Senior lecturer at the University of Warsaw and a visiting professor at the College of Europe (Natolin campus)

Dr. Elżbieta Mikos-Skuza is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw and a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Natolin. Her field of specialization is public international law in general and in particular:  international humanitarian law of armed conflicts, human rights law, migration law and peaceful resolution of international disputes. She is the Director of Master Studies on Humanitarian Action – the so-called NOHA studies (Network on Humanitarian Action NOHA is the consortium of European universities conducting joint programs in humanitarian action). She is also the Director of Postgraduate Studies on Humanitarian Assistance at the University of Warsaw.   In 2008 – 2012 Dr. E. Mikos-Skuza was a vice-dean at the Faculty of Law and Administration. For more than 30 years she has been volunteering with the Polish Red Cross, including the function of a Vice-President of the Polish Red Cross in 2004 – 2012.  Since 2002 she has been a member (at present – the first vice-president) of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission established under Protocol Additional I of 1977 to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 that deals with allegations of war crimes. She is also a full member of the San Remo International Institute of Humanitarian Law. Dr. Elżbieta Mikos-Skuza lectures at numerous courses organized by the NOHA and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement all over Europe, is a member of think-tanks and groups of experts and is the author of publications in English and in Polish (textbooks, collections of documents, commentaries, chapters of books and articles) on public international law, particularly on international humanitarian law.