izr. prof. dr. Andraž Zidar Visokošolski učitelj

Od leta 2020 izr. prof. dr. Andraž Zidar vodi Diplomatsko akademijo Ministrstva za zunanje in
evropske zadeve, ki izvaja usposabljanja za diplomate na področjih zunanje politike,
mednarodnega prava, EU, človekovih pravic in drugih tem, povezanih z diplomacijo. Marca 2025
je postal izredni profesor za mednarodno pravo in diplomacijo na Evropski pravni fakulteti Nove
univerze.
Leta 2019 je pri ugledni založbi Eleven International izšla njegova knjiga The World Community
between Hegemony and Constitutionalism. V knjigi obravnava preplet hegemonije in
konstitucionalizma v mednarodni sferi – dinamiko, ki tlakuje pot novi svetovni ureditvi.
V obdobju 2015–2016 je opravljal funkcijo programskega direktorja evropskega magistrskega
študija Human Rights and Democratization v Benetkah, enega najuglednejših magistrskih
programov s področja človekovih pravic v Evropi in širše.
Med letoma 2012 in 2015 je bil višji raziskovalec za mednarodno pravo na Britanskem inštitutu za
mednarodno in primerjalno pravo v Londonu, kjer se je ukvarjal z raziskovanjem in organizacijo
dogodkov s področja mednarodnega prava, globalnega zdravstvenega prava, mednarodnega
sodnega varstva, vladavine prava in človekovih pravic. V tem času je predaval tudi mednarodno
pravo in mednarodno pravo človekovih pravic na Regent’s University London.
Med letoma 2009 in 2012 je opravljal funkcijo generalnega direktorja (pravnega svetovalca
oziroma jurisconsulta) Direktorata za mednarodno pravo in zaščito državljanov na Ministrstvu za
zunanje zadeve. V tem okviru je zasnoval in postal glavni urednik zbirke Zbirka mednarodnega
prava. V tej referenčni zbirki je bilo doslej izdanih štirinajst temeljnih del, katerih cilj je širjenje
znanja o mednarodnem pravu v Sloveniji.
Dr. Zidar se je slovenski diplomaciji pridružil leta 1996, najprej kot strokovnjak za človekove
pravice v forumih Združenih narodov v Ženevi (odbori za človekove pravice in Komisija za
človekove pravice) ter v Svetu Evrope v Strasbourgu (CDDH), kjer je podpiral progresivni razvoj
človekovih pravic.
Avtor je več znanstvenih in strokovnih prispevkov s področja človekovih pravic, mednarodnega in
ustavnega prava ter mednarodnih odnosov in diplomacije.
Njegovo prevajalsko delo iz angleščine v slovenščino obsega besedila s področja človekovih
pravic, Osnutek členov o odgovornosti držav ter knjigo priznane jungovske psihoanalitičarke
Marie-Louise von Franz Zlati osel Apuleja. Kot urednik je poskrbel tudi za prevode del: Svoboda
morij Huga Grotiusa, The Gentle Civilizer of Nations Marttija Koskenniemija in Problems and
Process Rosalyn Higgins.

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Since 2020, associate professor Ph. D. Andraž Zidar has been leading the Diplomatic Academy of
the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, which provides training for diplomats in the fields of
foreign policy, international law, the EU, human rights, and other topics related to diplomacy. In
March 2025, he became Associate Professor of International Law & Diplomacy at the European
Faculty of Law, New University.
In 2019, the reputable Eleven International published his book The World Community between
Hegemony and Constitutionalism. The book surveys the interplay between hegemony and
constitutionalism in the international sphere, a dynamic that is paving the way for a new world
architecture.
During 2015–2016, he served as program director of the European Master’s program in Human
Rights and Democratization in Venice, one of the most renowned master’s degrees in human
rights in Europe and internationally.
From 2012 to 2015, he worked as Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law at the British
Institute of International and Comparative Law in London, focusing on research and events in
international law, global health law, international adjudication, rule of law, and human rights.
During this period, he also lectured on international law and international human rights law at
Regent’s University London.
Between 2009 and 2012, he held the position of Director-general (Legal Adviser or jurisconsult) of
the Directorate for International Law and Citizen Protection at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In
that capacity, he founded and became the editor-in-chief of the Book Collection of International
Law. Fourteen major works have so far been published in this reference collection, with the aim
of spreading knowledge about international law in Slovenia.
Dr. Zidar joined Slovenian diplomacy in 1996, initially working as an expert on human rights in the
United Nations forums in Geneva (committees on human rights and the Commission for Human
Rights) and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (CDDH), where he supported the progressive
development of human rights.
He is the author of several scientific and professional contributions in the fields of human rights,
international and constitutional law, as well as international relations and diplomacy.
His work as a translator from English into Slovenian includes texts on human rights, the Draft
Articles on State Responsibility, and a book by the prominent Jungian psychoanalyst Marie-Louise
von Franz The Golden Ass of Apuleius. As an editor, he also oversaw translations of The Freedom
of the Seas by Hugo Grotius, The Gentle Civilizer of Nations by Martti Koskenniemi, and Problems
and Process by Rosalyn Higgins.