Per Sevastik

Affiliated researcher
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Research

Per Sevastik holds a LL.M from Stockholm University, a LL.M, in International Legal Studies from Harvard Law School, and a Ph.D, in Public International Law from Uppsala University. He is an affiliated researcher at Jönköpings University. Per’s research area includes rule of law and human rights. He conducts research on China and human rights and has also written on Afghanistan, where focus has been on rule of law, human rights, and impunity. Research interests include international law, international criminal law, human rights, rule of law, China/Africa colonialism and international law, globalization and third world approaches to international law.

Biography

Per has been working for the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) for almost thirty years with rule of law and human rights related issues in African and Asian countries. He has been guest professor at Peking University, 2006–2007, and in 2009–2012 where he taught international human rights law at Peking University Law School (PULS) and at other university law schools in China. He has been posted at the Swedish Embassy in Bangkok as first secretary (2015-2016), in Kabul Afghanistan as head of development cooperation (2016-2017) and at the Swedish Embassy in Addis Ababa, as Counsellor and coordinator for the Swedish research cooperation with Ethiopia (2019-2022). He was appointed guest professor at the Addis Ababa University in 2019-2022. He has been a visiting scholar at SOAS in London at the faculty of law and social sciences, where he conducted research on Afghanistan. He has taught human rights at Juridicum in Uppsala and other universities in Sweden. In China he lectured and examined students at master’s level at PULS, and he has also lectured at other universities in China and in other countries in Asia.

Article

Sevastik, P. (2023). Rättsstatens principer och mänskliga rättigheter – hur hänger begreppen ihop? Ny juridik, 7-40. More information
Sevastik, P. (2023). Rule of Law and Human Rights: at the National and International Levels Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, 26(1), 631-683. More information
Sevastik, P. (2020). Rule of Law, Human Rights and Impunity: The Case of Afghanistan Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 12(1), 93-145. More information
Sevastik, P. (2019). The long arm of the Communist Party Bangkok Post. More information
Sevastik, P. (2018). 45 namn i svenskt upprop: Frige Gui Minhai! Svenska Dagbladet. More information
Sevastik, P. (2015). Time ripe for a new world order? The Nation. More information
Sevastik, P. (2015). What happened to the rule of law in Asia? The Nation. More information
Sevastik, P. (2012). Bara gubbar får Nobelpris – så satsar vi på kvinnorna Dagens Nyheter. More information
Sevastik, P. (2012). Opiumkrigen: glömt i väst, öppet sår i Kina Uppsala Nya Tidning. More information
Sevastik, P. (2011). 90 år med kinas kommunister Uppsala Nya Tidning. More information
Sevastik, P. (2011). Human Rights do concern everyone Dragon News. More information
Sevastik, P. (2011). Konfucius i tjänst hos kommunisterna Uppsala Nya Tidning. More information
Sevastik, P. (2010). Kina glömmer inte skändningen Uppsala Nya Tidning. More information
Sevastik, P. (2010). Nobel: China won't kow-tow to the West on human rights The Nation. More information
Sevastik, P. (2010). Åren av förnedring är inte helt glömda Svenska Dagbladet. More information
Sevastik, P. (2007). Annan syn på mänskliga rättigheter Uppsala Nya Tidning. More information
Sevastik, P., Åkermark, S., Österdahl, I. (2003). Kriget är olagligt och skadar folkrätten Dagens forskning, 7-9. More information
Sevastik, P. (1993). Asiatisk juristkonferens i Chiang Mai Svensk Juristtidning, 175-177. More information
Sevastik, P., Ternbo, G. (1993). Internationell brottmålsdomstol Internationella Studier, 8-15 Stockholm: Utrikespolitiska institutet . More information
Sevastik, P. (1987). South Africa and the Role of the Church of Sweden Kyrkans Tidning. More information

Book

Sevastik, P., Nyman-Metcalf, K., Spilipoulou Åkermark, S., Mårsäter, O. (2009). En bok i folkrätt. Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB More information
Sevastik, P. (1997). The Binding Force of Treaties Under International Law - A Handbook for Government Lawyers and Human Rights Advocates. Uppsala: Iustus förlag More information
Sevastik, P., Alfredsson, G. (1997). Legal Assistance to Developing Countries - Swedish Perspectives on the Rule of Law. Stockholm: Kluwer Law International More information
Holmberg, C., Sevastik, P. (1986). Östersjön - fredens hav?. Stockholm: Utrikespolitiska institutet More information

Doctoral thesis

Sevastik, P. (2002). Informell modifikation av traktater till följd av ny sedvanerätt och praxis: En studie mot bakgrund av FN-stadgans innovativa utveckling (Doctoral thesis, Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB). More information

Book chapter

Sevastik, P. (2020). Folkrepubliken Kina. In: A. Jonsson (Ed.), Komparativ konstitutionell rätt (pp. 301 -351). Uppsala: Iustus förlag More information
Sevastik, P. (2015). Freedom of expression and opinion in the People’s Republic of China and ICT. In: P. Wahlgren (Ed.), Law and development (pp. 254 -270). Stockholm: Stockholm Institute for Scandinavian Law More information
Sevastik, P. (2013). Some Aspects on the Effects of Human Rights Law and Its Implications on International Law. In: P. Sevastik (Ed.), Aspects of sovereignty (pp. 33 -62). Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers More information
Sevastik, P. (2008). Secession, self-determination of 'peoples' and recognition: The case of Kosovo's declaration of independence and international law. In: O. Engdahl & P. Wrange (Ed.), Law at war: the law as it was and the law as it should be: liber amicorum Ove Bring (pp. 243 -256). Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers More information
Sevastik, P. (2004). Reflections on the Interpretation and the Binding Force of the UN Charter. In: D. Amnéus & K. Svanberg-Torpman (Ed.), Peace and security: current challenges in international law (pp. 23 -48). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB More information
Sevastik, P. (1997). The Rule of Law and Swedish Development Assistance. In: P. Sevastik (Ed.), Legal assistance to developing countries: Swedish perspectives on the rule of law (pp. 17 -31). More information

Report

Sevastik, P. (2013). Freedom of expression & information communication technology (ICT). Stockholm: Sida More information
Sevastik, P., Adler, P. (2003). Swedish support under the Montreal Protocol: the ozone layer protection programme. Stockholm: Sida More information
Sevastik, P. (1997). The Sida Manual on Human Rights. More information
Sevastik, P. (1989). Environmental legislation in India. More information
Sevastik, P. (1988). Procurement patterns in Botswana. More information