David Kretzmer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

David Kretzmer

Professor of International Law

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1943

Place of Birth: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Profession: lawyer, advocate, human rights activist, legal scholar

Nationality: United Kingdom, Israel

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

David Kretzmer (Hebrew: ??? ??????; born 4 November 1943 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is an Israeli expert in international and constitutional law.
He is professor emeritus of international law of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and professor of law at the Transitional Justice Institute at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland.
He has been a member of international and Israeli Human Rights organizations, including the UN Human Rights Committee under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, serving as its vice-chairperson in 2001 and 2002.
He established the Centre for Human Rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was a founding member of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, the Minerva Centre for Human Rights, a joint centre of the Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University.
He is also a founding member of B'Tselem.