Eitan Diamond

Eitan received an LLB from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2000) and an LLM in Public International Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science (2005) where he was a Chevening Scholar. His LLM dissertation, awarded a distinction, considered the normative obligations of soldiers when given orders entailing a breach of international criminal law. He is also a recipient of the 2016 Diploma for Human Rights awarded by the Academy of European Law at the European University Institute.

Eitan specializes in international humanitarian and human rights law. He is currently serving as a Child Protection Consultant for UNICEF. Prior to that he served as executive director of the human rights NGO Gisha (2014-15), as legal advisor to the ICRC Delegation in Israel and the Occupied Territories (2007-14) and as research officer and legal adviser at the Israeli NGO B’tselem (2005-7). In addition, he assisted in founding the London-based international NGO Videre Est Credere, which seeks to expose and uproot human rights violations using video documentation. He also served as legal consultant to the European Research Council-funded project ‘Forensic Architecture’ hosted by the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London, as legal editor for the book Forensis (published 2014) and as a member of the editing board of the Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies. 

In his current research Eitan is exploring the impact of visual images generated by information and communication technologies on the application of law in armed conflict and other situations of organized violence.

International humanitarian law, international human rights law, international criminal law, visual culture, media and communications, war and security studies. 

Education:

2016 - Diploma in Human Rights, Academy of European Law, European University Institute

2005 - LLM in Public international Law, London School of Economics and Political Science

2000 - LLB, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Academic and Professional Experience:

2016-present – Child Protection Consultant, UNICEF

2014-2015 – Executive Director, Gisha – Legal Center for Freedom of Movement

2007-2014 – Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross, Delegation in Israel and the Occupied Territories

2005-2007 – Researcher and Legal Adviser, B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Right in the Occupied Territories

2006-2007; 2003-2004 – Tutorial lecturer in Jurisprudence, Academic Center of Law and Business, Ramat Gan

2003-2004 – Teaching assistant to Prof. Yuli Tamir in interdisciplinary course on Social Justice, Tel Aviv University

2001-2003 – Associate, Avital, Dromi & Co., Tel Aviv Branch

rch Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London, as legal editor for the book Forensis (published 2014) and as a member of the editing board of the Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies. 

In his current research Eitan is exploring the impact of visual images generated by information and communication technologies on the application of law in armed conflict and other situations of organized violence.

Full CV

Al Avon HaBen veAl Mishge Mitgalgel [On the Sin of the Son and on Returning Iniquity] [Hebrew], 51 Mivzakei Hearot Psika, Hamishpat Ba-Reshet, January 2016

Separating Land, Separating People: Legal Analysis of Access Restrictions between Gaza and the West Bank. Position Paper, Gisha June 2015 (co-authored with Sari Bashi)

Applying International Humanitarian Law to Cyber Warfare in Law and National Security: Selected Issues 67-84,  Editors: Pnina Sharvit Baruch and Anat Kurz, Institute of National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University, July 2014 [Published in English and Hebrew]

Mihutz Legeder Hashikulim: Zehuyot, Hovot Ve-Ekronot She-Lo Nilkehu Be-Heshbon Ba-Hahlata Limnoa Mi-Atzan Azati Le-Hishtatef Be-Maraton Phalestin [Left Out of Consideration: Rights, Obligations and Principles that were Not Taken into Consideration in the Decision to Prevent a Runner from Gaza from Participating in the Palestine Marathon] [Hebrew], 28 Mivzakei Hearot Psika, Hamishpat Ba-Reshet, June 2014

Before the Abyss: Reshaping International Humanitarian Law to Suit the Ends of Power. 43(2) Israel Law Review 414-456, 2010

Crossing the Line – Violation of the rights of Palestinians in Israel without a Permit. Report, B'Tselem, March 2007