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Cyprien Fluzin is an LL.M. candidate at Harvard Law School and a Research Assistant at the HLS Program on International Law and Armed Conflict. Cyprien’s interests range from general public international law to human rights law, refugee law, international humanitarian law, and international criminal law. In recent years, Cyprien has focused more specifically on terrorism and the effect of global counterterrorism efforts on human rights. He is currently writing his LL.M. paper on the legal issues arising from the situation of foreign “terrorist” fighters and their families in Syria and Iraq, under the supervision of Professor Modirzadeh. At HLS PILAC, Cyprien works on the impact of United Nations Security Council-mandated counterterrorism measures on principled humanitarian action.

A Fulbright and Arthur Sachs scholar from France, Cyprien received his undergraduate law degree from the University of Strasbourg in France, after completing part of his degree at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. He also holds a master’s degree in international law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva, as part of which he spent some time at the University of California, Los Angeles. Cyprien previously worked for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, and was an intern at the UN International Law Commission, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights, and the Council of Europe.

Biography last updated: October 2019.