Education
In 1968, he graduated from the Institut d"Etudes Politiques de Paris and held his Phd in Public Law at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences of Panthéon-Assas University (1971).
Professor of Public International Law
In 1968, he graduated from the Institut d"Etudes Politiques de Paris and held his Phd in Public Law at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences of Panthéon-Assas University (1971).
He has been Professor of Public International Law at the University of Tehran and Visiting Professor at the universities of Paris I, Paris XI, XIII Paris, Caen and Grenoble World War II He is currently teaching International humanitarian law at the School of International Relations (SIR) affiliated with the Iranian ministry of foreign affairs to the next generations of Iranian diplomats. From 1979 to 1982, he chaired the Center for International Studies of the University of Tehran. International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) Group of International Adviser.
Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law.
Board of Editors of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (Technology Marketing Corporation Asser Institute, Netherlands). Steering Committee for the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), Study on International Customary Law (1996-2004).
Commission for the Settlement of Disputes Related to Confidentiality, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), 1994-2004. More information available on Djamchid Momtaz site: He is also visiting Professor at the University of Paris I(Panthéon Sorbonne).
As an expert, Jamshid Momtaz was part of the Iranian delegation in charge of nuclear talks with major powers (G5+1).
He was a member of the International Law Commission of the United Nations between 2000 and 2006 (President of the same committee at its 57th session in 2005 - 2006). He is a Fellow of the Institute of International Law (Institut de Droit International) and member of several organizations:.