Jérôme de Hemptinne

Jérôme de Hemptinne

Assistant Professor at Utrecht University

Areas of expertise

International Humanitarian Law  /  Qualification of Armed Conflict  /  International Criminal Court  /  International Criminal Law  /  International Crimes  /  Modes of International Responsibility  /  International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia  /  Special Tribunal for Lebanon

Jérôme de Hemptinne is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University and teaches, at the Geneva Academy, a course on international criminal law in the LLM in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and a course on the typology of armed conflicts in the Executive Master in International Law in Armed Conflict.

He previously worked for more than a decade at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, at the Office of the United Nations Legal Counsel in New York, and at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He is co-editor of Modes of Liability in International Criminal Law (CUP, 2019) and of Animals in the International Law of Armed Conflict (CUP, 2022; ESIL Collective Book Prize, 2023). He is the author of Les conflits armés en mutation (Pedone, 2019; Walther Hug Prize, 2020).

Taught Courses

Syria, Old city of Aleppo. Destructed houses situated next to the frontline stand side by side alongside intact houses full of occupants just a few meters away from the frontline Executive Master - Course

The Classification of Armed Conflicts

This course examines an emblematic example of the complexity of international humanitarian law and the challenges it raises: the classification of armed conflicts.

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The Classification of Armed Conflicts

This online short course provides an in-depth study of an emblematic example of the complexity of international humanitarian law and the challenges it raises: the classification of armed conflicts.

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Past projects

RESEARCH

Modes of Liability for International Crimes

Completed in 2019

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Publications

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Modes of Liability in International Criminal Law

July 2019

Jérôme de Hemptinne, Robert Roth, Elies van Sliedregt

Cambridge University Press

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Panorama des régimes d’internement et d’emprisonnement dans les conflits armés internationaux

October 2015

Jérôme de Hemptinne

Proceedings of the 15th Bruges Colloquium, Collegium No. 45, Autumn 2015

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The prohibition of Reprisals

October 2015

Jérôme de Hemptinne

Andrew Clapham, Paola Gaeta, and Marco Sassòli, The 1949 Geneva Conventions: A Commentary

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Droit international humanitaire, Thèmes choisis

October 2012

Jérôme de Hemptinne, Jean D'Aspremont

Pedone

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Masters

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Research

Our research examines issues that are under-explored, need clarification, or are unconventional, experimental or challenging.

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Executive Education

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Events

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Is There a Non-International Armed Conflict in Ecuador?

2 February 2024

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa started the new year by declaring that there is an ‘internal armed conflict’ against a series of criminal groups operating in the country. Our Research Fellow Dr Eugénie Duss, in charge of RULAC, answers our questions about whether the situation in Ecuador amounts to a non-international armed conflict.

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Our Experts and Resources on Israel/Palestine

1 March 2024

Discover our resources and what our experts and alumni say about the current situation in Israel and Palestine, with regular updates to include new events, articles, podcasts and comments.

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Podcast visual News

New Podcast Series on Women in International Law

29 January 2024

Women in International Law is a new podcast series of the Geneva Academy and ATLAS Network that showcases women with diverse experiences and career paths in the field.

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