Eliav Lieblich

Eliav Lieblich (Bluesky – LinkedIn – Twitter/X) is a professor of law at Tel-Aviv University’s Faculty of Law and a member of the Just Security Editorial Board. He earned his J.S.D. and LL.M. degrees from Columbia Law School, where he was a recipient of the Norman E. Alexander Fellowship, and an LL.B. from Hebrew University, where he also earned a degree in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies. Lieblich teaches and researches public international law, with a focus on the laws on the use of force, international humanitarian law, and the history and theory of international law.  His articles have appeared in leading journals, such as the European Journal of International Law and the Harvard International Law Journal. He is the author of the books “International Law and Civil Wars: Intervention and Consent” (Routledge, 2013) and Occupation in International Law (with Eyal Benvenisti, OUP, 2022). He is currently co-editing with Tom Dannenbaum the forthcoming “Research Handbook on International Legal Theory and War” (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar), and is a general editor of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law.

He has been the inaugural Hans Kelsen Visiting Professor for the History and Theory of International Law at the University of Cologne, and has held visiting professorships at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Columbia Law School, and University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He has also taught at the European University Institute’s Academy of European Law. In recent years, he participated as an expert in various international forums, such as the ICRC’s expert group on proportionality and the CCW’s expert meeting on autonomous weapons systems.

Lieblich is the recipient of the 2025 Max Planck-Cambridge Prize in International Law.