Andrea Bianchi

Andrea Bianchi

Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Areas of expertise

Armed Conflicts  /  International Humanitarian Law  /  International Courts and Tribunals  /  Use of Force  /  International Law Theory  /  Human Rights  /  Treaty Interpretation  /  Jurisdiction and Jurisdictional Immunities  /  Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Andrea Bianchi is Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.

His 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.

Before joining the Graduate Institute in 2002, Professor Bianchi was Professorial Lecturer in International Law at the Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center, Full Professor at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Associate Professor at the University of Parma and Assistant Professor at the University of Siena. He has been a visiting professor at the Universities of London (King’s College), Vienna and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Taught Courses

The UN Security Council Authorizes Inspection of Suspected Embargo-Breaking Vessels off Libya’s Coast, 14 June 2016 LLM - Course

International Law

The goal of this course is to acquaint students with the terms of this discursive practice and to have them apprehend the fundamental structure of the language of international law, and introduce them to the main processes by which the discourse is articulated by the social actors concerned with its practice.

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Publications

Cover of the book International Law Theories

International Law Theories

November 2016

Andrea Bianchi

Oxford University Press

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Cover of the book Interpretation in International Law

Interpretation in International Law

February 2015

Andrea Bianchi, Daniel Peat and Matthew Windsor

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Cover of the book Transparency in International Law

Transparency in International Law

November 2013

Andrea Bianchi, Anne Peters

Cambridge University Press

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Cover of the book International Humanitarian Law and Terrorism

International Humanitarian Law and Terrorism

July 2011

Andrea Bianchi, Yasmin Naqvi

Hart Publishing

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