frédéric megret faculty of law, mcgill university tel
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Frédéric MEGRET [email protected]
Faculty of Law, McGill University 3644 Peel Street Montreal Canada, H3A 1W9 Tel.: (514) 398-5962
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 01/01/2016 01/09/2012-31/08/2015 01/2006 01/2006-12/2015 09/2011-08/2012 08/2004-12/2005
William Dawson Scholar, McGill University (renewed 2020). Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Law, McGill University Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, (Assistant-Professor from 01/2006 to 07/2011, Associate Professor from 08/2011 to 02/2019, Full-Professor since 03/2019). Teaching international criminal law, international human rights law, public international law, and Canadian criminal law and justice. Canada Research Chair in the Law of Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. Visiting scholar, Academic sabbatical. Université Paul Cézanne (Aix Marseille), Centre d’études et de recherches internationales et communautaires (CERIC). Assistant-Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto.
09/2003-07/2004 Boulton fellow, Faculty of Law, McGill University.
09/2001-06/2002 Research associate, European University Institute (Florence), Law Department.
03-12/1999 Consultant, International Committee of the Red Cross. Advising on the United Nations Millennium celebrations, humanitarian and human rights segment. Missions in Rome, New York and Addis Ababa, representing the ICRC.
08/1998- 03/1999
Attaché International Organizations Division, International Committee of the Red Cross. Helped conceive and write a book on the implementation of international humanitarian law, published in partnership with the Inter-parliamentary Union (since translated in English, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese and Japanese).
07/1998 Rome Conference on the Creation of an International Criminal Court, French diplomatic delegation, attaché.
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Internships in law firms: Jeantet et associés (Paris). Research for the defense team of one of the leading accused before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (07-08/1997); Gide, Loyrette, Nouel (Paris). Research in business, banking and financial law (07-08/1994); Watson, Farley & Williams (London). Research in sea and maritime law (08/1993); Windels, Marx, Davies & Ives (New-York). Research assistant (08/1992).
Visiting professorships:
• Faculté de droit, Université Paris 2, Panthéon-Assas (01-05/2021). • Sciences Po Paris, course on “Diasporas and international law” (09/2018-12/2018). • Senior Fellow, Faculty of Law, Melbourne University (01/2015-06/2020: intensive course on
“human rights and armed conflict (from 2015 to 2017), on “the politics of international law” (co-taught with Professor Martti Koskenniemi from 2018 to 2019), and on “diasporas and the law” (2020).
• Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Course on the constitutionalization of Canadian criminal law (05/2010).
Visiting scholar:
• University of Western Australia (05/2018). • Faculté de droit, Université Pierre-Mendès France. Class on « les enjeux contemporains du droit
international pénal » (12/2012). • Institut d’études politiques de Paris (06/2014). • I-courts, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen (07/2014).
“Summer school” teaching: Academy of European Law, European University Institute (invited to give general course, 2019); Université de Montréal, Summer School on Victim Rights (2018); Thessaloniki Summer Courses on International Law and Human Rights (2017); The Salzburg Law School on International Criminal Law, Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law (2016); Erik Castren Institute of International Law and Human Rights Summer Course (2007); Äbo Akademi University, Advanced Course on the International Protection of Human Rights (2007 and 2014); McGill University/Hebrew University Summer Program in Human Rights (2012); Oxford University/George Washington University International Human Rights Law Summer School (2012, 2013); Ecole d’été de droit constitutionnel de l’Université Paul Cézanne (2014); Institute for Global Law and Policy/Qatar Foundation (Senior Faculty, International Law Stream, Doha, 2015). Editorial and institutional responsibilities: board member, Human Rights Law Review (since 2013); board member, Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy (since 2013); editorial advisor, London Journal of International Law (since 2012); member of the board of editors, Canadian Yearbook of International Law (2011-2018); member of the editorial committee, Criminal Law Forum (since 2011); member of the editorial committee, Journal européen des droits de l’homme (since 2012); book review editor European Journal of International Law (2000-2007); member of the advisory board of the Institute of International Peace and Security Law, University of Cologne (since 2015), member of the advisory editorial board, Indonesian Journal of International Law (since 2014).
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Occasional peer reviewer for: Granting agencies: FQRSC, SSHRC, Agence nationale de la recherche (France), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, F.R.S-FNRS (Belgium). Publishers: Oxford University Press; Cambridge University Press; Routledge; Springer Verlag; University of California Press. Law journals: European Journal of International Law; Harvard Law Review; Revue international du travail; Journal of International Criminal Justice; Netherlands Yearbook of International Law; Melbourne Journal of International Law; Leiden Journal of International Law; Yale Law Review; Revista Derecho PUCP; Military Law and the Law of War Review; Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice; Canadian Yearbook of International Law; Revue québécoise de droit international; Toronto Law Review; McGill Law Review; Ottawa Law Review; Law & Social Inquiry; London International Review; Israel Law Review; Revue générale de droit; Lex electronica; Revue de droit de l’Université de Sherbrooke; University of New Brunswick Law Journal; UBC Law Review; Canadian Bar Review; Canadian Journal of Law & Society; Law, Culture and the Humanities; Asian Journal of International Law; Criminal Law Forum; Utrecht Journal of International and European Law; International Criminal Law Review; German Yearbook of International Law; Transnational Legal Theory; Journal of the History of International Law; New Criminal Law Review; American Journal of Comparative Law; Australian Yearbook of International Law; Journal of Conflict and Security Law. Human rights journals: Journal of Human Rights; Human Rights Law Journal; African Disability Rights Yearbook; Journal of Human Rights Practice; African Journal of Human Rights; Canadian Journal for Human Rights; Human Rights Law Review; Journal of Human Rights & International Legal Discourse; Nordic Journal of Human Rights. Non-law journals: International Theory; Humanity; Etudes internationales; Ethics and International Affairs; Text, Culture; International Studies Review; Review of International Studies; International Studies Perspectives; Millennium; International Journal of Conflict and Violence; Society and Space; Revue Criminologie; Global Policy; International Journal of Transitional Justice; International Affairs; Men and Masculinities ; European Journal of International Security; The Gerontologist; Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal; Global Society; Frontiersin. Occasional consultant to: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (on the rights of older persons), Department of Justice Canada (on ICC victim reparations), High Commissioner for Human Rights (on transitional justice), Dyncorp (on human rights vetting procedures for military recruitment in Libera), defense counsels before international criminal tribunals, Canadian Red Cross (on international humanitarian law), Avocats sans frontières (on victim rights before the ICC), Amnesty International Canada. Memberships: European Society of International Law (member of steering committee, 2002-2005, lifetime member since 2014), Société française de droit international, American Society of International Law (program committee member, 2009), Canadian Council on International Law (Member and chair, John Humphrey human rights fellowship committee, 2008-2009); International Law Association (Canadian section).
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EDUCATION
1998-2005 Graduate Institute of International Studies (University of Geneva) / Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I), Ph D, under the supervision of Professors Brigitte Stern and Andrew Clapham. "L’articulation entre tribunaux pénaux internationaux et juridictions nationales dans la répression des crimes de droit international : centralité et ambiguïté dans l’ordre juridique international.” Obtained with « mention très honorable, félicitations du jury et recommandation de publication ».
1996-98 Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris ("Sciences Po"), international section, international relations major. Lauréat avec les félicitations du jury. Three months Erasmus exchange in Leiden University, faculty of law.
Université Panthéon-Sorbonne. Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA) in international public law and international organizations law, mention bien (cum laude, graduated first out of 30). Thesis on the International Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
1990-94 King's College London, School of Law (90-92) / Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (92-94), LlB in English and French law/ Maîtrise en droit privé anglais et français, mention assez bien. Alumnus of: the Hague Academy of International Law Research Center (2002), the Scuola Napolitana del diritto dei popoli (2002), the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs Faculty Development Seminars (US Naval Academy, Annapolis, 1999), the Castren Institute of International Law and Human Rights (Helsinki, 1999), the Strasbourg International Institute of Human Rights (1998), and the Thessaloniki Institute of International Law and International Relations (1998). 21st Century Trust Fellow (Cambridge). Member of university team for: Concours Jean Pictet de droit international humanitaire (Malta, 1998), Concours Charles Rousseau de procès simulé en droit international (Lille/Sherbrooke, 1994; first individual prize at the national level. Paris/Tunis, 1998, team coach. Geneva, 1999, organizing committee), III Harvard World Model United Nations (Luxembourg, 1994), XIV World Universities Debating Championships (Melbourne, 1993), XXVI Jessup International law Mooting Competition (Washington, 1993).
MISCELANEOUS
1996 07-12/1995 10/1994- 07/1995
Sabbatical: backpacking for 8 months in South America and Asia. UNPROFOR, Sarajevo (Frenchbat V). Sharp-shooter. Humanitarian, protection, intelligence, information work. Military service: Sergeant with the Eurocorps in Germany (19ème battaillon de chasseurs). Armored carrier commander.
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PUBLICATIONS
Books, edited collections, edited special issues, major reports
1. (as co-author with Larissa van den Herick), Diasporas and International Law (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming in 2021).
2. (as co-editor with Nehal Butta, Florian Hoffmann, Sarah Knuckey, Frédéric Mégret and Meg Satterwhaite), The Struggle for Human Rights – Law, Politics, Practice. Essays in Honor of Philip Alston, Oxford University Press (forthcoming in 2020).
3. (as co-editor with Kevin Jon Heller, Darryl Robinson, Sarah Nouwen and Jens Ohlin), Handbook on International Criminal Law, Oxford University Press (2020).
4. (as co-editor with Immi Tallgren), The Intellectual Origins of International Criminal Justice, Cambridge University Press (2020).
5. (as co-editor with Philip Alston) The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2020).
6. (as co-editor with Phillip M. Saunders, Robert J. Currie, Payam Akhavan, Jutta Brunnée, Ted L. McDorman, Gib van Ert, Karin Mickelson, Ikechi Mgbeoji, Linda C. Reif, & Christopher Waters) Kindred’s International Law: Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied in Canada, Edmond Montgomery Publications (2019).
7. (as co-editor with Florian Hoffmann) Dignidade: Un Foco Especial sobre Grupos Vulneraveis (2009).
8. Le Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda, Paris, Pedone (2002).
Special journal issues edited
1. (with Damien Scalia) “The Defendant in International Criminal Justice,” Journal of International Criminal Justice (2019).
2. (with Kristen Boon) “New Approaches to the Accountability of International Organizations,” International Organizations Law Review (2019).
Articles in peer-reviewed journals:
1. “Are there Inherently Governmental Functions in International Law?,” American Journal of International Law (2021).
2. (with Raphael Vagliano) ““We Will Not Go to the Trenches!” The “Fusillés pour l’Exemple”, Military Disobedience, and Soldiers’ Right to Life” (submitted).
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3. (with Wanshu Cong) "“International Shanghai” (1863-1941): Imperialism and Private Authority in the Global City », Leiden Journal of International Law (2021).
4. « La responsabilité internationale de l’Etat du fait de ses organes indépendants : Considérations de politique juridique étrangère et de droit constitutionnel comparé », Annuaire français de droit international (2021).
5. “Bill 21 in Global Perspective”, McGill Law Journal (2021).
6. “The Changing Face of Protection of the State’s Nationals Abroad”, Melbourne Journal of International Law (2020).
7. “Activists on the High Seas: Reinventing International Law from the Mare Liberum?,” International Community Law Review (2020).
8. “The International Criminal Court: Between State Delegation and International Jus Puniendi”, Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law (2020).
9. “The Anti-Deterrence Hypothesis. What if International Criminal Justice Encouraged Crime?,” Journal of International Criminal Justice (2020).
10. “Do Not Do Abroad What You Would Not Do at Home? An Exploration of the Rationales for Extra-Territorial Criminal Jurisdiction Over a State’s Nationals,” Canadian Yearbook of International Law (2020).
11. (with Chloe Swinden), Returning the “Fallen Terrorist” for Burial in Non-International Armed Conflicts; The Rights of the Deceased, the Obligations of the State, and the Problem of Collective Punishment,” Journal of Humanitarian Legal Studies (2019).
12. (with Randle di Falco) “The Invisibility of Race at the ICC: Lessons from the US Criminal Justice System,” London Review of International Law (2019).
13. “Peering Behind the “Institutional Veil” to Assess State Behavior in the Security Council: Does/Should ICC Membership Make a Difference?” International Criminal Law Review (2019).
14. “The Repentant Defendant and the Potential of International Criminal Justice,” Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social, and Restorative Justice (2019).
15. “Beyond UN Accountability for Human Rights Violations: Host State Inertia and the Neglected Potential of Sovereign Protection”, International Organizations Law Review (2019).
16. (with Marika Giles Samson), “Defiance, Defence Repentance and what Lies In Between; What Determines Defendants’ Shifting Postures Before International Criminal Tribunals?,” Journal of International Criminal Justice (2019).
17. “The Laws of War and the Structure of Masculine Power”, Melbourne Journal of International Law (2018).
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18. « L’amnistie aux confins des logiques juridiques : imposée, honnie, réclamée ? », Revue de droit public (2018).
19. “Bin Laden: Tale of a Death Foretold”, Journal of Genocide Research (2018).
20. (with Guilhem de Rocquefeuille) “The Normalization of NGOs’ Relationship to the ICC: From Advocates for the Court to Participants in its Operation”, European Journal of Human Rights (2018).
21. « Punir les coupables, punir leurs familles ? », Les Cahiers de la Justice (2018).
22. “The Strange Case of the Victim Who Did Not Want Justice,” International Journal of Transitional Justice (2018).
23. “International Criminal Justice as a Peace Project,” European Journal of International Law (2018).
24. (with Raphaël Vagliano) “‘Theirs But to Do and Die’?: The Controversy over Soldiers’ Right to Life
in Combat Situations”, European Journal of Human Rights (2017).
25. « Le Juge Lebel et les immunités: retour sur quelques jugements et pistes de réflexion pour le futur », Revue du barreau canadien (2017).
26. (with Nidal Jurdi) “The International Criminal Court, the Arab Spring and its Aftermath,” Diritti umani e diritto internazionale (2016).
27. “International Criminal Justice as a Juridical Field,” XIII Champ pénal (2016).
28. “Protecting Identity by Ignoring it? A Critical Look at the French and Rwandan Paradoxes,”
Dalhousie Law Journal (2016).
29. “The Anxieties of International Criminal Justice,” Leiden Journal of International Law (2016).
30. (with Raphaël Girard), “Diasporas, Extra-Territorial Representation, and the Right to Vote,” Canadian Yearbook of International Law (2015).
31. “Between R2P and the ICC: ‘Robust Peacekeeping’ and the Quest for Civilian Protection,” Criminal Law Forum (2015).
32. (with Damien Scalia), « Chronique de droit pénal et pénitentiaire », Journal européen des droits de l’homme (2015).
33. “What Sort of ‘Global Justice’ is International Criminal Justice?,” Journal of International Criminal Justice (2015).
34. “The ‘Elephant in the Room’ of Debates About Universal Jurisdiction: Victim Diasporas, Duties of Hospitality, and the Constitution of the Political,” Transnational Legal Theory (2015).
35. “Response to Claus Kreß: Leveraging the Privilege of Belligerency in Non-International Armed Conflict Towards Respect for the Jus in Bello,” International Review of the Red Cross (2015).
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36. “Missions autorisées par le Conseil de sécurité à l’heure de la R2P: au-delà du jus in bello?”, Revue
de droit militaire et de droit de la guerre (2015).
37. « Justice pénale internationale et colonialisme : au-delà des évidences », XLV Revue d’études internationales (2014).
38. « Les angles morts de la responsabilité individuelle en droit international », Revue Interdisciplinaire
d’études juridiques (2014).
39. (with Diana Msipah) “Global Reasonable Accommodation: How the CRPD Can Change the Way We Think about Equality,” South African Journal on Human Rights (2014).
40. “Civilian Resilience in Syria: Helping the Syrians Help Themselves? The Ambiguities of International Assistance to the Rebellion,” 3 Stability: International Journal of Security & Development 1 (2014).
41. (with Marika Sampson) “Holding the Line on Complementarity in Libya; The Case for Tolerating Flawed Domestic Trials,” Journal of International Criminal Justice (2013).
42. « La responsabilité des Nations Unies au temps du choléra », Revue belge de droit international
(2013).
43. “Continuous Human Rights Violations and the Problem of Expropriated Armenian Properties,” International Criminal Law Review (2013).
44. « Droit international et esclavage : pour une réévaluation », Annuaire Africain de droit international
(2013).
45. « Trois paradigmes de la justice pénale internationale », 32 Observateur des Nations Unies (2012).
46. « L’Etatisme spécifique du droit international », Revue québécoise de droit international (2012).
47. “The Legacy of the ICTY as Seen Through Some of its Actors and Observers”, 3 Goettingen Journal of International Law (2012).
48. “Offences against Future Generations: A Sympathetic but Skeptical View of Jodoin and Saito’s Proposal”, The McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law (2012).
49. “The Role of International Law in Shaping Canada’s Response to Terrorism”, Review of Constitutional Studies (2012).
50. “ICC, R2P, and the International Community’s Evolving Interventionist Toolkit,” Finnish Yearbook
of International Law (2012).
51. “Is There Ever a ‘Right to One’s Own Law’? An Exploration of Possible Rights Foundations for Legal Pluralism”, Israel Law Review (2011).
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52. “International Judges and Experts’ Impartiality and the Problem of Past Declarations”, 10 The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals (2011) 1-36.
53. « A quoi sert la justice pénale internationale? », Annuaire français de relations internationales (2011).
54. “The Human Rights of Older Persons: A Growing Challenge”, 11 Human Rights Law Review (2011).
55. “Civil Disobedience and International Law: Sketch for a Theoretical Argument”, 47 Canadian Yearbook of International Law (2011).
56. “Beyond the ‘Salvation Paradigm’: Responsibility to Protect (Others) v. the Power of Protecting
Oneself”, 40 Security Dialogue (2009).
57. « Grandeur et déclin de l’idée de résistance à l’occupation: Réflexions à propos de la légitimité des 'insurgés' », Revue belge de droit international (2009).
58. « La Convention des Nations Unies sur les droits des personnes handicapées: un espoir de progrès »,
18 Développement humain, handicap et changement social (2009).
59. “The International Criminal Court and the Failure to Mention Symbolic Reparations”, 16 International Review of Victimology 2 (2009).
60. « Le droit international peut-il être un droit de résistance? Dix conditions pour un renouveau de
l’ambition normative internationale », XXXIX Etudes internationales 39 (2008).
61. “A Special Tribunal for Lebanon: The Council and the Emancipation of International Criminal Justice”, 21 Leiden Journal of International Law 485 (2008).
62. “The Disabilities Convention: Disability Rights or Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities?”, 30
The International Journal of Human Rights 494 (2008).
63. “The Disabilities Convention: Towards a Holistic Concept of Rights”, 12 International Journal of Human Rights 261 (2008).
64. “A Sacred Trust of Civilization”, 1 Journal of International Law and International Relations 105 (2005).
65. (with Florian Hoffmann), “Fostering Accountability: An Ombudsperson for the United Nations?”,
11 Global Governance 43 (2005).
66. « Qu’est ce qu’une juridiction « incapable » ou « manquant de volonté » au sens de l’article 17 du Traité de Rome ? Quelques enseignements tirés des théories du déni de justice en droit international », Revue québécoise de droit international (2005).
67. (with Florian Hoffmann), “The UN as a Human Rights Violator? Some Reflections on the UN’s
Changing Human Rights Responsibilities”, 25 Human Rights Quarterly 314 (2003).
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68. “Justice in Times of Violence”, 14 European Journal of International Law 327 (2003).
69. (with Fred Pinto), “Prisoners’ Dilemmas: The Potemkin Villages of International Law?”, 16 Leiden Journal of International Law 467 (2003).
70. “Krieg? Völkerrechtssemantik und der Kampf gegen den Terrorismus”, 2 Kritische Justiz 157
(2002).
71. “Three Dangers for the International Criminal Court: A Critical Look at a Consensual Project”, Finnish Yearbook of International Law 207 (2002).
72. “ ‘War’? Legal Semantics and the Move to Violence”, 15 European Journal of International Law
361 (2002).
73. “The Politics of International Criminal Justice”, 13 European Journal of International Law 1261 (2002).
74. “Epilogue to an Endless Debate: ICC ‘third-party’ jurisdiction and the Looming Revolution of
International Law”, 11 European Journal of International Law 247 (2001). Articles in student-edited law journals:
1. “International Criminal Justice, Global Legal Pluralism, and the Margin of Appreciation. Lessons from the European Convention on Human Rights,” Harvard Human Rights Law Journal (2020).
2. “ ‘Bring Forth the Accused!’ ”; Defendant Attitudes and the Intimate Legitimacy of the International Criminal Trial, Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law (2019).
3. “Preface: The Worlds of Fiduciary Theory”, 63 McGill Law Journal 627 (2018).
4. “Response. Having it Both Ways: International Human Rights Law Cannot Both Be in Decline and Be (That) Problematic for International Law”, 96 Texas Law Review Online (2018).
5. “Practices of Stigmatization,” Law & Contemporary Problems (2014).
6. “The Apology of Utopia; Some Thoughts on Koskenniemian Themes, with Particular Emphasis on
Massively Institutionalized International Human Rights Law” 27 Temple Int’l & Comp LJ 455 (2013).
7. “The Humanitarian Problem with Drones,” Utah Law Review (2013).
8. “War and the Vanishing Battlefield,” Loyola University Chicago International Law Review (2011).
9. “The Problem of an International Criminal Law of the Environment,” Columbia Journal of
Environmental Law (2011).
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10. “Justifying Compensation by the International Criminal Court’s Victims Trust Fund: Lessons from Domestic Compensation Schemes,” Brooklyn Journal of International Law (2010).
11. “Beyond ‘Fairness’: Understanding the Determinants of International Criminal Procedure,” 14
UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs (2010).
12. “Of Shrines, Memorials and Museums: Using the International Criminal Court's Victim Reparation and Assistance Regime to Promote Transitional Justice,” Buffalo Human Rights Law Review (2009).
13. “In defence of Hybridity: Towards a Representational Theory of International Criminal Justice,” 38
Cornell Journal of International Law (2005). Chapters in edited collections
1. “COVID and the Crisis of International Law that Never (or Always) Was”, in Jean d’Aspremont & Makane Mbengue (eds.), Crisis Narratives in International Law (Brill, 2021).
2. “Ghénia Avril de Sainte-Croix, Abolitionism and the League of Nations”, in Immi Tallgren (ed.), Portraits of Women in International Law: New Names and Forgotten Faces? (CUP, 2021).
3. “Rethinking the International Criminal Court: The ICC as the Court of its States Parties”, in Emma Palmer, Edwin Bikundo & Martin Clark (eds.), The Futures of International Criminal Justice (Routledge, 2021).
4. “Law of Foreign Relations Law or Foreign Legal Policy? Revisiting Guy de Lacharrière’s ‘La politique juridique extérieure de l’Etat,’ ” in Helmut Aust & Thomas Kleinlein (eds.), Encounters between Foreign Relations Law and International Law: Bridges and Boundaries (submitted to Cambridge University Press, 2021).
5. “Alston in Alabama: Towards a Theory of International Human Rights Law Praxis,” in Nehal Butta, Florian Hoffmann, Sarah Knuckey, Frédéric Mégret and Meg Satterwhaite (eds.), The Struggle for Human Rights – Law, Politics, Practice. Essays in Honor of Philip Alston (Oxford University Press, 2021).
6. (with Ayodele Akenroye), “The Rwanda Commission of Investigation”, in Jens Meierhenrich (ed.),
Fact-Finding Commissions, Oxford University Press (forthcoming 2021).
7. “Practices of Legitimacy”, in Jens Meierhenrich (ed.), Towards a Social Theory of International Law, Cambridge University Press (forthcoming, 2021).
8. “Authority as Pomposity; The Case of International Criminal Tribunals,” in Gleider Hernandez (ed.),
Constructing Authority in International Law (2021).
9. “The Case Against Complementarity,” in Carsten Stahn & Mohamed El-Zeidy (eds.), The International Criminal Court and Complementarity: From Theory to Practice, Cambridge University Press (2020).
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10. (with Antoine Nouvet) “Quantitative Methods for Human Rights: From Statistics to ‘Big Data’, in
Martin Scheinin ed. Methodologies of Human Rights (forthcoming in 2021).
11. “The Unity of International Criminal Law: A Socio-Legal View”, in Kevin Jon Heller, Darryl Robinson, Sarah Nouwen, Jens Ohlin & Frédéric Mégret (eds.), Handbook on International Criminal Law, Oxford University Press (2020).
12. “The Economic and Social Council”, in Philip Alston & Frédéric Mégret (eds.), The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal, Oxford University Press (2020).
13. “The Security Council”, in Philip Alston & Frédéric Mégret (eds.), The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal, Oxford University Press (2020).
14. “Law of War or Peace Through Law?”, in Thomas de Waal (ed2.), Think Peace, Carnegie Council
on Ethics and International Affairs (2019).
15. “The Limits of the Humanitarian Tradition”, in Bardo Fassbender and Knut Traisbach (eds.), The Limits of Human Rights, Oxford University Press (2019).
16. “Cour pénale internationale et politique internationale; essai de conceptualisation”, in Julian Fernandez, Muriel Ubéda-Saillard et Xavier Pacraux (eds.), Commentaire du Statut de Rome, 2ème édition (2019).
17. “Detention by Non-State Armed Groups in Non-International Armed Conflicts: International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights Law and the Question of Right Authority,” in Ezequiel Heffes, Marcos D. Kotlik & Manuel Ventura (eds.), International Humanitarian Law and Non-State Actors: Debates, Law and Practice, T.M.C. Asser/Springer (2019).
18. “From a Human Right to Invoke Consular Assistance in the Host State to a Human Right to Claim
Diplomatic Protection from One’s State of Nationality?”, in Andreas von Arnauld, Kerstin von der Decken, & Mart Susi (eds.) New Human Rights: Recognition, Novelty, Rhetoric (Cambridge University Press, 2019).
19. « Pénalité et familles : à propos des victimes collatérales de la peine », in Diane Bernard & Kevin
Ladd (eds.), Les sens de la peine, Presses Universitaires Saint Louis (2019).
20. “Mixed Claims Commissions and the Once Centrality of the ‘Protection of Aliens’,” in Ignacio de la Rassilla del Moral & Jorge Vinuales (ed.), Experiments in International Justice, Cambridge University Press (2019).
21. “International Criminal Justice History Writing as Anachronism: The Past that Did Not Lead to the Present,” in Immi Tallgren & Thomas Skouteris (eds.), Histories of International Criminal Law, Oxford University Press (2018).
22. « Migrant Protests as a Form of Civil Disobedience: Which Cosmopolitanism?,” in Helena Paris and Tamara Claus (eds.), Migrant Protests and Cosmopolitanism, Routledge (2018).
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23. « La Cour pénale internationale: a-t-elle fonctionné comme prévu? », in Julian Fernandez & Olivier de Frouville (eds), Actes des troisièmes journées de la justice pénale internationale, Pedone (2018).
24. (with Pierre-Alexandre Cardinal), “The Other ‘Other’: Moors, International Law and the Origin of
the Colonial Matrix”, in Ignacio de la Rasilla del Moral (ed.), History of International Law and Islam, Brill/Nijhoff (2018).
25. « POC, R2P, ICC: The Protection of Civilians as the United Nations’ New Raison d’être? », in
Andrew Barros & Martin Thomas (eds.), The Civilianisation of War, Cambridge University Press (2018).
26. (with Nicola Langille) “Red Notices and Transnational Police Practices,” in Ron Levi and Mikkel
Christensen (eds.), Crafting International Criminal Law, Routledge (2017).
27. (with Benoit Mayer) “‘Climate Migration’ and the Security Council,” in Shirley Scott and Charlotte Ku (eds.), Climate Change and the Security Council, Edward Elgar (2017).
28. “Is the ICC Focusing Too Much on Non-State Actors?,” in Margaret de Guzman and Diane Marie Amann (eds.), Arcs of Global Justice - Essays in Honor of Bill Schabas, Oxford University Press (2017).
29. (with Jean-Paul Saucier Calderon), « The Move Towards a Victim Centric Concept of the Criminal Law and the ‘Criminalization’ of Inter-American Human Rights Law: A Case of Human Rights Law Devouring Itself?”, in Yves Haeck, Clara Burbano Herrera, and Oswaldo Ruiz Chiriboga (eds.), 35 Years of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Theory and Practice, Present and Future, Intersentia Publishers (2017).
30. “Thinking about what International Humanitarian Lawyers ‘Do’. The Laws of War as a Socio-Legal
Field Structured by Apology and Utopia,” in Wouter Werner (ed.), The Law of International Lawyers; Reflections on the Work of Martti Koskenniemi (2017).
31. “What is the ‘Specific Evil’ of Aggression?,” in Claus Kreß and Stefan Barriga (eds.), Aggression, A Commentary, Cambridge University Press (2016).
32. « Introduction », in Emmanuelle Jouannet (ed.), Le droit international et le Japon: une vision trans-civilisationnelle du monde, Pedone (2016).
33. « Bin Laden : chronique juridique d’une mort annoncée », in Sevane Garibian (ed.), Justices et
vengeances face aux crimes de masse, Editions Pétra (2016).
34. “Reparations Before the ICC: The Need for Pragmatism and Creativity”, in Richard H. Steinberg (ed.) Contemporary Issues Facing the International Criminal Court, Brill-Nijhoff (2016).
35. “The Right to Self-Determination: Earned, Not Inherent”, in Fernando Teson (ed.), A Theoretical Assessment of the Right to National Self-Determination, ASIL Studies in International Legal Theory, Cambridge University Press (2016).
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36. (with Siena Anstis), “The Taylor Case : Aiding and Abetting, ‘Special Direction’ and the Possibility of Strict Liability for Remote Offenders in International Criminal Law”, in Charles Jalloh & Alhagi Marong (eds.), Promoting Accountability for Gross Human Rights Violations in Africa under International Law : Essays in Honour of Prosecutor Hassan B. Jalllow, Brill/Nijhoff (2015) 237-269.
37. “The Misleading Simplicity of ‘Facts’ ”, in Philip Alston (ed.), International Human Rights Fact-Finding, Oxford University Press (2015).
38. “In Whose Name? The ICC and the Search for Constituency”, in Carsten Stahn, Sarah Kendall and Christian M. de Vos (eds.), Contested Justice: The Politics and Practice of International Criminal Court Interventions, Cambridge University Press (2015).
39. “The Rise and Fall of ‘International Man’,” in Prabhakar Singh & Benoît Mayer (eds.), Critical
International Law: Post-Realism, Post-Colonialism and Transnational Law, Oxford University Press (2014).
40. “International Criminal Justice: A Critical Research Agenda”, in Christine Schwöbel (ed.), Critical Approaches to International Criminal Law – An Introduction, Routledge (2014).
41. “Should Rebels Be Amnestied?”, in Carsten Stahn, Jennifer Easterday and Jens Iverson (eds.) Just Post Bellum: Mapping the Normative Foundations, Oxford University Press (2014).
42. « La pente glissante de l’usage de la force par le Conseil de sécurité: quelles contraintes au niveau
du jus ad bellum? », in Karine Bannelier-Christakis et Cyrille Pison (eds.), Le recours à la force autorisé par le Conseil de sécurité, LGDJ (2014).
43. “The Case for Collective Reparations Before the ICC,” in Jo-Anne Wemmers (ed.), Reparations for
Victims of Crimes Against Humanity, Routledge (2014).
44. “Joinder, Fairness and the Goals of International Criminal Justice”, in Timothy William Waters (ed.), The Milosevic Trial- An Autopsy, Oxford University Press (2013).
45. “The Bordeaux Trial: Prosecuting Oradour-sur-Glane,” in Kevin Jon Heller & Gerry Simpson (eds.), Untold Stories: Hidden Histories of War Crimes Trials, Oxford University Press (2013).
46. “What Is International Impartiality?,” in Vesselin Popovski (ed.), Ethical Supports for the
International Rule of Law, Asghate Publishing (2013).
47. “Where Does the Critique of International Human Rights Law Stand? An Exploration in 18 Vignettes,” in David Kennedy & José María Beneyto (eds), New Approaches to International Law: lessons from the European experience, T.M.C. Asser Press (2012).
48. “Vertical/Horizontal/Diagonal: Towards a Typology of International Criminal Tribunals’
relationship to domestic courts”, in Robert Kolb (ed.) Droit international pénal/International Criminal Law, Oxford University Press (2nd ed., 2012).
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49. « L’assistance internationale aux populations en danger: de quelques fondements possibles », in Joseph-Yvon Thériault (ed.), Crise humanitaire : de l’impératif moral à l’exigence politique (2012).
50. “The Case for an International Crime Against the Environment”, in Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger,
Maja Goëpel and Sébastien Jodoin (eds.), Securing the Rights of Future Generations: Sustainable Development and the International Criminal Law Regime in Practice, Cambridge University Press, (2012).
51. “Accountability and Ethics”, in Stephan Parmentier, Luc Reydams & Jan Wouters (eds.),
International Prosecutors, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2012).
52. “International Human Rights and Legal Pluralism”, in René Provost & Colleen Sheppard (eds.) Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, Springer Verlag (2012).
53. « Une justice pénale internationalisée pour juger le terrorisme : l’exemple du Tribunal spécial pour le Liban », in Jean Marc Sorel (ed.), Vers une internationalisation du jugement des actes de terrorisme, Pedone (2011).
54. “Not ‘Lambs to the Slaughter’: A Program for Resistance to ‘Genocidal Law’”, in René Provost and
Payam Akhavan (eds.), Confronting Genocide, Springer Verlag (2011).
55. « Handicap, droits humains et Canada : quels objectifs après la ratification de la Convention des Nations Unies ? », in Le Tribunal des droits de la personne et le Barreau du Québec (eds.), Race, femme, enfant, handicap: Les conventions internationales et le droit interne à la lumière des enjeux pratiques du droit à l’égalité, Cowansville, Editions Yvon Blais (2010).
56. « La diversification des acteurs impliqués dans les conflits armés : vers un dépassement de la
‘participation directe aux hostilités’ ? », in Jean Marc Sorel (ed.) Le rôle des tiers aux conflits armés dans la protection des populations civiles, Pedone (2010).
57. “Too Much of a Good Thing? Implementation and the Uses of Complementarity,” in Carsten Stahn
& Mohamed El Zeidy, The International Criminal Court and Complementarity; From Theory to Practice, Cambridge University Press (2010).
58. “In Search of the ‘Vertical’: An Exploration of What Makes International Criminal Tribunals
Different (and Why)”, in Carsten Stahn & Larissa van den Herik (eds.), Future Perspectives on International Criminal Justice, TMC Asser/Cambridge University Press (2010).
59. “Causes Worth Fighting For: Is There a Non-State Jus Ad Bellum?”, in Aristotle Constantinides
(ed.), The Diversity of International Law, Essays in Honour of Professor Kalliopi K. Koufa, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (2009).
60. “The Liberation of Nelson Mandela: Anatomy of a ‘Happy Event’ in International Law”, in Sundhya
Pahuja, Fleur Johns and Richard Joyce, Events: The Force of International Law, Routledge-Cavendish (2009).
61. “ ‘Asi se Baila…’ Codes des milongas porteñas et ‘droit du quotidien’”, in France Joyal (ed.), Tango :
corps à corps culturel, Presses de l’Université du Québec (2009).
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62. “Os idosos”, in Frédéric Mégret & Florian Hoffmann (eds.), Dignidade: Un Foco Especial sobre
Grupos Vulneraveis (2009)
63. “La notion de crime d’Etat devant la Cour interaméricaine des droits de l’homme”, in Ludovic Hennebel et Hélène Tigroudja (eds.), La Cour inter-américaine des droits de l’homme: entre particularisme et universalisme, Paris, Pedone (2009)
64. “A Cautionary Tale from the Crusades? War and Prisoners in Conditions of Incommensurability”, in
Sibylle Scheipers (ed.), Prisoners in War, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2009).
65. « Le Canada à la pointe du progrès ? L’accommodement raisonnable à l’aune du droit international des droits de la personne », in Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens (ed.), Le droit, la religion et le « raisonnable » - Le fait religieux entre monisme étatique et pluralisme juridique, Montréal, Editions Thémis (2009).
66. « Le droit à un recours effectif en matière de discrimination: panorama du droit international et
application au cas québécois », in Le Tribunal des droits de la personne et le Barreau du Québec (eds.), L’accès direct à un tribunal spécialisé en matière de droit à l’égalité: l’urgence d’agir au Québec? / Access to a Specialized Human Rights Tribunal : an Urgent Need to Act in Quebec ?, Cowansville, Editions Yvon Blais (2008).
67. “The Vicarious Responsibility of the United Nations for ‘Unintended Consequences’ of
Peacekeeping Operations”, in Chiyuki Aoi, Cedric de Cooning and Ramesh Thakur (eds.), The “Unintended” Consequences of Peace Operations, Tokyo, United Nations University Press (2007).
68. « L’éthique de non-intervention du droit international », in Jean-François Rioux (ed.), L’intervention
armée peut-elle être juste ? Aspects moraux et éthiques des petites guerres contre le terrorisme et les génocides, Montréal, Fides (2007).
69. “From ‘Savages’ to ‘Unlawful Combatants’: A Post-Colonial Look at International Humanitarian
Law's ‘Other' ”, in Anne Orford (ed.), International Law and its “Others”, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press (2006).
70. “The International Criminal Court and State Sovereignty: the ‘Problem of an International Criminal
Law’ Re-examined”, in John Carey, John Pritchard & Bill Dunlap (eds.), International Humanitarian Law: Prospects, New York, Transnational Publishers (2006), vol. III, 150 pp.
71. “The ICTY and Domestic Courts: What Interaction?”, in Humanitarian Law Centre, Strategy for
Transitional Justice in the former Yugoslavia (2005), pp. 225-240.
72. “Why Would States Want to Join the International Criminal Court? An Explanation Through a Theoretical Exploration of the Nature of Complementarity", in Jann Kleffner and Gerben Kor (eds.), Complementary Views on Complementarity Proceedings of the International Roundtable on the Complementary Nature of the International Criminal Court, Amsterdam 25/26 June 2004,The Hague/Cambridge, T. M. C. Asser Press/Cambridge University Press (2005).
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73. “Crimes de guerre”, in Gaetano Carlizzi, Gabriele Della Morte, Siliana Laurenti, & Antonio Marchesi (a cura di), La Corte Penale Internazionale problemi e prospettive, Napoli, Edizioni Vivarium (2003), pp. 119-158.
Contributions to encyclopedias, reference works and textbooks
1. “Local and Regional Governments and Human Rights Cities,” in Christina Binder, Jane A Hofbauer, Philipp Janig, & Jane Hofbauer (eds.), Edward Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights (2021).
2. “International Human Rights Law,” in Alexander Orakhelashvili (ed.), Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law, Elgar Publishing (1rst edition 2011, 2nd edition 2020).
3. “The Nature of Human Rights Obligations,” in Daniel Moeckli, Sandesh Sivakumaran, Sangeeta Shah, and David Harris (eds.), International Human Rights Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press (1rst edition 2010, 2nd edition 2014, 3rd edition 2017, 4th edition 2020).
4. “International Human Rights Law”, in Robert Currie et al. (ed.), Kindred’s International Law: Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied in Canada, Edmond Montgomery Publications (2019).
5. “International Justice”, in Jean d’Aspremont & Sahib Singh (eds.), Fundamental Concepts for International Law- The Construction of a Discipline, Oxford University Press (2019).
6. “The Subjects of International Criminal Law,” in Philip Kastner (ed.), International Criminal Law in Context, Taylor & Francis (2017).
7. (with Raphael Vagliano) “Human Rights and Transitional Justice,” in Dov Jacobs (ed.), The Handbook of Transitional Justice, Edward Elgar (2016).
8. “The Laws of War,” in Anne Orford, Florian Hoffman & Martin Clark (eds.), The Oxford Handbook on International Legal Theory, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2016).
9. (with Philip Kastner) “Cybercrime,” in Nicholas Tsagourias & Russel Buchan (eds.), Handbook on International Law and Cyberspace, Edward Elgar (2015).
10. “The Universality of the Geneva Conventions,” in Paola Gaetta, Marco Sassoli & Andrew Clapham (eds.), The 1949 Conventions – A Commentary, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2015).
11. « Les institutions judiciaires internationales », in Ryoa Chung et Jean-Baptiste Jeangène-Vilmer (eds.), Ethique des relations internationales, Paris, PUF (2013).
12. “International Law as ‘Law’,” in Martti Koskenniemi and James Crawford (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to International Law, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press (2012).
13. “La Cour pénale internationale: objet politique,” in Julian Fernandez & Xavier Pacreau (eds.),
Commentaire du Statut de Rome de la Cour pénale internationale, Paris, Pedone (2012, forthcoming).
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14. “The Elderly,” in Thomas Cushman (ed.), The Routledge International Handbook of Human Rights, Routledge (2010).
15. “The Declaration on the Prohibition of Military, Political or Economic Coercion in the Conclusion
of Treaties,” in Olivier Corten and Pierre Klein (eds.), The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2010).
16. “International Criminal Law”, in Jennifer Beard and Andrew Mitchell (eds.), International Law,
Melbourne, Pyrmont, Thomson Legal and Regulatory (2009).
17. “Globalization”, in Rüdiger Wolfrum (ed.), Max Planck Encyclopaedia of International Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2009).
18. “The European Union and Human Rights”, in David Forsythe (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Human Rights,
Oxford, Oxford University Press (2008). Winner of the 2010 Dartmouth medal. Significant web based or shorter contributions:
1. “Homeward Bound? Global Mobility and the Role of the State of Nationality During the Pandemic”, AJIL Unbound (2020).
2. Traditions of Human Rights: Who Needs Universal Human Rights?, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (5/10/2019)
3. Guest post by Frédéric Mégret: “Right authority and the privileges of non-state actors in armed conflict”, Armed Groups and International Law (25/03/2019).
4. Brexit and the Rights of UK Nationals in the EU, Cambridge Core Blog (01/04/2019).
5. Transnational Mobility, the International Law of Aliens, and the Origins of Global Migration Law, 111 AJIL Unbound (2017).
6. “In Search of International Impartiality”, ESIL Reflection, vol 4, Issue 8
7. A Comment on Ratner on International Justice, EJIL Talk! (4/06/2015).
8. “Treaties are not all they are made up to be”, Jamesgstewart.com (25/01/2015).
9. “IHL and multinational forces IV: crucial questions,” Intercross (23/08/2013).
10. LJIL Symposium: A Comment on Ambrus by Frédéric Mégret, Opinio Juris (20/12/2012).
11. “Targeting Child Soldiers,” Lieber Society Newsletter, American Society of International Law (02/2013).
12. “Reparations Before the ICC: The Need for Pragmatism and Creativity,” UCLA School of Law Forum.
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13. Victims before the International Criminal Court: A New Model of Criminal Justice?, Victims of Crime Research Digest, Issue No. 5.
14. (with Alexandra Harrington), “The Rise and Fall of Eunomia”, parts 1, 2, and 3, EJILTalk! (ran twice in 2011).
15. “Hobbling the Monitors: Should U.N. Human Rights Monitors be Accountable? A Response to Philip Alston”, Opinio Juris/Harvard International Law Journal (2011).
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CONFERENCES and WORKSHOPS Keynotes, speeches:
1. “Rethinking the International Criminal Court” Australian International Criminal Law Workshop 2019, International Criminal Justice Futures, Griffith University (28-29/10/2019).
2. “The Changing Face of the Protection of Aliens in International Law” Peking University, Wang Tieya international law lecture (24/05/2019).
3. “Duties to One’s Own Population and Combatants in War: is there an “Internal” Humanitarian Law?” Institute for Advanced Studies, The University of Western Australia (23/05/2018).
4. “The Challenges of Reparations at the ICC” Transformative Reparations for Sexual Violence Crimes in Conflict Settings: Building New Conceptual Frameworks, University of New South Wales (12/05/2015).
5. International Criminal Justice and the Idea of a Global Neo-Liberal Penality Institute for Global Law and Policy/Qatar Foundation, Doha (8/01/15).
6. “What is the Problem with International Criminal Justice?”
Critical Approaches to International Criminal Law Conference, Faculty of Law, Liverpool University (7/12/12).
7. “Dignity, Dignitas, Dignified” Panel on Human Dignity, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (19/12/2011).
8. “A few things I wish I’d known when I started teaching” McGill University, Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), and Teaching & Learning Services (TLS), Learning to Teach: A Professional Development Workshop for Graduate Students, 7th March 2010.
9. « La reconnaissance universelle des droits des personnes handicapées: pourquoi est-ce important,
que cela peut-il changer? » Association québécoise inter-universitaire des conseillers aux étudiants ayant des besoins spéciaux, Colloque biannuel, McGill University (20-22/05/2009).
10. “What Makes Spectacular Legal Research?”
Faculty of Law, McGill University, McGill Graduate Law Students Conference (03/04/2009).
11. « Intentions et motivations en droit international : ‘responsable mais pas (si) coupable’ ? » Centre de recherches en éthique de l’Université de Montreal (CREUM), Intentions and Motivations in International Relations (23/05/2008)
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12. “Competing Narratives of International Law: Internationalist Sensitivity and the ‘forces vives’ of Resistance” The Toronto Group for the Study of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, First Annual Graduate Student Conference, Mapping Emergent Terrains, Contesting Rigidified Tradition (11-13/01/2008)
13. “International Criminal Justice v. Transitional Justice? Some Thoughts on Rome + 10”
Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies (Den Haag), Marie Curie Top Summer School (01/07/2008).
Guest talks and lectures:
1. "'Sea Shepherd, Women on Waves and SOS Méditerannée: Reinventing International Law From the Mare Liberum?”, La Trobe University (22/05/2019).
2. “Diasporas in an Age of Globalization: What Duties Does a State Owe its Nationals Abroad?”, Cornell Law School's Berger International Speaker Series (18/04/2019).
3. “Are There Inherently Governmental Functions in International Law?” Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva) (28/02/2018).
4. “Is the International Criminal Court Too Focused on Non-State Actors?” Salzburg Summer School in International Criminal Law (5/08/2016).
5. “Are Human Rights Too Human-Centric?” Melbourne University Law School (31/05/2016).
6. “Modern Warfare” Think Ahead CLE lectures, Faculty of Law, McGill University (22/03/2016)
7. “Transnational Lives: How the Movement of Persons is Redefining International Law” Melbourne University Law School (21/05/2015)
8. “Rescuing a Pacifist Sensitivity in International Law” Australian Human Rights Centre, University of New South Wales (13/05/15)
9. “Lawfare, Everywhere” International & Comparative Law Center Seminar Series, Mississippi College of Law (28/10/14).
10. “The Syrian Conflict and International Law: An Overview” Department of Sociology, American University in Beirut (20/04/2013).
11. « Vers une éducation jurique globale ? » Faculté de droit de Grenoble, Université Pierre-Mendès France (10/12/2012).
12. “ ‘Who’s in and who’s out?’ A propos de la protection juridique internationale du monopole de l’exercice légitime de la force et quelques autres attributs des monstres froids”
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CEDIM (UQAM), séminaires « A quoi sert le droit international ? » (26/01/2011)
13. “The rise and fall of ‘cosmopolitan man’: nationalism, citoyens du monde and the idea of a universal standpoint” Institucion Fernando el Catolico (Zaragoza), III Foro Internacional, Civilizaciones, Nacionalismos y Derecho Internacional (10/12/2010)
14. “Some Little Discussed Issues Surrounding Aggression as an International Crime: A Few Post-Kampala Thoughts” University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law (26/11/2010)
15. “International Human Rights and Legal Pluralism: A Research Agenda” University of Manitoba, L-aw and Society Research Cluster Distinguished Visitor Lecture Series (25/09/09).
16. “The Case of the Iraq War Deserter: What Should Canada’s Legal Response Be?”
Ottawa University, Faculty of Law, International Law Speaker Series Lecture (7/01/2009).
17. “War, Sports and the Law: The Laws of War as ‘Rules of the Game’” Georgetown University Law School, International Legal Theory Colloquium (24/11/2008).
18. “The UN Disability Convention: Why Now, What For, What Next?”
Komenského University of Bratislava, Excelentna Univerzita (04/06/2008). Paper presentations:
1. “Our Kind of Defendants”: Court Discipline and the Legitimacy of International Criminal Trials. The 21st Anniversary of the Rome Statute: Perspectives Forgotten During the 20th Celebration Party, iCourts, University of Copenhagen (14-15/11/2019).
2. “Neglected Figures in the Early Genesis of Abolitionism,”
“Prison Abolition, Human Rights, and Penal Reform: From the Local to the Global,” The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas at Austin School of Law (26-28/09/2019)
3. “Justifying Extra-Territorial Criminal Jurisdiction Over One's Nationals”
“Workshop on International Criminal Law,” Western Law's Public and Private International Law Research Group and Osgoode Hall's Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime, and Security (21/09/2019).
4. “Law of Foreign Relations Law or Foreign Legal Policy? Revisiting Guy de Lacharrière’s « La politique juridique extérieure de l’Etat » “A Review of Current Trends in Foreign Relations Law,” Freie Universität Berlin, Universität Jena, Dornburg Castle (9-10/05/2019).
5. “Canada’s Implementation of its International Human Rights Treaty Obligations”
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The Impact of UN Human Rights Treaties Domestically, University of Pretoria/High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva (28/02/2019-01/02/2019).
6. “Alston in Alabama: Towards a Theory of International Human Rights Law Praxis,”
The Struggle for Human Rights – Law, Politics, Practice, New York University Law School (17-18/02/2019).
7. “When Might International Criminal Justice Actually Encourage Crime?” Who’s Afraid of the ICC? I-Courts/Copenhagen University Faculty of Law (24-25/01/2019).
8. “International Criminal Justice and the Margin of Appreciation” Cosmopolitan Pluralism and International Criminal Justice Conference, University of Leeds (10-11/01/2019).
9. “The New Interference in Sovereign Affairs”
International Law Workshop, William & Mary (27-28/9/2018).
10. “The Invention of Universalism” International Law and Universality, Annual Conference, European Society of International Law, University of Manchester (13-15/09/2018).
11. “Knowing Like an International Lawyer” Knowledge Production and International Law, The Graduate Institute, Geneva (7-8/9/2018).
12. “State Behavior in the Security Council: Does/Should ICC Membership Make a Difference? Twenty Years of the ICC’s Rome Statute: Utopia – Reality – Crisis, Edge Hill University (7-8/9/2018).
13. “The Ambiguities of Reparation Claims by States on Behalf of their Nationals: the Herrero, Comfort women, and the Holocaust” Droit international et réparations, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris) (26-27/06/2018).
14. “(Un)freedom of Movement in International Law: False Contingency or False Necessity?” Contingency in the Course of International Law: How International Law Could Have Been, Amsterdam Center for International Law (14-16/06 2018)
15. “The Masculine Constitution of the Laws of War” Humanitarianism and the Remaking of International Law: History, Ideology, Practice, Technology Laureate Program in International Law, Melbourne Law School, (31/05-02/06/2018).
16. « La Cour pénale internationale: a-t-elle fonctionné comme prévu? » Troisièmes journées de la justice pénale internationale, Université de Paris II Panthéon-Assas (15-16/02/2018).
17. “The Past of International Criminal Law that Never Was” Histories of International Criminal Law: Authors’ Workshop, London School of Economics (7-8/12/2017)
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18. “Pénalité et familles: à propos des victimes collatérales de la peine »
Les sens de la peine, Université St Louis (Bruxelles) (16-17/11/2017).
19. Les ONG devant la Cour pénale internationale Le rôle des ONG dans le contentieux international des droits de l’homme, Journal Européen des Droits de l’Homme (JEDH-EJHR) et Groupe de recherche ARC "contentieux stratégique", Université catholique de Louvain (15/11/2017).
20. “Beyond UN Responsibility: The Cholera Epidemic in Haiti and the Extent of Troop Contributing and Host State Responsibility" UN Accountability and International Law Experts Workshop, Seton Hall Law School (19/10/2017).
21. “The Connectedness of a Right to Consular Assistance in the Host State and the Right to Diplomatic Protection from One’s State of Nationality” Rights for the 21st Century: Exploring the Need for “New Rights”, HURMUR-Human rights –mutually raising excellence”, European Commission project under the first TWINNING call of Horizon 2020, Tallinn University (20-22/09/2017).
22. “The Strange Case of the Victim Who Did Not Want Justice” Contesting Transitional Justice, Coventry University, London (08/09/2017).
23. “The Hegemonic Masculinity of the Laws of War” Critical, Historical, and Comparative Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law, University of Wisconsin-Madison (21-22/05/2017).
24. “Authority as Pomposity: the Case of International Criminal Tribunals” Constructing Authority in International Law, Durham University, (25-26/04/2017).
25. “The Changing Rationale for International Criminal Tribunals” Philosophical Foundations of International Criminal Law, Frankfurt University (24-25/03/2017).
26. “Theorizing Dualisme de Résistance” Global Rule of Law: Historical, Normative and Critical Perspectives, National University of Singapore (16-17/02/2017).
27. “A Theory of Subjecthood in International Criminal Law”
International Law Association Study Group on Individual Responsibility in International Law, Global Seminar on Individual Responsibility in International Law: Concepts and Consequences, Florence (9-11/12/2016)
28. “Henri Donnedieu de Vabres, from Versailles to Nuremberg” The Intellectual Origins of International Criminal Justice, Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki (7-8/12/2016)
29. “Global Migration Law Meets International Human Rights Law: The Case of the Right Not to Be Arbitrarily Denied Immigration”
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What is Global Migration Law? American Society of International Law Interest Group on Global Migration Law, Bellagio (9-11/11/2016)
30. “Contextualizing Onuma” Conférence en l’honneur du Profeseur Onuma Yasuaki, Sciences Po Paris/Ambassade du Japon à Paris (8/10/2016).
31. “International Criminal Justice as a Peace Project” Faculty of Law, Oxford University/European Society of International Law (07/2016).
32. “L’auto-mise en scène de la justice pénale international” Les enjeux de la ritualisation judiciaire, International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Onati (9-10/06/2016)
33. “Le Juge Lebel et les Immunités” Journée d’études en l’honneur de l’Honorable Louis Lebel (29 octobre 2015).
34. “Katanga, Biafra, and the Early Demise of Secession in International Law” State Oppression, Violence Against Minorities, and the Possibilities for Remedial Secession and Independence: An International Conference, George Washington University Law School (7-8/04/2015)
35. “The Aliens Among Us” Wrongs Across Borders, Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, University of Minnesota Law School (27-28/03/2015)
36. “ ‘Red Notices,’ International Criminal Tribunals and the European Arrest Warrant: The Rise of ‘Surrender’ and the Fluidification of Extradition New practices of transnational criminal law, Centre for Excellence for International Courts (Icourts), Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen (27/11/2014)
37. “Military Justice as a Mode of Implementation of International Humanitarian Law: A Moderate Defense” 63rd Annual Continuing legal Education Conference, Judge Advocate General of the Canadian Forces, Ottawa (23/10/2014).
38. “Protecting Identity by Denying it? A Critical Look at the French and Rwandan Paradoxes” Who Are We? The Quest for Identity in Law, Faculty of Law, Dalhousie University (20-21/10/2014).
39. “The International Criminal Court: Where Does it Stand?,” Copenhagen Euroscience Open Forum (22/06/2014).
40. « La justice pénale internationale : une perspective bourdieusienne » L’Empire du crime? Vers une analyse critique des processus internationaux de criminalisation, Université du Québec à Montréal (06/06/2014).
41. “The ICC: Reinforcing States at the Expense of Non-State Actors?”
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55th International Studies Association Conference, Spaces and Places-Geopolitics in an Era of Globalization (28/03/2014).
42. “International Criminal Justice as a Legal Field”
Constructing the International Criminal Justice Field: Cores and Peripheries. 55th International Studies Association Conference, Spaces and Places-Geopolitics in an Era of Globalization (30/03/2014).
43. “The Judgment as Ritual”
Ritual in International Criminal Justice, 55th International Studies Association Conference, Spaces and Places-Geopolitics in an Era of Globalization (28/03/2014).
44. “What Are Facts? Can they Be Found? And Who Cares?”, International Human Rights Fact Finding in the Twenty-First Century, NYU School of Law (01/11/2013).
45. “Theorizing the Laws of War,” Theorizing International Law Workshop, Amsterdam (26/03/2013).
46. “Logics of Practicality and the Construction of the Field of International Criminal Justice,” 5th ESIL Research Forum, Amsterdam (23-25/05/2013).
47. “L’approche nord américaine du droit à la retraite” Quel avenir pour notre retraite au Liban?, Faculté de droit, Université du Saint Esprit Kaslik, Beyrouth (29-30/04/2013).
48. “The Peculiar Indeterminacy of International Human Rights Law” Engaging the Writings of Martti Koskenniemi, 2013 Laura H. Carnell Chair Workshop, Temple University Law School, Philadelphia (12-13/04/2013).
49. Entreprises multinationales et nouveaux outils de mise en oeuvre des droits de l’homme:
certifications, audits, contractualisation, Les droits de l’Homme et l’entreprise : l’entreprise citoyenne, Colloque de lancement du Journal européen des droits de l’Homme, Université Paris I/Editions Larcier (26/04/2013).
50. “How States and Governments Use International Criminal Justice” The Politics of International Diffusion: Regional and Global Dimensions, International Studies Association (3-6/04/2013)
51. “What is so Special about Drones?” The Legal and Ethical Limits of Technological Warfare, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law (01/02/2013).
52. “La responsabilité de protéger: quelles implications pour le jus in bello?” Aux confins du Jus ad Bellum et du Jus in Bello : Retour sur les interventions autorisées par le Conseil de sécurité, du Kosovo et de l’Afghanistan à la Libye et au Mali, Centre d’études sur la sécurité international et les coopérations européennes, Faculté de droit de Grenoble, Université Pierre-Mendès France (22-23/11/2012).
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53. “When is Use of Force in Pursuit of Self-determination Legitimate?” Theoretical Foundations of Self-Determination, American Society of International Law, International Legal Theory Interest Group (9/11/2012).
54. “Collectivizing Reparations” Reparations Colloquium, Centre international de criminologie comparée (CICC), Université de Montréal (26-27/10/2012).
55. “Prospects for a Security Council Human Rights Ombudsperson” Strengthening the Rule of Law Through the Security Council, Australian National University Centre for International Governance and Justice/Australian Civil-Military Centre, Canberra (17-18/09/2012).
56. “Repentance” The Passions of International Law, Melbourne Law School Symposium (13-15/09/2012).
57. “The Transformation of Peace Operations Into Civilian Protection Operations?” La civilianisation de la guerre : comment est-ce que la distinction entre les civils et les militaires a évolué ces cent dernières années ? Un atelier interdisciplinaire, UQAM (8/09/2012).
58. “Should Insurgents Be Amnestied?” Jus Post Bellum, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies (Den Haag) (30/05/2012-01/06/2012).
59. « Les obligations en matière de réparation : un régime réaliste au regard des difficultés financières éprouvées par nombre d’organisations internationales ? » Table ronde sur la responsabilité des organisations internationales, CERIC (Université Paul Cézanne)/Centre de Droit International (Université de Bruxelles), Aix-en-Provence (24/03/2012).
60. “The Problematic Legitimacy of International Adjudication” High Level Policy Seminar: Courts, Social Change and Judicial Independence, Robert Schuman Centre, Global Governance Program, European University Institute, Florence (16-17/03/2012).
61. “The European Court of Human Rights and the Armenian Genocide” The Armenian Genocide: From Recognition to Reparation, Catholicosate of Cilicia, Antelias (Beirut) (23-25/02/2012).
62. “The Abolition of Slavery and the Making of Africa’s Peripherality” International Law & the Periphery, American University in Cairo/Sidney Law School (17-19/02/2012).
63. « Y a-t-il des limites en droit international à ce qu’un Etat peut privatiser ? » Séminaire mensuel de l’UMR 621, Université Paul Cézanne (06/01/12).
64. « Memorial monuments and transitional justice” Constructing Memories in the Wake of Crimes against Humanity: Artistic Interventions and the Politics of Memory, projet PIMPA (Politiques et initiatives mémorielles et pratiques artistiques), Geneva University of Art and Design (08-10/12/2011).
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65. “Where is the Battlefield?”
The Laws of War: International Conflict and the Global War on Terror, International Law Review Symposium, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law (25/02/2011).
66. “Where does the Critique of International Human Rights Stand?” New Approaches to International Law: lessons from the European experience, Fundacion Universitaria CEU San Pablo (Madrid) (11/12/2010).
67. “ICC and R2P: Might the two clash?”
The International Criminal Court and the Responsibility to Protect: Synergies and Tensions, Erik Castren Institute of International Law and Human Rights/ Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (3-4/12/2010).
68. “Aggression, the Council and the Court” Road from Kampala, An Analysis of the First Review Conference of the Rome Statute, International Criminal Court Student Network, Duke Law School (29-30/11/2010).
69. “Pratique religieuse et pondération des droits: une perspective européenne » La hiérarchie des droits fondamentaux et les accommodements religieux en droit constitutionnel québécois, canadien et comparé, Association québécoise de droit constitutionnel, Cinquième Congrès (Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal), (29/10/2010).
70. “The Pitfalls and Promise of International Institutionalization” Echenberg Global Conference on Human Rights in Diverse Societies, Faculty of Law, McGill University, (09/10/2010).
71. “The Sources of International Criminal Law” International Criminal Procedure Expert Framework: Towards the Codification of General Rules and Principles, Amsterdam University Centre for International Law/ Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (1-2/07/2010).
72. “Prospects for ‘Constitutional’ Human Rights Scrutiny of Substantive International Criminal Law
by the ICC” Public Law and Human Rights Workshop, Faculty of Law, University of Jerusalem (26/05/2010).
73. “International Human Rights and Domestic Legal Pluralism: Does one Ever have the Right to One’s
Own Law?” Toleration, equality, and segregation in the name of culture, Minerva Center for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, (25/05/2010).
74. « La contribution des tribunaux pénaux internationaux à la paix civile »
Journée d’étude : la justice pénale internationale, bilan, défis et perspectives, Centre Thucyclide, Université Panthéon-Assas (21/05/2010).
75. « Désir de reconnaissance et tentation de l’irresponsabilité : le respect du droit international
humanitaire par les acteurs non-étatiques en conflit armé »
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Journée d’étude Guerre et reconnaissance, Université d’Artois, Faculté de droit de Douai (6/05/2010).
76. « La ratification de la Convention des Nations Unies sur les droits de personnes handicapées par le
Canada : quelles perspectives ? » Tribunal des droits de la personne du Québec/Barreau du Québec, Race, femme, enfant, handicap : Les conventions internationales et le droit interne à la lumière des enjeux pratiques du droit à l’égalité (26/03/2010).
77. “Child Soldiers: Victims, Criminals or Heroes?” Imagining the Child/Imaginer l’enfant, The Institute for the Public Life of Arts and Ideas, McGill University (10-11/03/2010).
78. « International Criminal Law in Canada »
Faculty of Law, McGill University, Think Ahead- Une pensée d’avance, Continuing Legal Education series (16/2/2010).
79. “The Slowly Changing Status of International Human Rights Law before International Criminal
Tribunals: Towards a Constitutional Framework?” Emerging Themes in International Law: Legal Theory, Human Rights, and Financial Regulation, Vanderbilt University Law School, International Law Program Roundtable (Nashville, by video-link, 12/02/2010).
80. “Prospects for ‘Constitutional’ Human Rights Scrutiny of Substantive International Criminal Law
by the ICC, With Special Emphasis On the General Part” Roundtable in Public International Law and Theory, Washington University School of Law, Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute, International Legal Scholars Workshop (Saint Louis, 4-6/2/2010).
81. “A dialética entre Dignidade Humana e Direitos Humanos” Conferência em Comemoração do Primeiro Aniversário do Lançamento da Agenda (São Paulo, 21/12/2009).
82. “That ‘Springbreak’ Feeling: Pragmatism, Irony and Belief in the Age of Human Rights”
Evaluating Critical Approaches to International Law, CERDIN (Faculté de droit Sorbonne) /Institute for International Law and the Humanities (University of Melbourne) (Paris, 11-12/12/2009).
83. « Quelles obligations pour les Etats dans les conflits asymétriques ? »
Guerre, paix et justice entre les nations, Pour une éthique des monstres froids au 21e siècle, Ecole normale supérieure, Tables rondes sur l’éthique des relations internationales (5/12/2009).
84. “The Canadian Anti-Terrorism Experience”
Towards a Global Legal Counter-Terrorism Model: Transatlantic Perspectives, Magna Carta Institute (Bruxelles) (4/12/2009).
85. « L’enjeu de la distinction entre le génocide et les crimes de guerre »
Colloque : la prévention du génocide et des atrocités de masse, Programme paix et sécurité internationales, Université Laval (23/11/2009).
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86. “The Judge Who Talked Too Much: When Do Past Declarations Impugn Impartiality ? ”
Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law/Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Waterloo/United Nations University (UNU)/ Australian Governance Research Network, International Workshop on ethical supports for the rule of law in international affair, “Ethical Supports For Strengthening The International Rule of Law” (19-20/10/2009)
87. « Une justice pénale internationalisée pour juger le terrorisme : l’exemple du Tribunal spécial pour
le Liban » Vers une internationalisation du jugement des actes de terrorisme international?, Université Paris I, Centre d’étude et de recherche en droit international, Projet transatlantique (3/07/2009)
88. « La diversification des acteurs impliqués dans les conflits armés : vers un dépassement de la
‘participation directe aux hostilités’ ? » Université Paris 1, Centre d’étude et de recherche en droit international, Projet Atlas, Le rôle des tiers aux conflits armés dans la protection des populations civiles (2/07/2009)
89. “Rehabilitation as A Neglected theme in Transitional Justice: From ‘Traitor’ to ‘Resisters’ after the
Reich” Taking Stock of Transitional Justice, University of Oxford, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford Transitional Justice Research Group (26-28/06/2009)
90. “The Role of Resistance in Preventing Atrocities”
Preventing Genocide and Mass Violence: What Can Be Learned From History?, 21st Century Trust/Salzburg Global Seminar (12-14/06/2009)
91. « Cette étrange bête qu’est le Fond de compensation des victimes de la CPI: entre logique pénale et
solidaire » Soutenir, rapprocher et progresser: les droits des victimes dans le cas des crimes contre l'humanité et des crimes de guerre, Centre international de criminologie comparée, Université de Montréal (30/04/2009)
92. « Les réparations devant la CPI : une logique hybride »
Les enjeux contemporains de la justice pénale internationale : réparer l’irréparable, CREUM/CRDP, Université de Montréal, (23/04/2009)
93. “Transitional Justice as Substantive Justice” (by videolink)
Sturm College of Law, University of Denver, Conceptualizing Substantive Justice (17-18/04/2009)
94. « La volonté d’agir pour quoi ? L’importance de prêter assistance aux victimes et aux résistants » Humain avant tout/UQAM, Institut d’études internationales de Montreal, À travers les yeux des résistants et des sauveteurs : Saisir la volonté d'agir (2/04/2009)
95. “The Emergence of an International Criminal Procedure: Dynamic and Determinants”
UCLA School of Law, UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs 2009 Symposium, Trends and Tensions in International Criminal Procedure (20/02/2009)
96. “The Selection, Status and Role of Judges before International Criminal Tribunals”
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Bureau of Intelligence and Research, US Department of State & Central Intelligence Agency, Lessons Learned on International Tribunals for the New Administration (20-21/11/2008).
97. “The Changing Nature of Ad Hoc Tribunal’s Core Focus: From War Crimes to Crimes against
Humanity” Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy/Université Paris II/American Society of International Law, Perspectives on International Criminal Justice, Boston (14-15/11/2008)
98. « ‘Parties civiles’: the French Experience »
Canadian Centre for International Justice/University of Ottawa, Civil Litigation Workshop (7-8/11/2008)
99. « Une insurrection contre une occupation illégale est-elle légale en droit international? »
International Peace and Security Interest Group, “Insurgency and International Law”, 3rd Biennial Conference of the European Society of International Law, International Law in a Heterogenous World, Heidelberg (4/09/2008)
100. “Civil Disobedience in Defense of International Values: A Common Culture of Resistance?”
World International Studies Committee, 2nd Global International Studies Conference, Lujbljana, What Keeps Us Apart, What Keeps Us Together? International Order, Justice, Values (23-23/07/2008)
101. “The Accountability and Ethics of International Prosecutors”
University of Leuven, Faculty of Law, The International Prosecutor: Organization, Policy, and Legacy from Nuremberg to the ICC. Workshop 3, (27-28/05/2008)
102. « ‘Asi se baila’… Codes de la milonga et ‘droit du quotidien’ »
ACFAS, Québec, 76ème Congrès, Couple, identité société : le tango argentin comme facteur de développement (06/05/2008)
103. « La Convention des Nations Unies sur les droits des personnes handicapées : inspiration,
exigences, et implications » Réseau international sur le Processus de production du handicap (Québec), PPH, politiques sociales et droits humains (25/04/2008)
104. « Un chemin vers la liberté négligé? Rebellions d’esclave, théories de la résistance à
l’oppression et réception par les tribunaux » Université d’Ottawa, Faculté de droit, Les chemins de la liberté : réflexions à l’occasion du bicentenaire de l’abolition de l’esclavage (14-16/03/2008)
105. “The World Seen Through Humanitarianism: Some International Law Distortions”
Finnish International Studies Association/Erik Castren Institute of International Law and Human Rights, Helsinki Workshop on Humanitarianism (14-15/12/2007)
106. “A Cautionary Tale from the Crusades? International Humanitarian Law and Prisoners in
Conditions of Religious Incommensurability” University of Oxford, Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War, Prisoners in War (10-12/12/2007)
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107. University of 4, Faculty of Law, The International Prosecutor: Organization, Policy, and
Legacy from Nuremberg to the ICC. Workshop 2, (8-10/11/2007)
108. “Non-Accountability in the Shadow of Colonization: Lessons learnt from the Mandate and Trusteeship Systems for “International Territorial Administrations” International Law Association (American Branch), New York, Towards a New Vision of International Law (25-27/10/2007)
109. “Civil Society and Resistance to Genocide: Beyond the ‘Rescue Paradigm’”
Faculty of Law, McGill University, Echenberg Global Conference on the Prevention of Genocide (12/10/2007)
110. “La notion d’accommodement raisonnable dans une perspective internationale”
Université de Montréal, Faculté de droit, La Religion, le Droit et le « Raisonnable » (18/06/2007)
111. “Las ocupaciones como forma de desobediencia civil indígena: practica, justificación, resultados” Consorcio Desarrollo y Justicia, Encuentro Canadá-Venezuela sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas, Universidad Central de Venezuela (14/06/2007)
112. “Le rôle du droit international dans la légitimation de la résistance à l’oppression”
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 75ème Congrès de l’ACFAS (08/05/2007)
113. “The UN and Online Child Exploitation” University of Toronto, Center for Innovation Law and Policy/ Microsoft, 2nd International Symposium on Online Child Exploitation (07/05/2007).
114. “Le cadre juridique des opérations de maintien de la paix: vers une troisième génération?”
Université du Québec à Montréal, Des casques bleus aux casques verts (04/04/2007).
115. “Civil Disobedience in Defence of International Law: Sketch for a Theoretical Argument” Oslo University, The New International Law (15-18/03 2007).
116. “The Constitutionalization of a Right to Resist Tyranny: a Comparative Analysis”
McGill University, Faculty of Law, Young Scholars Conference (26/01/2007).
117. Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en SchoneKunsten van Belgie (Bruxelles), The International Prosecutor: Organization, Policy, and Legacy from Nuremberg to the ICC. Workshop 1, (7-9/12/2006).
118. “What Ever Happened to the Right to Resist Tyranny?”
Birckbeck College, London, The Force of International Law (16/04/2006).
119. “La ‘responsabilité de protéger’ à l’épreuve des faits” Université du Québec à Montréal, Irak, Darfour, Haïti...La responsabilité de protéger: quel avenir ? (27/03/2006).
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120. “Jus in bello as jus ad bellum and vice-versa” American Society for International Law, Centennial Conference, “A Just World Under Law”, Washington DC (23/03/2006).
121. “A Strong Defence of Hybridity”
McGill University, Faculty of Law, Hybrid Courts in Context (17/02/2006).
122. “Le mécanisme de suivi de la Convention inter-américaine de lutte contre la corruption” Organization of American States/University of Ottawa, Annual International Law Workshop (25/10/2005).
123. “Une réforme encore plus fondamentale? L'ouverture des Nations Unies aux acteurs non-
étatiques” Chaire Raoul-Dandurand en études stratégiques et diplomatiques, Institut d’Etudes Internationales, UQAM, Réformer ou reformer ? (06/10/2005).
124. “The Poverty of Customary International Humanitarian Law”
McGill University, Faculty of Law, Customary International Humanitarian Law: Challenges, Practices and Debates (29/09/2005).
125. “The Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, on the
Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography: Challenges Ahead” University of Toronto, Center for Innovation Law and Policy/ Microsoft, Symposium on Online Child Exploitation (2/05 2005).
126. “Some Comments on the French Tradition in International Law”
Harvard Law School, Comparative Visions of Global Public Order (5-6/03 2005).
127. “Who Should We Try Milosevic and Hussein?” Cornell University (Ithaca), Faculty of Law, Milosevic and Hussein on Trial (25-26/02 2005).
128. “Peut-on parler de droit international humanitaire en termes de droits?”
Canadian Council on International Law (Ottawa), annual conference (15/10 2004).
129. “Accountability for Human Rights Abuses at the UN” Incore/United Nations University, Cape Town, The Unintended Consequences of Peacekeeping (15-19/11/2004).
130. “The ICTY and Domestic Courts: What Interaction?”
International Humanitarian Law Centre, Belgrade, Dealing with the Past (22-23/10/2004).
131. “International Humanitarian Law and its ‘Others’: From Tribes to Terrorists” University of Melbourne Faculty of Law, International Law and its “Others”: Legal Theory Workshop (12-14/ 6/2004).
132. “The Relevance of International Instruments on Racial Discrimination to Racial
Discrimination Policy in Ontario”
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Ontario Human Rights Commission/Association for Canadian Studies, Race Policy Dialogue Conference (10/10 2004).
133. “Is the International Criminal Court ‘Political’?”
The Minerva Center for Human Rights (Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem), The International Criminal Court and the Advent of International Criminal Justice (14-16/12/2003).
134. “L’éthique de non-intervention du droit international”
Institut d’études internationales de Montréal/Chaire Raoul Dandurand, Montréal, A la recherche d’une éthique de l’intervention internationale (20-21/12/2003).
135. “The Dubious Progeny of a Deformalizing Agenda”
Birkbeck College, London, The New International Law Program (12-14/06/2003)
136. “Who Should Judge the Terrorists?” University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor. ‘A War Against Terrorism’: What Role for International Law? – US and European Perspectives (18-19 /10/2002).
137. “Guantanamo’s Prisoners dilemma”
European University Institute, Florence, ‘Le Droit … c’est moi?’ – International Law Under the New Empires (18-19/5/2002).
138. “Infinite Justice/Endless War”
Foundation for New Research in International Law, Brussels, Infinite Justice? - Autumn Workshop on New Scholarship in International Public and Private Law (23-25/11/2001).
139. “Akayesu and the “Constructed” Concept of Groups under the Genocide Convention”
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Third Workshop on New Scholarship in International Public and Private Law (19-20/04/2001)
140. “The ‘War on Terrorism’ and International Law”
European University Institute, Florence, The Other Side of ‘War’ (3/12/2001). Guest seminars, Summer schools, intensive courses:
1. “Whither International Criminal Justice?” Masterclass, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Western Australia (24/05/2018).
2. “Teaching Criminal Justice Rather than Criminal Law” Faculty Seminar, Faculty of Law, University of Western Australia (23/05/2018).
3. “The Apology of Utopia” Law School, University of Toronto, Human Rights Seminar (Professor Patrick Macklem) (24/03/2018).
4. “The Potential of Big Data to Detect Human Rights Violations”
Human Rights Workshop, Yale Law School (2/04/15).
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5. “Big data and human rights methods” Law Department, European University Institute, Florence (3/03/2015).
6. “Féminisme, genre et Cour européenne des droits de l’homme” Faculté de droit, Université Paris X Nanterre (11/12/2014).
7. “International Human Rights Law: The Apology of Utopia” Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Globalization, Law & Justice Workshop (28/11/2013).
8. “The Rise and Fall of ‘International Man’” Harvard Law School, International Law Workshop (18/10/2012).
9. “Thoughts on the Evolution of International Criminal Justice” American University in Cairo (22/02/2012).
10. « La protection internationale des minorités » Master 2 droit international et européen, Faculté libre de droit, Université catholique de Lille (14-16/12/2011).
11. “Le régime de réparations de la Cour pénale internationale”
Hague Academy of International Law, Seminar for Advanced Studies, Challenges in International Criminal Law (23/01/2010).
12. “Victim Reparation and the ICC”
Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies (Den Haag), Marie Curie Top Summer School 2009 (1/07/2009).
13. “Les réparations dues aux victimes dans le cadre de la Cour pénale internationale”
Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies (Den Haag), Centre Bilingual Summer School on International Criminal Law (30/06/2009).
14. “Prospects for ‘constitutional’ scrutiny of international criminal law through international human
rights, with special emphasis on substantive law”. Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies (Den Haag), Marie Curie Research Course 2008-2009, The Diversification and Fragmentation of International Criminal Law in a Global Society (16/03/2009).
15. “Verticalism v. Horizontalism in International Criminal Law”
Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies (Den Haag), Marie Curie Research Course 2008-2009, The Diversification and Fragmentation of International Criminal Law in a Global Society (30/06/2008).
16. “Going Hybrid: The Face of Sustainable International Criminal Justice to Come?”
Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies (Den Haag), Marie Curie Top Summer School 2008-2009, The Diversification and Fragmentation of International Criminal Law in a Global Society (30/06/2008).
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17. « Le cadre juridique des opérations humanitaires: droit international des droits de l’homme, droit international humanitaire et droit des réfugiés » UQAM/UNITAR/IEIM/Chaire Raoul-Dandurand, Séminaire d’approfondissement sur les opérations humanitaires (27/05/2008).
18. « Le cadre juridique des opérations de maintien de la paix »
UQAM/UNITAR/CANADEM, Séminaire d’approfondissement des missions de paix des Nations Unies (07/05/2008).
19. “Positive and Negative Discrimination in the Disabilities Convention”
McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy (04/04/2008).
20. “Civil Disobedience in Defense of International Law: What Should International Law Have to Say?” University of Georgia School of Law (28/03/2008)
21. “The Essence of Hybridity: are Hybrid Tribunals Different?”
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former-Yugoslavia, ICTY Chambers Training Presentations (25/02/2008).
22. “Resistance to Genocide”
McGill University, International Young Leaders Forum, Global Conference on the Prevention of Genocide (09/10/2007).
23. “Treaties of a Humanitarian Nature”
The Erik Castren Institute of International Law and Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, The 21st Helsinki Summer Seminar on International Law: Tensions in the law of Treaties (22-23/08/2007).
24. “Understanding Human Rights Treaties” and “Civil disobedience in defense of international human
rights” Institute for Human Rights, Äbo Akademi University, Advanced Course on the International Protection of Human Rights (13-16/08/2007).
25. « Le cadre juridique des opérations de maintien de la paix »
UQAM/UNITAR/CANADEM, Séminaire d’approfondissement sur les opérations de maintien de la paix, (04/04/2007).
26. “The Security Council and Human Rights”
New York University Law School (05/02/2007).
27. “El derecho de resistencia a la opresión en un contexto latino-americano y mundial” Universidad John Kennedy, Buenos Aires (07/07/2006).
28. « Quelques problèmes d’actualité en droit humanitaire »
Cours francophone inter-africain de droit international humanitaire, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (Comité international de la Croix Rouge) (10-13/03 2006).
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29. “International Humanitarian Law as an Attempt to Regulate the Absolutely Exceptional” Raoul Wallenberg Institute and the Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi, Lund University, Nordic Human Rights Research Course: Human Rights and the Exceptional (31/05-4/06/2004).
30. “Is International Humanitarian Law a Sham?”
The Erik Castren Institute of International Law and Human Rights (University of Helsinki) (4/3 2004).
31. “The International Criminal Court and the protection of human rights”
Helsinki University, “The Mosaic”, 3rd Annual Helsinki Seminar on International Criminal Law, (05/03/2004).
32. “El impacto del 11 de septiembre sobre los derechos humanos”
Institut drets humans de Catalunya, Barcelona (03/2003).
33. “The International Criminal Court” New York University Law School (10/2002).
Workshops, roundtables, commentator, moderator, chair:
1. Participant, “Think Peace: Lessons from the History and Andrew Carnegie’s Visionary Peace
Project”, Carnegie Peacebuilding Conversations, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The New York Times (15/10/2019).
2. Commentator, Junior Faculty Seminar, University of Melbourne (28-30/05/2018).
3. Discussant, “Encounters, Practices, and the Making of International Law”, Law and Society Association annual conference, Toronto (10/06/2018).
4. Participant, “Roundtable on international migration in history”, Law and Society Association annual conference, Toronto (10/06/2018).
5. Chair, “The Construction of the Ideal Victim and the Grateful Refugee”, Law and Society
Association annual conference, Toronto (8/06/2018). 6. Participant, “Roundtable on Right Authority in the Use of Force,” International Studies
Association Annual Conference, San Francisco (7/04/2018).
7. Invited participant, interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Justice, Michigan University School of Law (18/05/2017).
8. Invited participant, “Global Battlefields: The Future of U.S. Detention Under International Law” Harvard Law School’s Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (16-17/2016)
9. Chair, “Persecution of the Rohyngia Minority in Myanmar,” McGill University (8/02/2016).
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10. Commentator, Research Workshop on “Réparer les injustices coloniales Perspective transitionnelle sur la justice réparatrice, Annual Montreal Political Theory Manuscript Workshop with Magali Bessone, McGill University (04/05/2015).
11. Commentator, “Human Rights Experimentalism”
Watson Institute, Brown University (13/11/2015).
12. Chair, “Diverse Modes of Legal Normativity: Is there an International “Rule of Law”? Canadian Council of International Law (6/11/2015).
13. Chair, “Overloading Human Rights?” American Society of International Law, 109th Annual Meeting (3-6/04/2015).
14. Invited participant, Politics and the International Rule of Law Workshop (manuscript, Ian Hurd) Department of Political Science, Northwestern University (13/03/2015).
15. Commentator, “International Law and the Fiduciary Constitution of Sovereignty” (manuscript, Evan Fox-Decent and Evan Criddle) Faculty of Law, McGill University (7/05/2014).
16. Invited participant, “Workshop on Precedent in International Law”
Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, McGill University (14/04/2014).
17. Chair, “The Tension Between Law and Politics: Can the ICC Navigate a Multipolar World?” American Society of International Law, 107th Annual Meeting (3-6/04/2013).
18. Chair, “The Arab Spring: Challenges, Effects and Consequences,”
Echenberg Global Conference on Human Rights, Democracy and the Fragility of Freedom (21-23/03/2013).
19. Invited participant, “Workshop: The Fabric of International Jurisprudence”
Robert Schuman Centre, Global Governance Program, European University Institute, Florence (15-16/03/2012).
20. Invited participant, “International Law is Political: So What?”
Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, Cambridge University (26-27/01/2012) 21. Commentator, Book launch: Ruti Teitel, Humanity’s Law
Académie de droit humanitaire, Genève (8/12/2011). 22. Chair, “Climate Change and the Arctic: What Role for Human Rights?”
Canadian Council on International Law, Annual Conference (29/10/2010). 23. “Challenges before the International Criminal Justice System”
Hague Academy of International Law, Seminar for Advanced Studies, Challenges in International Criminal Law (23/01/2010).
24. “International Justice Across the Disciplines”
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International Studies Association, New York Annual Convention (16/01/2009).
25. “New Wars, New Laws? Humanitarian Law in the 21st Century” Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana), “Of War and Law” (13/01/2009).
26. The Newly Adopted International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:
Instrument of Change? McGill University, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (13/02/2008) (as chair)
27. “How Does Contemporary International Law Accommodate Private Actors?”
European Society of International Law, Geneva Research Forum on International Law (2005) (as chair)
28. Jena Bates, “Competing Expressions of Sovereignty: Revisiting the State Consent Issue in the
Territorial Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over Nationals of Third States”
29. Canadian Council on International Law, Annual Conference, Ronald St. John Macdonald Young Scholars Award (30/10/2010)
30. Commentator, Tyrone Kirchengast, “Integrating the Victim into the Adversarial Criminal Trial”
Centre international de criminology Comparée, Université de Montréal, (1/12/2009).
31. « Justice et droits humains: entre principes et application / Justice and human rights: between principles and application” Les facettes du pouvoir/Facets of Power, McGill University (3/05/2007)
Community events
1. Forging the Gap: Corporate Social Responsibility & Transnational Justice, McGill Faculty of Law Human Rights Working Group (13/2/2013) (as chair)
2. McGill Faculty of Law Human Rights Working Group, A Panel on Syria, (2/11/2012) (as chair). 3. « Human rights and global warming »
Human Rights Working Group, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Climate Wars: Meeting the Challenge (30/03/2009)
4. “Gays, the Holocaust and Ordinary Homophobia: the Continuity of Crime, Hate and Victimization” Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts (11/03/2007).
Interviews:
Newspaper: Headway (McGill) (on current work) The Hour, Three Dollar Bill (09/03/2007) Le délit (McGill) (genocide conference) La Presse Canadienne (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda)
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Tribune, 07/02/2007
Radio: Radio Centre Ville (génocide rwandais, intervention humanitaire) Canadian Press, 02/11/2007 (Canadian arrested for paedophilia in Thailand) 940 Montreal, Drive with Duff, 24/10/2007 (security certificates) 940 Montreal, The Dennis Trudeau show, 08/04/2008 (Olympics) CBC Radio, All in a Weekend, 9/03/2007 (homophobia) CJAD, 23/02/2007 (security certificates) Radio Canada, Samedi et rien d’autre, 08/04/2007 (Munyaneza trial) Radio Canada, Mauricie chez nous, 05/02/2007 (accommodement raisonnable) CBC Radio News: World at Six, 10/01/2008 (Munyaneza trial) Radio Canada, Ouvert le samedi, 29/03/2008 (jeux olympiques) Radio Canada International, 22/07/2008 (Karadzic) CBC radio, 4/08/2008 (Olympics and social change) Radio Canada, 6/08/2008 (universal jurisdiction case in Spain) CBC Montréal, 16/03/2010 (reasonable accommodation) TV :
CTV, News, 21/04/2007 (interview on Mohammed el-Attar) Radio Canada, Téléjournal, (interview on Charkaoui) Radio Canada, Téléjournal (interview on genocide conference) CBC news, 26/03/2008 (Olympics) CTV Newsnet, 25/03/2008 (Olympics) CTV Montreal, Mutsumi Takahashi, 25/03/2008 (Olympics) CTV Montreal, Mutsumi Takahashi, 8/04/2008 (International Criminal Court) CTV Newnet, 18/06/2008 (Taser report) RDI, 6/08/2008 (first Guantanamo verdict) TVA, news, 26/01/2011 (interview on Ben Ali relatives in Montréal) LCN, news, 27/01/2011 (interview on Ben Ali relatives in Montréal) Canal argent, infos, 27/01/2011 (interview on Ben Ali relatives in Montréal) TVA, news, 26/01/2011 (interview on Ben Ali relatives in Montréal) France 24, news, 15/06/2014 (interview on Omar Al-Beshir)