Address: Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel

Phone: +972-3-640-6426

Fax: +972-3-640-5849

E-mail: ebenve@post.tau.ac.il

Web page: http://www.tau.ac.il/law/members/benvenisti/index.html

Academic Background:

1988-90: J.S.D., Yale Law School.

Dissertation title: "Conflict of Laws and Belligerent Occupation - A Study in International and Comparative Law." (Awarded the Ambrose Gherini Prize for an outstanding work in private or public international law).

1987-88: LL.M., Yale Law School.

1985-86: The Direct Program towards Ph.D. in Law (a program for outstanding LL.B. students), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Law.

1980-84: LL.B., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Law (summa cum laude).

Academic Appointments (Israel):

Since 2002: Full Professor, Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Law, Director, The Cegla Center for Interdisciplinary Research of the Law.

1990-2002: Hersch Lauterpacht Professor of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Law (Full Professor since 1998; previously: Associate Professor, 1995-98; Senior Lecturer, 1992-95; Lecturer, 1992-93; Associate Lecturer, 1990-92).

1984-87: Teaching Assistant, The Hebrew University, Faculty of Law.

Academic Appointments (Outside Israel):

• University of Pennsylvania Law School, Visiting Professor of Law (2006).

• New York University School of Law, Visiting Global Professor of Law, (2003, 2005)

• Harvard Law School, Visiting Professor of Law (1998-99, 2004).

• Columbia Law School, Visiting Professor of Law (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002).

• University of Michigan School of Law, Visiting Professor of Law (2002).

• The UN/UNITAR Fellowship Programme in International Law, The Hague (since 1998).

• Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Visiting Fellow (1996).

Editorial Boards:

Since 2004: Founding member of the editorial board of “Oxford Review of International Law in Domestic Courts” electronic publication by Oxford University Press.

1997-2006: Founding Editor (Editor-In-Chief 2003-2006), THEORETICAL INQUIRIES IN LAW (The Cegla Institute, Tel-Aviv University Faculty of Law).

1982-83: Editorial Board, MISHPATIM (Hebrew U. Law Rev.).

Other Academic Activities:

2002-2005: Director, The Cegla Center for Interdisciplinary Research of the Law, Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Law.

2000-2002: Director, The Minerva Center for Human Rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Related Activities:

1998-99: Chairperson, The Commission on Administrative Tribunals (A statutory body supervising the activities of judicial organs of the executive branch in Israel; appointment by the Minister of Justice).

1995-96: Chairperson, The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) (1994-98, board member and chairperson of ACRI’s Legal Committee; 2000- 02 board member).

1983-84: Clerked with Justice Ben-Porat, the Supreme Court of Israel.

Prizes and Awards:

2006: The Humboldt Research Award, awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, a foundation established by the Federal Republic of Germany, to outstanding scientists and scholars with internationally recognized academic qualifications to honor the academic achievements of the award winner's lifetime.

2004: The Developing Countries Prize of the Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany, to honor achievements in the acquisition and application of scientific knowledge concerning developing countries, for work on “water and sustainable development.”

The Zeltner Prize for a legal scholar in Israel.

2003: The Landau Prize for scholarly contributions in the areas of constitutional law and human rights, awarded by the Israel National Lottery to an Israeli scholar.

1998: The 1998/99 Fulbright-Yitzhak Rabin Award, awarded by the United States – Israel

Educational Foundation to an established Israeli scholar doing research in the US.

1997: The Francis Deak Prize for an outstanding article by a younger author published in the American Journal of International Law.

1994: The 1994 Zeltner Prize for a young legal scholar in Israel.

Prizes from the Ben-Shemesh Foundation and the Douchan Foundation

1990: The Yale Law School's Ambrose Gherini Prize for an outstanding work in private or public international law (awarded for the doctoral dissertation).

Grants:

2003: The Israel Science Foundation, for research on “How Courts Cope with International Terrorism.”

2000: The United States Institute of Peace, grant for developing a course in human rights for elementary schoolteachers at The Hebrew University.

1995: The Israel Science Foundation and the Human Rights Center at the Hebrew University, for research on "International Law in National Courts."

1992: The United States Institute of Peace, The Israeli Science Foundation and the Bruno Goldberg Foundation, for research on "Sharing Water Resources in the Middle East."

1992: The Yig'al Alon Grant, the Israeli Council for Higher Education (a three-year grant for promising young scholars).

Conferences and Study Groups Organized:

2003: International Conference: The Role and Limits of Legal Regulation of Conflicts of Interests. University of Pennsylvania, October 2003 (with Profs. Ariel Porat and Edward Rock).

2002-03: Study group: The Palestinian Refugees Problem, Tel Aviv (with Prof. Chaim Gans).

2002: International Conference: Liberty, Equality, Security, Tel Aviv, December 2002.

2000-01: International interdisciplinary study group: The Welfare State in the Age of Globalization. Two preliminary meetings in Jerusalem and Goettingen; concluding conference in Jerusalem, June 2001 (co-director: Professor Georg Nolte, University of Goettingen).

2001: Designed and organized a course in human rights for employees of human rights NGOs in Israel.

2001: International Conference: The Impact of Norms and Institutions on Cooperation in

International Environment and Trade: Theoretical Perspectives, Jerusalem, June,

2001 (with Dr. Moshe Hirsch).

1994: International Conference: The Arab-Israeli Accords: Legal Perspectives, London (with Dr.Chibli Mallat, School of Oriental and African Studies, the University of London).