Parwez Besmel

Assistant Professor

Human Rights & International Law, Transitional Justice and International Courts.

Dr. Parwez Besmel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society. His research interests focus on fundamental inquiries into how societies emerging from periods of conflict and repression grapple with the legacies of past atrocities. He is the recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. During the academic year 2022-2023, Dr. Besmel was a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Philosophy and the Global Justice Program at Yale University. Dr. Besmel currently serves as a mentor in the Academic Stand Against Poverty Fellowship Program for the academic year 2025-2026 in the Global Justice Program at Yale University.

Selected Publications

Besmel, Parwez, and Nana Kwame Baah. "Critical Analysis of United States Counternarcotics Strategies in Afghanistan." Journal of Drug Issues 55, no. 4 (2025): 751-766.

Besmel, Parwez. "The Dilemma of Justice: The International Criminal Court’s Political Maneuver." International Journal of Transitional Justice 18, no.3 (2024): 439-452.

Besmel, Parwez. "A Holistic Approach to Transitional Justice for Afghanistan." In Global Perspectives on People, Process, and Practice in Criminal Justice, pp. 195-213. IGI Global, 2021.

Besmel, Parwez. "The Pathway to Transitional Justice in Afghanistan." Journal of Global South Studies 37, no. 2 (2020): 240-269.

Besmel, Parwez, and Alex Alvarez. "Transitional justice and the legacy of Nuremberg: The promise and problems of confronting atrocity in post-conflict societies." Genocide Studies International 11, no. 2 (2017): 182-196.

Education

Ph.D. Politics and International Affairs, Northern Arizona University, 2016

M.A. Teaching English as a Second Language, Northern Arizona University, 2005

B.A. English Literature, Kabul University, 2000