Education:
2016 – 2022 – Ph.D: Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Supervisors: Prof. Yuval Shany (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Prof. Noam Lubell (University of Essex). Topic: The Humanization of Combatants: The Right to Life of Combatants under International Law.
2008 – 2010 – LL.M: Public Law - Northwestern University – Chicago (with honors) & Tel-Aviv University (magna cum laude).
2001 – 2005 - LL.B: Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv University.
Professional Experience:
4/2014 – Today – Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, University of Haifa – Director of Research (Terrorism, Belligerency and Cyber).
3/2010 – Today – ALMA – Association for the Promotion of International Humanitarian Law – Co-Founder and Chairman (Pro-bono).
9/2018 – 1/2021 – International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (IJL) – Director of International Organisations.
1/2021 – 9/2021 – The Center for the Study of Multiculturalism and Diversity, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Executive Director.
1/2009 – 1/2014 – Israel Democracy Institute – Researcher.
2010 – 2011 – Providing pro-bono legal advice for an ICTY defence consultant on the Israeli legal and practical experience in the context of IHL and human rights law.
6/2008 – 8/2008 – Expert Adviser on Refugees to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
3/2006 – 6/2008 – Law Clerk (one year) and Legal Adviser (one year) - International Law Department, Office of the Legal Adviser of the Israeli MFA.
Consultancy Experience
1/2021 – 1/2024, Consultant (Adviser) – International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (IJL).
5/2023, Consultant, UNODC, Seminar on Legal and Criminal Justice Aspects of Countering Terrorism, Tashkent.
12/2022 - 3/2023, Researcher, OCHA, Conducting research and data analysis on various themes for the UN Secretary-General’s annual report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict.
Teaching Experience
3/2025 - 6/2025 - Academic Center for Law and Science (Shaarei Mishpat) - School of Law, Visiting Lecturer - teaching a course in Public International Law.
3/2024 - 6/2024 - Reichman University (IDC Herzliya) - Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy - Visiting Lecturer - teaching courses in Public International Law.
10/2022 – 9/2023 – Concord Research Center in the College of Management – Director of an International Law and Human Rights Clinic – teaching international human rights law and guiding the research of the clinic students.
8/2015 – 6/2018 - Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Teaching and coaching student teams for the International Criminal Court Moot competition. Under my guidance, the Hebrew University teams reached once to the semi-finals (2017), and twice to the quarterfinals (2016, 2018).
10/2014 – 1/2016 – University of Haifa – Teaching Fellow in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies – Teaching a course titled ‘Law in Emergency” for M.A students.
9/2014 – 12/2014 – Gymnasia Hertzliya (Tel-Aviv) – Teaching Public International Law to 11th and 12th grade high school students as part of a unique program named "International Relations in the Global Age”.
6/2009 – 3/2014 – Interdisciplinary Center (Herzliya) – Teaching IHL and coaching student teams for the national IHL competition (www.alma-ihl.org/ihl-competition) and the international Jean Pictet competition (www.concourspictet.org). Under my guidance, the IDC teams won the 2009 national competitions (runner ups in 2010, 2011 and 2013) and the 2010 and 2011 international Jean Pictet competitions.
10/2010 – 7/2012 – Concord Research Center in the College of Management – Director of the Amicus Curiae Clinic – teaching international human rights law and guiding the research of the clinic students. Writing amicus briefs and expert legal opinions on rules of international human rights law applicable to cases before the Israeli Supreme Court.
Main publications:
Ido Rosenzweig & Magda S. Pacholska, The Use of Facial Recognition for Targeting under International Law [Forthcoming IRRC (2025)]
Ido Rosenzweig, The (In)Expendables - The Emerging Right to Life of Combatants under International Law [Submitted for publication]
Ido Rosenzweig, General Comment 36 and the Right to Life of Combatants and the Use of Force [Submitted for publication]
Ido Rosenzweig, When You HAVE to Shoot, Shoot - Rethinking The Right to Life of Combatants During Armed Conflicts, IRRC 926 (2024)
Ido Rosenzweig, Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in the Aid Sector, Policy Paper Series, International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, May 2020.
Ido Rosenzweig. Promoting respect for IHL by NGOs: The case of ALMA – Association for the Promotion of IHL. International Review of the Red Cross, available on CJO2015.
Ido Rosenzweig - Targeted Killings during High and Low Intensity Warfare, Law and National Security: Selected Issues (eds. Pnina Sharvit Baruch , Anat Kurz) (July 2014, INSS) (English and Hebrew).
Ido Rosenzweig – Combatants Dressed as Civilians? The Case of the Israeli Mistárvim under International Law – An analysis of the use of Israel's IDF undercover units in the occupied territories under international law (October 2014, Israel Democracy Institute) (English).
Prof. Ruth Lapidot, Prof. Yuval Shany, & Ido Rosenzweig –Israel and the Two Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions – A study that examines whether the time has come for Israel to adopt the 1977 additional protocols (2011) (Hebrew)
Main Presentations:
Enforced Disappearances as a Form of Torture under International Law, Rene Cassin Seminar, March 2025, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3R_QYwsJDQ
Terrorism and Human Rights, Seminar on Legal and Criminal Justice Aspects of Countering Terrorism, UNODC, Tashkent, May 2023.
War Algorithms: Between Review and Implementation, Silent Leges Inter Arma Conference 5th conference, ISMLLW, Bruges, September 2022
Legal Aspects of House Demolitions, Bar-Ilan University International Law Club, November 18, 2020 (Hebrew).
State-Operated Hackings: Human Rights in the Cyber Era, Cyber Challenges to International Human Rights, December 11, 2017 (English), available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tj7-VT7GA8
Can Crimes against Humanity be Committed against Your Own Forces?, 11th Annual Minerva/ICRC International Conference on International Humanitarian Law, Jerusalem, 28-29 November 2016 (English).
International Criminal Court and IHL, Model International Criminal Law Conference, Berlin, October 9-11, 2015 (English)
International Dispute Resolution, Galilee International Management Institute, 4 September 4, 2015 (English)
Combatants Dressed as Civilians, Ph.D. Seminar, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, January 28, 2015, Geneva (English)
Death Penalty and International Law, Keynote Speaker of the Model UN Club Annual Event, College of Management, Rishon-Lezion, 27 March 2014. (Hebrew)
Judging a Civilian by its Cover: Can a Civilian be Part of a Military Object? in the 8th Annual Minerva/ICRC International Conference on International Humanitarian Law, Jerusalem, 24-25 November 2013. Available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w-KcxX04zo (starting at 50:00) (English)
Targeted Killings during High and Low-Intensity Warfare in Law and Security: Do the Two Go Together?, Tel-Aviv, 25 March 2014, Available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jddz3c220M (Hebrew)
Child Soldiers and International Law, Model UN Club Annual Event, Keynote Speaker, College of Management, Rishon-Lezion, 26 May 2013. (Hebrew)
Introduction to International Humanitarian Law, EUJS Ambassadors Seminar, 19 March 2013, Geneva (English).
Introduction to International Humanitarian Law, Student Conference on International Law, 20 August 2012, Jerusalem (English)
Selected Issues in International Law and Israel, Student Conference on International Law, August 22, 2012, Jerusalem (English).
Recently organized events:
Balancing Contradicting Human Rights Obligations in Armed Conflicts and Counter Terrorism, December 2024, Minerva RLEC & The Institute Of Law And Technology, Masaryk University, Prague, Czechia.
6th Young Reseachers Workshop on Terrorism and Belligerency - The Human Dimension of Warfare, November 2024, Minerva RLEC & University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
5th Young Researchers Workshop on Terrorism and Belligerency - "Warfare of Tomorrow", November 2022, Minerva RLEC, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Virtual IHL Forum – Book Launch Series, ongoing ALMA series of events
Hate Speech – an Interdisciplinary Approach – International Workshop [Part 1], January 2022, Online event by Minerva RLEC, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel in collaboration with Freie Universität Berlin and Technischen Universität Berlin, Germany.
4th Young Researchers Workshop on Terrorism and Belligerency - Human Enhancement and Advanced Technologies in Terrorism and Belligerencies, October 2021, Online event by Minerva RLEC, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
PSEA in the Aid Sector, June 2019, a side event at the UN Human Rights Council
Legal Aspects of Relief Operations, May 2019, Minerva RLEC, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
3rd Young Researchers Workshop on Terrorism and Belligerency, February 2019, Minerva RLEC, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
2nd Young Researchers Workshop on Terrorism and Belligerency, February 2018, Minerva RLEC, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Seminar on the Israel Counter-Terrorism Law, November 2016, Minerva RLEC & Israel Democracy Institute, Jerusalem, Israel.
1st Young Researchers Workshop on Terrorism and Belligerency, September 2016, Minerva RLEC, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
Cyber Regulation, Policy and Theory Visiting fellows workshop, June - July 2016, Minerva RLEC, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
Joint IHL Forum, 2011 – 2018, ALMA & Redzyner Law School, IDI, Herzliya, Israel
