International Humanitarian Law
University of Geneva

 

Marco Sassòli, a citizen of Switzerland and Italy, is professor of international law and Director of the Department of international law and international organization at the University of Geneva. From 2001-2003, Marco Sassòli has been professor of international law at the Université du Québec à Montreal, Canada, where he remains associate professor. He is also commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists.

Marco Sassòli graduated as doctor of laws at the University of Basel (Switzerland) and was admitted to the Swiss bar. He has worked from 1985-1997 for the International Committee of the Red Cross at the headquarters, inter alia as deputy head of its legal division, and in the field, inter alia as head of the ICRC delegations in Jordan and Syria and as protection coordinator for the former Yugoslavia. During a sabbatical leave in 2011, he joined again the ICRC, as legal adviser to its delegation in Islamabad. He has also served as executive secretary of the International Commission of Jurists and as registrar at the Swiss Supreme Court. From 2004-2013, he chaired the board of Geneva Call, an NGO engaging armed groups to respect international humanitarian norms.

Marco Sassòli has published on international humanitarian law (inter alia How Does Law Protect in War? 3rd ed., Geneva, ICRC, 2011, 2580 pp. (with A. Bouvier and A. Quintin)), human rights law, international criminal law, the sources of international law and the responsibility of states and non-state actors.