Dr. Mohamad Katoub

Bio

Dr. Mohamad Katoub is a Research Fellow with the Human Rights Center. He is an advocacy expert whose experience focuses on humanitarian policies and the protection of aid workers in Syria and neighboring countries. During his work for humanitarian and human rights organizations, Mohamad focused his work on documenting attacks on health workers and health infrastructures and on fighting impunity for the usage of chemical weapons. Mohamad has published articles on humanitarian operations and medical evacuation in conflict areas, attacks on health and deconfliction of humanitarian facilities, the politicization of aid, and other issues related to the right to health, and the usage of unconventional weapons. He is a licensed dentist, and a former relief worker, having worked to establish field hospitals, and support decaying local governance structures since the Syrian conflict began.