M. Ya’kub Aiyub Kadir,  is a lecturer at the Law faculty of Syiah Kuala University, Indonesia. He earned his PhD  in international law from the Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom. Prior to joining Syiah Kuala University, he actively involved in various humanitarian works in several agencies post-earthquake and tsunami in Aceh 2004, i.e. humanitarian protection manager at World Vision Aceh Program, a legal development and human resource manager at the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency  (BRR) for Aceh and Nias, and  also a researcher at the Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (CPCRS) Unsyiah-Aceh. His research interests are: Human Rights Law, Refugee Law, Investment Law,  International Contract Law, and Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL).