship AwardIdeal Law Student AwardPERSONAL STATUS Married with 3 childrenDate of Birth: January 19, 1957Place of Birth: Alexandria, EgyptNationality: Egyptian/American-6667586995 ................
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