Dr. Rawad Salika
Bridging human rights, public service, and education to advance protection and meaningful dialogue.
Connecting the principles of human rights with the realities of protection, policy, and practice.
Dr. Rawad Salika’s work brings together human rights, migration, and the protection of people affected by trafficking. He serves as Head of the Human Rights, Organizations and Migration Department at Lebanon’s General Security Directorate.
Through public service, international dialogue, and academic teaching, his work connects legal frameworks with practical responses. His teaching at the American University of Beirut explores negotiation and mediation in humanitarian settings.
Professional context · AUB Global Health InstituteInterconnected areas of practice.
One people-centered purpose.
Bringing human rights principles into institutional practice and international dialogue.
Victim identification, referral mechanisms, and cooperation for a rights-based response.
Engaging with refugee-related issues, protection standards, and non-refoulement.
Sharing knowledge and developing mediation skills for complex humanitarian settings.
A closer look at teaching, protection,
and international engagement.
GENEVA, SWITZERLANDParticipation in Lebanon’s official delegation to the Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations Human Rights Council, with contributions on trafficking, refugees, and non-refoulement.
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Designing and delivering a full course on negotiation and mediation in humanitarian settings at the American University of Beirut.
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An online lecture with NASW Lebanon bringing legal and social work perspectives together around victim protection.
Read about the sessionPublic service, education, and cooperation
meet in a shared commitment to people.
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behind the work.
For professional conversations, academic exchange,
and shared ideas in human rights and humanitarian action.