Abbas Aroua

Abbas Aroua is an Algerian medical and health physicist. He is also human rights defender, peace worker, and political activist.

• Adjunct Professor (Privat Docent) at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne (since 2006)
• PhD in health physics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (1991)
• Certificate of Expert in Radiological Protection from the University Institute of Radiation Physics at CHUV in Lausanne (1989)
• Master of Science in Medical Physics from the Surrey University in Great Britain (1986)
• Diploma of Higher Studies in Electronics from the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene in Algiers (1984)

• Member of the teaching staff of the "Master of Advanced Studies in Peace and Conflict Transformation", World Peace Academy │ University of Basel (2010-2012)
• Member of the teaching staff of the "Master of Arts in Peace and Conflict Studies", Hacettepe University, Ankara (2013)
• Head of the Arab World Department of the International Transcend Network for Peace, Development and Environment
• Co-founder in 1994 in Geneva of the Hoggar Institute for Human Rights Studies
• Founder in 2002 and director of the Cordoba Peace Institute - Geneva, for peace promotion
• Co-founder in 2004 of the Alkarama Foundation, for human rights
• Co-founder in 2007 of the Rachad Movement, dedicated to radical non violent political change in Algeria and the establishment of the rule of law and good governance
• Co-founder in 2009 of the Arab Organization for Freedoms and Good Governance
• Co-founder in 2010 of the Compostelle-Cordoue NGO for interfaith dialogue
• Organizer and participant at numerous seminars, training workshops and conferences, and author and editor of numerous reports, scientific papers and books in the field of conflict resolution and human development

• Director of the Swiss company AHEAD S.A. (aroua health & education) specialized in training, research and consulting in the field of medical physics and radiological protection
• Lecturer at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne
• Founder in 2003 of a working group on the exposure of the population by medical radiology, which later became the European Dose Datamed GroupMember of several national and international learned societies
• Author and co-author of tens of scientific papers and reports in the field of public health

• Peer-reviewed journal articles
• Contributions in scientific meetings
• Various reports and chapters

• Addressing Violence and Extremism: The Importance of Terminology, January 2018.
• The Salafiscape in the Wake of the Arab Spring, November 2017.
• Sufism, Politics and Violence: Reading Notes, September 2017.
• Peace, Conflict, and Conflict Transformation in the Islamic Tradition. In Religion, Conflict, and Peacemaking: An Interdisciplinary Conversation. Edited by By Muriel Schmid, 2017.
• The Quest for Peace in the Islamic Tradition. Kolofon Press, Oslo 2013.
• The Muslim Diaspora in Europe and the USA. Johan Galtung et al., Transcend & Cordoba Foundation of Geneva, 2012.
• عمل الخير: مقاربة شاملة للأمن البشري، مؤسسة قرطبة ومعهد الهقار، جنيف 2012 -
• Mediating Tensions over Islam in Denmark, Holland, and Switzerland. Simon J A Mason, Abbas Aroua, Annika Åberg. CSS-ETH Zürich & Cordoba Foundation of Geneva, 2010
• تاريخ التعذيب وأصول تحريمه في الإسلام، محمد بن طارية، عباس عروة، يوسف بجاوي، مؤسسة قرطبة، جنيف 2008
• L'amnistie et les fondements de la paix. In "Quelle Réconciliation pour l'Algérie?". Ouvrage collectif. Hoggar, Geneva 2005.
• La Charte de la Moukalaha, ou la grande duperie. In "Quelle Réconciliation pour l'Algérie?". Ouvrage collectif. Hoggar, Geneva 2005.
• Limitations et acceptabilité de l'amnistie en Algérie. In "Quelle Réconciliation pour l'Algérie?". Ouvrage collectif. Hoggar, Geneva 2005.
• Quelques expériences d'amnistie à méditer. In "Quelle Réconciliation pour l'Algérie?". Ouvrage collectif. Hoggar, Geneva 2005.
• قراءة في تاريخ التعذيب، فصل في كتاب "تحقيق عن التعذيب في الجزائر"، منتدى باحثي شمال إفريقيا، الهقار، جنيف 2003.
• Horroris Causa: Féminisme à l'ère de la Sainte-Eradication. Hoggar, Genève 2000.
• Eléments de Politique Algérienne de la France. In "An Inquiry into the Algerian Massacres". Edited by Bedjaoui Y, Aroua A and Aït-Larbi M. Hoggar, Geneva 1999.
• L'Organisation des Nations Unies et les Massacres en Algérie. In "An Inquiry into the Algerian Massacres". Edited by Bedjaoui Y, Aroua A and Aït-Larbi M. Hoggar, Geneva 1999.
• L'Union Européenne et les Massacres en Algérie. In "An Inquiry into the Algerian Massacres". Edited by Bedjaoui Y, Aroua A and Aït-Larbi M. Hoggar, Geneva 1999.
• Reading Notes on French Colonial Massacres in Algeria. In "An Inquiry into the Algerian Massacres". Edited by Bedjaoui Y, Aroua A and Aït-Larbi M. Hoggar, Geneva 1999.
• Une Diplomatie en Guerre contre les ONG des Droits de l’Homme. In "An Inquiry into the Algerian Massacres". Edited by Bedjaoui Y, Aroua A and Aït-Larbi M. Hoggar, Geneva 1999.
• La torture se nourrit de silence. In "L'Algérie en murmure". Moussa Aït-Embarek. Hoggar, Genève 1995.
• Notes de lecture sur la violence culturelle. In "L'Algérie en murmure". Moussa Aït-Embarek. Hoggar, Genève 1995.
• Cri d'un détenu. In "L'Algérie en murmure". Moussa Aït-Embarek. Hoggar, Genève 1995.