Dr. Nafees Ahmad is an Associate Professor at Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He holds a doctorate in International Refugee Law and Human Rights. From 2011 to 2024, Nafees served at South Asian University, New Delhi, India, an intergovernmental diplomatic mission of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. Previously, from 1998 to 2011, he served at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. Nafees teaches International Law and Diplomacy, Comparative Human Rights, International Relations Law, International Maritime Law, International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law. His scholarship focuses on RAMS (refugees, asylum-seekers, migrants and stateless persons) and the role of artificial intelligence in their protection, as well as global forced displacement, the Global Compact on Refugees, the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, climate change migration and climate refugees.