Biography
Dr Pablo Gavira Díaz is a Spanish lawyer, specialised in international humanitarian law and international criminal law. He received his doctorate in International Law from the Walther Schücking Institute for International Law at the University of Kiel, where his doctoral research focused on the international protection of immovable cultural property and the criminal liability for attacks against those objects in international criminal law.
His academic background includes a teaching position at the University of Kiel and a consultancy for the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI). Dr Gavira Díaz also has provided legal support to the Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers in Europe (SHAPE) which is responsible for the planning and execution of all NATO military operations.
He earned a Licenciatura en Derecho from the University of Seville in Spain and participated in a specialisation course on Human Rights and Democratisation at the same university.
He is fluent in Spanish, English and German.