Dr Anicée Van Engeland (PhD Institut d’Etudes Politiques 06, LLM Harvard Law School 04, MA International Relations 02, MA Iranian Studies 02) is an Associate Professor of international security and law at Cranfield University. Anicée’s main areas of research and practice are human rights law and humanitarian law (with a focus on Islamic law). She adapts liberal principles of international law to accommodate cultural and religious specificities.

A former aid worker and human rights worker, Dr Van Engeland advises, trains and debriefs many NGOs and international organisations’ staff. She trains armed forces in the UK, as well as all forces and civil servants around the world through MOD/FCO programmes. She has provided support to the Jamaican Ministry of National Security and to the Ukrainian authorities. Anicée also advises governments, international organisations, NGOs and civil society on Islam, security and conflict, including Islamic humanitarian principles. She teaches and has published on issues ranging from human rights law to ethics and law, from security to peace-building, from corruption to accountability.