Role
Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland; Co-President of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.
Bio
After obtaining a PhD in International Law from the European University Institute in 1997, she began her academic career in Italy, at the University of Florence, until she became a full professor at the 'Cesare Alfieri' Faculty.
In 2007, she became Full Professor of International Criminal Law at the University of Geneva's Faculty of Law, also directing the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights until 2014. Since 2010, she has also been a professor at the Graduate Institute of Geneva, where she has been a Full Professor since 2015. She has also been a Visiting and then Adjunct Professor of International Law at Bocconi University in Milan.
From 2024 to 2026, she was again Director of the Geneva Academy; since February 2026, she has been Co-President with Professor Frédéric Bernard. She is currently Director of Studies at the Graduate Institute of Geneva.
She is co-founder and President of the Antonio Cassese Initiative for Justice, Peace and Humanity, and since 2025 has been co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of International Criminal Justice.
His research area is international criminal law, with a focus on genocide , war crimes , crimes against humanity, and international criminal tribunals in contemporary armed conflicts.