September 2025 - October 2027
Study Mode
Part-time
Application start 3 February 2025
Application end 31 May 2025
Use of Force / Law of Treaties / State Responsibility / Territorial and Maritime Disputes / Theory and History of Public International Law
Giovanni Distefano has been Professor of International Law at the University of Neuchatel since 2009. His areas of research and expertise include public international law, the law of treaties, state responsibility and use of force.
Giovanni Distefano has previously taught at the universities of Geneva, Lausanne, Catania (Italy), Al-Ain (UAE), IHEI (Paris) and Paris 1 Sorbonne. He received his PhD in International relations, majoring in International law, from the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva.
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Short CourseThis online short course provides an introduction to the regime of sanctions under international law and their effectiveness in addressing contemporary forms of conflict. It addresses the questions related to state responsibility, the pacific settlement of international disputes and the role of the International Court of Justice.
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Short CourseThis online short course dwells on the means of international law-making (treaties, customary international law, unilateral acts, general principles of law etc.). In other words, the course looks at the sources from which public international law rules stem and at the entities that are empowered with the capacity of law-making in the international legal order.
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Short CourseThis online short course focuses on the role of public international law in international relations and on international legal persons.
UN Photo/Manuel Elias
Short CourseThis online short course provides an introduction to the regime of sanctions under international law and their effectiveness in addressing contemporary forms of conflict. It addresses the questions related to state responsibility, the pacific settlement of international disputes and the role of the International Court of Justice.
Giovanni Distefano
Brill
Giovanni Distefano, Gloria Gaggioli, Aymeric Hêche
Bruylant
Giovanni Distefano
Editions Pedone