Hani has joined AUC's Department of Law in 2005.  He received a Licence en Droit from the Faculty of Law at Damascus University, a D.E.S. in international relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies at the HEI in Université de Genève, and an S.J.D.  from Harvard Law School. He teaches and writes in a diverse set of topics in international law including human rights and humanitarian law, law and development, international economic law, global governance and legal theory.