Biographie orateur : Ms. Jelena Pejic

Ms. Jelena PEJIC

Jelena Pejic is Head of Project on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law established by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in October 2002.

She also serves as a Legal Adviser at the ICRC's Legal Division in Geneva responsible, among other things, for issues related to terrorism and international humanitarian law. Prior to joining the ICRC, she was a Senior Program Coordinator at the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights in New York (now Human Rights First), responsible for the Committee’s work on issues of international criminal justice, including the establishment of a permanent International Criminal Court.

Ms. Pejic holds an LL.M. degree from Columbia University Law School and a law degree from Belgrade University Law School, where she was a lecturer in Public International Law and International Relations. She has written and presented extensively on various issues of international humanitarian law, human rights law and criminal law.