Dr. Khansaa Jasim 

Dr. Khansaa Mohammed Jasim Al-Qayyim is a leading scholar of public and international law and a senior academic leader, currently serving as the Dean and Founder of the College of Law at the American University of Iraq – Baghdad (AUIB). She holds a Ph.D. in Public Law from Al-Nahrain University and earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in International Law from the University of Baghdad. Widely recognized for her scholarly contributions, she is regarded as one of the foremost experts in public international law in the region.

Dr. Al-Qayyim is the first researcher in the Middle East to conduct an extensive, systematic study on the theory of fragmentation in international law, producing a seminal 700-page work that has become a key reference in the field. She is also the author of Judicial Protection of the Individual in International Law and has published extensively on labor law, social security law, investment law, international humanitarian law, and constitutional and administrative law. Her scholarship bridges doctrinal analysis with practical legal and institutional realities.

Beyond academia, she has played a central role in shaping legal education and policy in Iraq. As founder and dean of AUIB’s College of Law, she designed a curriculum integrating Anglo-American common law and civil law traditions and has overseen national and international moot court participation, including the Philip C. Jessup, Willem C. Vis, and international arbitration and IT law competitions. She has also served as a legal advisor and consultant to international organizations such as UNICEF, the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), contributing to arbitration, mediation, social protection reform, and rule-of-law initiatives.

Dr. Al-Qayyim holds numerous leadership and advisory appointments, including membership in Iraq’s Council of Law Deans, the National Council for Accreditation of Law School Programs, and editorial and scientific boards of leading legal journals. She has represented academic institutions at United Nations forums and contributed expert input to national and international legal reform efforts. Her role on the Advisory Board brings deep expertise in public international law, legal education governance, arbitration development, and institutional capacity building, providing strategic guidance grounded in both scholarship and high-level practice.