Elizabeth Samson

Elizabeth Samson is an international lawyer, an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Queens College-CUNY, a Writing Fellow at the Middle East Forum, and a former Visiting Fellow at the Hudson Institute. She holds a J.D. from Fordham Law School and an LL.M. in International & European Law from the University of Amsterdam. Ms. Samson speaks globally on topics of law and human rights, specializing in international law and constitutional law. She has authored several peer-reviewed legal publications on topics of comparative international law and humanitarian law. Her writings appear in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, the Washington Times, the New York Post, and other publications.

Articles by this Author
President Aliyev Has Reiterated a Demand That Armenia Amend Its Constitution to Eliminate ‘Baseless Territorial Claims’ Against Azerbaijan
No Palestinian Membership Application Has Passed Muster in the U.N. Security Council, Rendering Statehood a Legal and Political Impossibility
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s Record as Senator Suggests He Will Not Sympathize with Azerbaijan’s Position Absent Serious Reforms
The Organization Knows How to Demand the Right to Do Its Work, but Its Neglect of Israeli Hostages Has Become the Rule
By Failing in Its Mission, the ICRC May Sow the Seeds of Its Own Demise
The United Nations Cannot Plead Ignorance to Its Relief Agency’s Close Ties to Hamas
Those Who Condemn the Hezbollah Leader’s Death Are Terror Sympathizers Who Ignore International Law
Hezbollah Repeatedly Attacks Israel to Destroy It and Israel Has a Right of Self-Defense Under the United Nations Charter
Detonating Hezbollah Pagers Followed Protocol for ‘Military Objectives’ in the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons