
Fares Abdelhamid
Registration Assistant at Unhcr
Matareya, Cairo, EgyptWork Experience
Registration AssistantFull Time
- Job Details:• Conduct registration interviews in accordance with local SOPs and registration standards. • Identify persons with specific needs and ensure timely referral to protection follow up. • Collaborate with protection and legal units and partners to provide the necessary service. • Manage crowd control activity. • Issue appointments for refugees' interviews after ensuring that they have the necessary documents. • Respond to queries from asylum seekers and refugees. • Maintain accurate and up to date data related to all individual registration cases.
Volunteer Case WorkerFull Time
- Job Details:• Conducted monthly mentorship meetings with refugee university students. • Supported the implementation, coordination, and monitoring of different activities for refugees. • Received calls and recorded the action taken for each call through the dedicated tracking tool. • Participated in drafting monthly reports. • Conducted referrals with services, including resettlement provided by CRS’ partners. • Took part in the selection and registration process of the newly accepted scholars. • Update d the p hy sical files of individual cases.
Lawyer and co founderPart Time
Radix for Legal Services
Jan 2021 - May 2023 -2 yrs, 4 months
- Job Details:• Attended hearings and undertook legal procedures work. • Drafted, translated, and reviewed legal documents. • My practice focused on Criminal Law and Family Law.
Lawyer and Legal ResearcherFreelance / Project
Independent
Oct 2017 - Dec 2020 -3 yrs, 2 months
- Job Details:• Attended hearings and undertook some legal procedures work. • Drafted and translated legal documents and human rights reports. • Designed and conducted legal research.
Education
Master's Degree in International and Comparative Law (LL.M.)
American University in Cairo (AUC)Jan 2024
Bachelor of Law in Faculty of Law, English section
Ain Shams University (ASU)Jan 2012 - Jan 2016 - 4 yr
Activities
Research Assistant at Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottingham
Volunteering
Nov 2020 - Mar 2021 -4 months
Legal Researcher at International Bridges to Justice
Volunteering
Feb 2020 - Dec 2020 -10 months
Volunteer at Egyptian Red Crescent
Volunteering
Apr 2017 - Dec 2017 -8 months
Achievements
Received “Yousef Jameel GAPP Public Leadership fellow ship a competitive grant awarded to graduate students enrolled in one of schools under the Global Affairs and Public Policy department at the AUC, (September 2022-May 2024). Highest Achievement in Writing Award, Academy of Liberal Arts, American University in Cairo, April 2022. Published a paper titled "Peace v. Justice: Amnesties, Transitional Justice and International Law, Platform for Peace and Humanity," June 25, 2021. Received Anamax scholarship to participate in the International Human Right Program at the University of Nottingham. Won the first place in the competition and best memorials in the Egyptian National Rounds the 2016 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
Skills
- Legal Research
- Microsoft Office
- human rights
- Research
- Legal Drafting
- Communication
- Microsoft Word
- Humanitarian Affairs
- Social Work
- case management
Languages
Arabic
FluentEnglish
FluentFrench
Beginner
Training & Certifications
Human Rights Online Summer School
Human Rights Centre, University of Essex.·2021International Human Rights Law Program
Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottingham·2019Human Rights Course
University of Oslo·2018International Humanitarian Law and Youth as Agents of Behavioral Change
The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Egyptian Red Crescent·2017