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Dr. Gregory P. Noone, Ph.D., J.D., is a Brockton, Massachusetts native who received a B.A. in Political Science from Villanova University, an M.A. in International Affairs from The Catholic University of America, an M.D.S. (Master of Defence Studies) from The Royal Military College of Canada, a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, and a Ph.D. in Political Science (International Relations) from West Virginia University. Dr. Noone is also a graduate of the Canadian Forces College’s Joint Command and Staff Programme (JRCSP 12 and JCSP 36) where he served as the Senior Allied Officer.

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Dr. Noone is the Executive Director, and a Senior Peace Fellow, for the Public International Law and Policy Group (PILPG was nominated for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize) where he has conducted justice system assessments in Uganda and Côte d’Ivoire as well as provided assistance in post-Gaddafi Libya and to the Syrian opposition regarding transitional justice. Dr. Noone was also part of the international effort investigating the Myanmar government’s atrocities committed against their Rohingya population. He worked as an investigator in the refugee camps in Bangladesh and as one of the legal experts on the report’s findings. Dr. Noone currently leads the Yemen track-two diplomacy team and serves as a Senior Legal Advisor for the Ukraine Accountability Initiative as well as the Human Rights Documentation Solutions project. Dr. Noone also worked for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created by the U.S. Congress to promote research, education, and training on the prevention, management and peaceful resolution of international conflicts. While at USIP, Dr. Noone received a Special Act Award for his work in Afghanistan.  

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Dr. Noone is a retired Captain in the United States Navy with over 30 years of service as a judge advocate. While on active duty Dr. Noone held various positions in the Navy including the Head of the International Law Branch and the Foreign Military Rights Affairs Branch in the Navy Judge Advocate General’s International and Operational Law Division at the Pentagon. Dr. Noone also served at the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS), where he trained senior military, governmental and non-governmental civilian personnel in the Law of Armed Conflict, Human Rights and other international law topics, in over sixty countries (and has been to 96 countries). Most notably, he has trained members of the Iraqi National Congress, the post-genocide government in Rwanda, the post-Taliban government in Afghanistan, civil society in the Sudan, and senior members of the Russian government. Dr. Noone has also worked as a government prosecutor and a criminal defense counsel. Dr. Noone served in the United States Naval Reserve from July 2001 until February 2021 where he served in numerous roles including as the Commanding Officer of the Navy JAG International and Operational Law reserve unit as well as three years as the unit’s Executive Officer prior to assuming command. His second command tour was as Commanding Officer of the DIILS reserve unit. In 2009-2010, Dr. Noone was mobilized as the Staff Judge Advocate for the Office for Administrative Review and Detention of Enemy Combatants (OARDEC) at the Pentagon and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In 2019-2020, Dr. Noone was mobilized as the Director of the Periodic Review Secretariat (the successor of OARDEC).  Among his personal awards are the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, and two Defense Meritorious Service Medals.  

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Dr. Noone was appointed by the United Nations to an Independent Experts Panel in 2012 tasked to review the UN’s Office of Internal Oversight. Dr. Noone is the Director of the Fairmont State University National Security and Intelligence program and a Professor of Political Science and Law. Dr. Noone was selected as the 2012 West Virginia Professor of the Year. Dr. Noone is also an adjunct Professor of Law at Roger Williams University School of Law (since 1996) and Case Western Reserve University School of Law (since 2003) where he teaches International Law, Genocide and Atrocity Crimes, International Humanitarian Law, Terrorism, and U.S. Military Law and Legal Policies. He also teaches Leadership and Ethics in graduate programs at Boston College. 

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Dr. Noone is the co-author (with Laurie R. Blank) of the widely used textbook: International Law and Armed Conflict: Fundamental Principles and Contemporary Challenges in the Law of War Second Edition (Aspen / Wolters Kluwer Publishing 2019). Together they also published the Concise Second Edition of this textbook (2021) for use in military academies, war colleges, undergraduate universities and for foreign militaries. He is also the co-author (with Laurie R. Blank) of Law of War Training: Resources for Military and Civilian Leaders derived from a multi-year project on military training programs in the law of war. He has also published and presented articles on the Rwandan Genocide, the Law of Armed Conflict, the International Criminal Court, and Military Tribunals at numerous forums. Dr. Noone appears regularly as a commentator on international and national TV and radio.