Mahmoud Mohammd Abu Soay
A lawyer practicing before the Palestinian courts since 2011. A senior partner and head of the litigation department within Andersen Palestine. He is a lawyer for several companies in Palestine, and a “part-time” lecturer in the Law Department at Birzeit University. He managed and coordinated several projects with a research framework. Developmental and legislative, and he previously worked as a “full-time” lecturer in the Law Department at Birzeit University, and coordinator of the Constitutional Law Unit at the Faculty of Law and Public Administration at Birzeit University. He was a member of several different legal, advisory, legislative and scientific committees at the national level, as well as at the professional level within the Palestinian Bar Association, as well as at the academic level within the Faculty of Law and Public Administration at Birzeit University.
He is a founding member of the Arab Organization for Constitutional Law, a founding member of the Palestinian Jurists Association, a member of its Board of Directors, and its acting Executive Director. He is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Defense for Children International - Palestine Chapter (DCI). He is the Secretary of the Board of Directors of ACT for Studies and Alternative Conflict Resolution, and an accredited arbitrator with the organization. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Palestinian Authority for Sports Arbitration, and a certified arbitrator.
He participated in research papers in many international and local scientific conferences and symposiums and has a “refereed” book and several published “refereed” studies, within the fields of international law, constitutional law, and human rights, especially violations of rights and freedoms in Palestine, as well as topics of law and economics.
He holds a doctorate degree in “Public Law” from the University of Tunis Al-Manar - Tunisia, with a “very honorable” grade, a thesis entitled “Constitutional Oversight in Palestine,” and a master’s degree with a focus on “public law,” from the Faculty of Law and Public Administration at Birzeit University, a master’s thesis within the field “Constitutional Law” entitled: Problems of separation of powers and independence of the judiciary in Palestine: Conflict of powers in the justice sector. He holds a bachelor’s degree “with distinction” from the Faculty of Law and Public Administration at Birzeit University, specializing in “Law.”
Email: Mahmoud.abusway@gmail.com
