The Team
Shaikh Mahmud bin Ilyas
Founder/Chairman, Global Peace Summit.
LLB (Hons), University of London.
Justice, Harvard University.
Diploma in International Environmental Law and Governance, United Nations.
Managing Conflicts, Università di Bologna.
Risk-informed Governance for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience, UN.
Asoomii Jay
MSc Violence, Conflict, & Development, SOAS University of London.
Project Director, Democracy Centre for Transparency.
Palestinian Human Rights Activist.
Researcher Coordinator, WWP European Network.
Director, Democracy Centre for Transparency.
Shozab Majeed
Executive Director,
Global Peace Summit.
LLM, University of Law,
United Kingdom.
MBA Defence Systems,
Naval Postgraduate School, USA.
Master of War and Strategic Studies, Command & Staff College, Quetta.
Syed M. Shah
LLB, University of London.
Legal Counsel, Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Development.
Executive Director, Center for Islamic Law and Human Rights.
ADR Expert in Mediation & Arbitration.
Daliah Vakili
BS Psychology, Carleton University.
Human Rights Defenders,
Amnesty International.
Humanitarian Aid Worker, Human Relief Foundation.
Global Senior CRM Executive, Travelex.
Former Marketing Executive, International SOS.
Lailla Bal'Mahdi
Academic Writer and Researcher.
Human Rights Activist.
Graduate; University of Westminster and University of Brighton.
Member of The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Independent Employment Law Consultant.
PhD in Sociology, University of Waterloo.
Author, Occupied Palestine: Israel, the U.S., and International Law.
Board Member, World Beyond War.
Board Member, Canadians for Palestinian Rights (CVPR).
Board Member, Canadians for Peace and Justice in Kashmir.
Alex Lawson
Fellow, Research Society of International Law.
LLB & LLM, Durham University, United Kingdom.
Former Lecturer, Durham University and BPP University.
Expertise in International Law, Constitutional
Law, EU Law, and Jurisprudence.
Researcher & Political Scientist.
Contributor to Jerusalem Post, Geopolitica, Ru, Open Diplomacy, 4PT, Russian Times and others.
CEO & Founder of the Eurasian Post.
Graduate from the University of Tartu with specialization EU-Russian affairs.