Ameur Zemmali, born in 1955, graduated from the Faculty of Law in Tunis and subsequently qualified there as a barrister. He also has a diploma of advanced law studies and a doctorate in law from the University of Geneva. A member of the Legal Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross, he has published several articles and research papers and has taken part in numerous studies of international humanitarian law; his article entitled “Imam Al-Awzai and his humanitarian ideas” appeared in the Review (No. 275, March–April 1990, pp. 115).