Selman is a PhD candidate at Maastricht University. His research concerns the impact of sea-level rise on a displaced nation’s sovereignty rights over natural resources. He has an LL.B. (with honours) from Bahçeşehir University and an LL.M. from Leiden University. He was formerly affiliated with the Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on IHL and the International Criminal Court. He is regular contributor to Oxford International Organizations on the themes of sustainable development and natural resources.

Selman graduated (with honours) from Bahçeşehir University Law Faculty İstanbul in 2016 and completed his LLM at Leiden University in 2018. He was a researcher at the Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law and an intern at the International Criminal Court. He also participated in national and international competitions on behalf of Bahçeşehir University including as a member of the ICC Moot Court team. Besides his law degree, Selman also attended the 4-year Classical Islamic Law and Intellectual History honours program of the Istanbul Research and Education (İSAR) Foundation.

For the past four years, Selman has lectured public international law courses (online) and served as academic coordinator at the Istanbul Center of International Law (ICIL). He is a member of the ILA Committee of International Law and Sea Level Rise and ICON-S interest group on climate change and migration. He has specialized in the law of the sea, international environmental law, and international criminal law.

His research primarily focuses on Public International Law, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, Constitutional Law, International Criminal Law and Islamic Law.

selmanaksunger@gmail.com