Hamayon Hamed has more than 15 years of experience teaching law and human rights at Kabul Public University and at several private universities in Afghanistan. He has also worked as a legal consultant with an international organization, led a legal aid non-governmental organization as its Executive Director, and served as Commissioner of the Afghanistan Anti-Corruption Commission (AACC). In these positions, Hamayon offered legal advice, facilitated seminars and workshops, and provided technical assistance in developing and managing legal trainings for lawyers, prosecutors, and judges.

Hamayon has received recognition for his tremendous contributions to student learning, and he was twice awarded a certificate of appreciation from the Dean of the Law Faculty at Kabul University for his coaching and leadership of the Kabul University team at the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. He led his team to a first place finish in the 2020-2021 Afghanistan National Rounds of the competition.

After the Taliban took over the government, Hamayon left Afghanistan and came to the United States to pursue his work as a Research Scholar at Georgetown Law. Now, as a Distinguished Fellow with the Human Rights Institute, Hamayon will continue his research on violations of the rights of children by law enforcement officials in Afghanistan, as well as on corruption in legal aid service providers in Afghanistan.

Hamayon holds an LL.B. from Kabul University and an LL.M. from the University of Washington School of Law.