Department: Derecho Público y Ciencias Histórico-Jurídicas y del Pensamiento Político

Centre: Facultad de Derecho. Sección Bizkaia

Campus: Bizkaia

Field of knowledge: Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas

Area: Public International Law and International Relations

Research group: Grupo de Investigación sobre Seguridad Humana, Desarrollo Humano Local y Cooperación Internacional - GIC 21/006

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Email: iker.zirion@ehu.eus

Doctor by the Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea with the thesis Políticas internacionales de construcción de la paz y de desarme, desmovilización y reintegración en Kivu Norte y Kivu Sur, República Democrática del Congo. Un análisis basado en el enfoque de género y las masculinidades (2004-2015) 2016. Supervised by Dr. Karlos Pérez de Armiño.

He is an associate professor of Public International Law at the Faculty of Law-Bizkaia Section of the University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU). He is also a researcher at Hegoa, the Institute of Development Studies and International Cooperation, and the Unesco Chair in Human Rights and Public Powers, both at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). He graduated first in Law and then in Political Science and Administration. He has specialized in the international field through different master's degrees (in European Studies, in International Studies and, finally, in Development and International Cooperation), and his research is located at the confluence between International Human Rights Law, international armed conflicts and international cooperation and development. Likewise, he has incorporated the analysis of the equality of men and women in the research topics indicated. His topics of interest and research include the following: peacebuilding and gender; International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law; post-conflict contexts; Public International Law and Feminism; Democratic Republic of the Congo; and analysis of masculinities.