Helyeh Doutaghi

Helyeh is a sociolegal scholar with a research focus on Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL), Marxian and postcolonial critiques of law, sanctions, and international political economy. Her doctoral dissertation examined the mechanisms, harms, and beneficiaries of the sanctions regime on Iran, centering questions of value transfer and wealth drain. She has also written on International Humanitarian Law (IHL), particularly its history, practice, and the production of knowledge (and ignorance) in the context of U.S. military operations.