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At the Geneva Academy professors, academics, experts and practitioners address challenges in international law that relate to situations of armed conflict, protracted violence and the protection of human rights.
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Marco Sassòli
Director of the Geneva Academy and Professor of International Law at the University of Geneva
Marco Sassòli has published widely on international humanitarian law (IHL), human rights law, international criminal law, the sources of international law, the responsibility of states and non-state actors and Swiss constitutional law. He is recognized as a leading expert in IHL.
Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Paola Gaeta is a leading expert on international criminal law and international criminal courts and tribunals, and has published widely on these issues.
Swiss Chair of International Humanitarian Law at the Geneva Academy and Professor of Public International Law at the University of Essex
Noam Lubell has taught, researched and published on a variety of topics related to international human rights law and the law of armed conflict, and is recognized as a leading expert in these fields.
Swiss National Science Foundation Professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Geneva and Lecturer at the University of Neuchâtel
Gloria Gaggioli's work focuses notably on the interplay between international humanitarian law and international human rights law, the right to life and the use of force, including the conduct of hostilities, law enforcement and self-defence.
Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Andrea Bianchi's work focuses on topics that range from international law theory, international human rights law, security and counter-terrorism, the law of jurisdiction and jurisdictional immunities to state responsibility and the law of treaties.
President of the Board and Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Vincent Chetail's areas of research relate to refugee and migrant law, humanitarian law and human rights, international criminal law, collective security and peacekeeping.
Visiting Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Neus Torbisco-Casals' primary research areas are human rights, minority rights and theories of justice, anti-discrimination law and policy, gender equality and cultural diversity.
Co-Director of the Master in Transitional Justice, Human Rights and the Rule of Law
Thomas Unger has more than 15 year of expertise in the field of transitional justice, notably as the former Senior Adviser to the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence.
Nils Melzer is Swiss Human Rights Chair at the Geneva Academy and UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment.
Professor of International Law at Middlesex University, London
Recognized as a leading expert on international human rights law, international criminal law, genocide and capital punishment, William A. Schabas is the author of more than 20 books and 350 journal articles on these issues.
Professor of Public International Law at the University of Nottingham School of Law
Marko Milanovic's expertise relates to international law, especially issues of state responsibility and treaty interpretation; international human rights law, particularly the question of extraterritorial application of human rights treaties; international criminal law and international humanitarian law.
Professor of Human Rights Law at the University of Pretoria
Christof Heyns is recognized internationally as a leading expert in the field of international human rights law, including right to life issues and regional human rights mechanisms, and has published widely on these matters.
Professor of International Human Rights Law at the University of Milano-Bicocca
Gabriella Citroni's research focuses on subjects related to international human rights law and she cooperates with a number of NGOs, providing legal assistance to victims of serious human rights violations and their relatives.
Swiss National Science Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Geneva and Associate Professor at the University of Neuchâtel
Sévane Garibian's work focuses on issues related to the role of law in addressing state-sponsored crimes, impunity for mass crimes, international criminal law, transitional justice, human rights, the history of international criminal law and philosophy of law.
Professor at the University of Essex School of Law and Director of the Essex Transitional Justice Network
Clara Sandoval is a leading expert in transitional justice, the Inter-American System of Human Rights, legal theory, business and human rights, reparations, guarantees of non-repetition and implementation of human rights orders and recommendations.
Professor and John Hume and Thomas P. O'Neill Chair in Peace at Ulster University
Professor Brandon Hamber is the John Hume and Thomas P. O’Neill Chair in Peace at Ulster University based at the International Conflict Research Institute (INCORE).
Professor of international law at the University of East Anglia
Tarcisio Gazzini is Professor of international law at the University of East Anglia. His research focuses on the use of force in international law, foreign investment law, human rights law, international organizations and economic sanctions.
Head of Commentaries Update Unit, Legal Division, International Committee of the Red Cross
Jean-Marie Henckaerts is Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross project to update the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977.
Lecturer at the Universities of Louvain, Strasbourg and Lille
Jérôme de Hemptinne's research focuses on modes of liability for international crimes, the qualification of armed conflicts and institutional aspects of international criminal courts and tribunals.
Dr Sandra Krähenmann conducts legal research on the impact of counter-terrorism on human rights law and international humanitarian law, during the last two years with a particular focus on measures to stem the so-called foreign fighter phenomenon
Professor of Modern History at the University of Zurich
Regula Ludi is an expert on subjects including gender studies, the history of crime in the nineteenth century, Swiss refugee policy in the Nazi era, Roma and Sinti, Holocaust legacies and the gendered nature of representations of the past.
Alex Conte is a senior law and policy adviser at the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), an NGO dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights through the rule of law.
Director of Legal Programs at the East-West Management Institute
As Director of Legal Programs at the East-West Management Institute (EWMI), Nicolas Mansfielfd is responsible for designing and managing rule of law programmes in developing countries.
Transitional Justice Adviser, Sri Lanka, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Dr Julia Raue works at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights as Transitional Justice Adviser and is a Guest Lecturer at the Europa-Institut at Saarland University.
Senior Research Fellow and Strategic Adviser on International Humanitarian Law
Annyssa Bellal's areas of expertise include public international law, international humanitarian law, international human rights law and armed non-state actors.
Adriana Bessa's research areas include the rights of traditional local communities, the draft declaration on the rights of peasants and the right to food.
Joanna Bourke Martignoni's research areas include the right to food, land commercialization, climate change, the right to education and gender equality.
Dr Jonathan Andrew works as Research Fellow in the Geneva Human Rights Platform where he conducts research on the intersection of information technology with human rights law.
Stefania Di Stefano is Project Assistant at the Geneva Academy and a PhD candidate at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies since 2018.
Clément Nyaletsossi Voule is Associate Researcher at the Geneva Academy and UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association. He is also Senior Advisor at the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR).
Dr Ana Beduschi is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Exeter. Her research and teaching focus on international human rights law, technology (including big data and artificial intelligence), as well as international migration and refugee law.
Ibrahim Salama is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Geneva Academy. He is also Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
His research explores the jurisprudential and operational parameters of the right to truth in Africa as seen through an international human rights law lens.
George Dvaladze's research focuses on international humanitarian law and international human rights law, in particular the principle of equality and non-discrimination in armed conflict.
Tadesse Kebebew's research focuses on issues related to the applicability and application of international humanitarian law to international organizations engaged in peacekeeping operations.
Pavle Kilibarda's research focuses on general issues of public international law, particularly statehood recognition and the rights and obligations of states.
Joshua Niyo's research focuses on the norms, principles and contemporary challenges regarding territorial control by armed-non state actors in non-international armed conflicts.