Professor Dr. Ireneusz C. Kamiński
Author: Professor PAN Dr. Ireneusz C. Kamiński
Book: Crimes Against the Kurds (Book 3)
- Legal qualification of operation al-Anfal
- Legal qualifications of the actions taken against the Yazidis
Professor PAN Dr. Ireneusz C. Kamiński
Department of Public International Law
Institute of Law Studies
Polish Academy of Sciences
Ireneusz Cezary Kamiński
Born: December 10, 1963 | Nationality: Polish
Ireneusz Cezary Kamiński is a distinguished lawyer and sociologist, holding degrees from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Silesia in Katowice, the Faculty of Philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, and the European Academy of Legal Theory in Brussels. He is currently a professor at the Institute of Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, where he chairs the Department of International Public Law. He also serves as a lecturer at the Jagiellonian University in the Department of Comparative Studies of Civilizations.
Over the course of his career, Professor Kamiński has received numerous awards for his contributions to scientific research, including recognition from the Foundation for Polish Science, the Foundation of European Law, and the Rector of the Jagiellonian University. He served on the Council of the National Science Center from 2012 to 2016 and was an ad hoc judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg from 2014 to 2016.
Prof. Kamiński is the author of eight books and nearly 200 scientific publications, and his work has appeared in prominent newspapers such as Rzeczpospolita, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, Gazeta Wyborcza, and Dziennik Polski.
He specializes in human rights law, with a particular focus on the European Convention on Human Rights. His other areas of research include public international law, comparative law (with an emphasis on legal cultures), and legal theory.
An expert on freedom of expression and media freedom for the Council of Europe, Prof. Kamiński has collaborated with numerous national and international non-governmental organizations dedicated to human rights protection, including the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Article XIX, Amnesty International, the Justice Initiative, and the Open Society Institute.
Prof. Kamiński is the editor-in-chief of Kwartalnik o Prawach Człowieka and serves on the editorial board of the European Judiciary Review. He is also a regular reviewer for several domestic and international academic journals.
In his legal practice, he has represented clients in numerous proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Notably, he represented the families of the victims of the Katyn massacre.
