Figures in international affairs: Aslan Khuseinovich Abashidze, renowned scholar, jurist and expert in international law

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Aslan Khuseinovich Abashidze is the head of the department of international law of the Institute of Law of the RUDN University named after Patrice Lumumba. He is a professor and honoured lawyer of the Russian Federation and he also holds a doctorate in law. A. K. Abashidze has served as a member of the working group on Arbitrary detention of the UN Human Rights Council (2007–2009) and as a member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2010–2026), including twice as its vice chair and rapporteur. He is a member of the executive committee of the Russian Association of International Law, a member of the European Association of International Law, and the World Association of International Law. He also serves on the Academic Consultative Council of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Expert Advisory Board on International Law under the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Expert Advisory Board under the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, and the Consultative Council with the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Russian Federation, and chair of the International Law Commission of the UN Association of Russia.