Faculty
Faculty
The Faculty of the Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Global Criminal Justice and Accountability is composed of international academics, including UPEACE distinguished faculty members, UNICRI and UN staff members, international experts and practitioners. The faculty members, over the years, have included:
UPEACE Faculty Members
Juan Carlos Sainz-Borgo – Vice Rector of the University for Peace (UPEACE); Former Associate Professor of International Law at the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas and Professor of Humanitarian International Law at the Universidad Sergio Arboleda in Bogota (Colombia); Former Fulbright Visiting Professor at the Washington College of Law at American University (USA); Former Jurist to the Regional Delegation of Venezuela and the Caribbean of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Mihir Kanade – Academic Coordinator of the University for Peace (UPEACE), Head of UPEACE’s Department of International Law, Director of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre; Member of the UN Human Rights Council’s Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, Former lawyer in the Supreme Court of India and the Bombay High Court, focusing on issues of fundamental human rights violations; Adjunct faculty at Universidad Alfonso XI El Sabio (Spain), Long Island University (USA), and Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia). Co-coordinator of the Master programme.
Mariateresa Garrido – Assistant Professor of International Law, Department of International Law at the University for Peace (UPEACE) and UPEACE Doctoral Program Coordinator.
Keynote Speakers
Adama Dieng – Former Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General on the Prevention of Genocide; Former Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
Alice Wairimu Nderitu – Former Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General on the Prevention of Genocide.
Christoph Safferling – Director, International Nuremberg Principles Academy; Chair of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, International Criminal Law, and Public International Law, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen–Nuremberg (Erlangen, Germany).
Fatou Bensouda – Former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), 2012-2021.
Joanna Korner – Judge, International Criminal Court (ICC), former Senior Legal Adviser to the Chief Prosecutor of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Navi Pillay – Judge ad hoc of the International Court of Justice (ICJ); President of the Advisory Council of the Nuremberg Principles Academy (Nuremberg, Germany); President of The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP); Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR); Former Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Nazhat Shameem Khan – Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), 2021-present.
Paola Gaeta – Co-President of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Professor of International Law at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva, Switzerland).
Lecturers
Abigail Bridgman – Member of California Bar and United States District Court of Northern California (USA); Former Assistant to Counsel at International Criminal Court (ICC).
Alice Riccardi – Senior Research Fellow in International Law, University of Roma Tre (Rome, Italy).
Andrea Di Nicola – Director, Centre of Security and Crime Sciences (Universities of Trento and Verona, Italy); Associate Professor of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Trento (Trento, Italy).
Ania Salinas Cerda – Senior Legal Officer, International Criminal Court (ICC).
Anna Maddrick – Legal Adviser on Climate, Permanent Mission of Vanuatu to the United Nations, New York.
Antonio Giovanni Luzzi – Head of Strategic Analysis, Terrorism Prevention Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Anushka Sehmi – Legal Officer, United Nations Kosovo; Former Assistant to Counsel, Defence Team for Dominic Ongwen, International Criminal Court (ICC).
Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov – Member of the Committee Against Torture (CAT); Former Judge in the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and for Rwanda (ICTR).
Beti Hohler – Judge, Trial Division, International Criminal Court (ICC); Former Trial Lawyer, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court; Former Legal Officer to International Judges, European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX Kosovo).
Calogero Ferrara – Deputy Prosecutor at the Office of the Prosecutor in Palermo, Italy. Delegated Prosecutor at the European Public Prosecution Office (EPPO).
Carlotta Sami – Senior Regional Public Information Officer, Spokesperson, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Carola Lingaas-Louwerse – Associate Professor of Law, University of Oslo, Law Faculty (Oslo, Norway).
Christopher Black – International Criminal Lawyer; Counsel on the List of the International Criminal Court (ICC); Former Lead Counsel at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
Davyth Stewart – Coordinator, Global Forestry Enforcement and Pollution Crime Unit, International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL).
Elena Atzeni – Integration Associate, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Elena Dal Santo – Programme Management Officer, United Nations Interregional Crime and Research Institute (UNICRI).
Elena Maculan – Professor of Criminal Law, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Instituto Universitario General Gutiérrez Mellado (Madrid, Spain).
Elke Evrard - Postdoctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Law and Criminology, Department of European, Public and International Law, University of Ghent (Ghent, Belgium).
Emiliano Buis – Professor of International Law, Law School at the University of Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
Eric Talbot Jensen – Professor of Law, Brigham Young University (Provo, USA); Former Special Counsel to the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense; Former Judge Advocate and Cavalry Officer, United States Army.
Fabricio Guariglia – Director, The Hague Branch Office, International Development Law Organization (IDLO); Former Director of Prosecutions, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC).
Francesco Marciano – Legal Advisor for the Armed Forces, Office of International Humanitarian Law, Training and Development Section, National Inspectorate of the Military Corps (Rome, Italy).
Francesco Marone – Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Teramo (Teramo, Italy); Associate Research Fellow, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI).
Gabriele Baratto – Assistant Professor in Criminology, Faculty of Law University of Trento (Trento, Italy), Scientific Coordinator, eCrime, Faculty of Law University of Trento (Trento, Italy) and Member of the Centre of Security and Crime Sciences (Universities of Trento and Verona, Italy).
Gal Harmat – Senior Fellow at Swisspeace Institute (Basel, Switzerland).
Gary Hill (recently passed) – Member of the Board and Training Chair, International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA); Scientific Coordinator of the International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council, the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme Network (PNI); Chief Executive Officer, CEGA Services (Lincoln, USA) operating in Haiti, Rwanda and Kosovo.
Lt. Col. (ret.) Geoffrey S. Corn – George R. Killam Jr. Chair of Criminal Law and Director of the Center for Military Law and Policy, Texas Tech University School of Law (USA); Formerly Special Assistant to The Judge Advocate General for Law of War Matters/Chief of the Law of War Branch, International and Operational Law Division, Office of the Judge Advocate General, US Army; Chief of Criminal Law and Senior Criminal Trial Attorney, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, 101st Airborne Division and Fort Campbell, US Army.
Ghenadie Barba – Chief, Rule of Law Unit, Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
Lt. Col. Gianluca Mascherano – Military Researcher, Post-Conflict Operations Study Centre (PCOSC), Italian Army (Turin, Italy); Lecturer of Stabilization and Reconstruction Orientation Course, University of Turin (Turin, Italy).
Lt. Col. Gilberto Gagnone – Military Researcher, Post-Conflict Operations Study Centre (PCOSC), Italian Army (Turin, Italy).
Gregory Townsend – Former Chief of the Court Support Services Section, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY); Former Prosecutor, UN Mission to Kosovo; Former Head of Office, Special Court for Sierra Leone (STL).
Greig Klein – Assistant Professor of Terrorism and Political Violence of the Faculty Governance and Foreign Affairs, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University Leiden, The Netherlands).
Guido Acquaviva – Lecturer, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (Geneva, Switzerland); Former Deputy Registrar, Kosovo Specialist Chambers; Former Chef de Cabinet, Office of the President, Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL); Former Legal Officer, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
James Shaw – Senior Legal Officer, UNICRI.
James Kirkpatrick Stewart –Former Deputy Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC); Former General Counsel, Crown Law Office – Criminal, Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario, Canada; Former Chief of Prosecutions, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY); Former Chief, Appeals and Legal Advisory Division, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
John McManus – Senior Legal Officer, Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA).
John-Mark Iyi – Director, African Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice (ACTCJ), University of the Western Cape (Cape Town, South Africa).
Kai Ambos – Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Comparative Law, International Criminal Law, and Public International Law at Georg August Göttingen University (Göttingen, Germany); Judge, Kosovo Specialist Chambers; Advisor, (amicus curiae) Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace.
Karine Simonsen – Officer, Rule of Law Unit, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights.
Kristiina Kangaspunta – Former Chief of the Crime Research Section, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); Former Deputy Director, United Nations Interregional Crime and Research Institute (UNICRI).
Laura Guercio – Coordinator of the Universities Network for Promoting the Rights of Children in Armed Conflicts; Professor of Sociology, University of Perugia (Perugia, Italy); Secretary General at the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Human Rights at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Rome, Italy).
Laurie R. Blank – Clinical Professor of Law, Director, International Humanitarian Law Clinic, Emory University School of Law (Atlanta, USA); Former Special Counsel to the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defence.
Leif Villadsen – Acting Director, UNICRI.
Linda Carter – Distinguished Professor of Law Emerita, Mc George School of Law, University of Pacific (Sacramento, USA).
Marco Lombardi – Professor of Sociology and Director of the Sociology Department of the Catholic University of Sacro Cuore (Milan, Italy).
Marie O’Leary – Acting Principal Counsel, Office of Public Counsel for the Defence of the International Criminal Court (ICC-OPCD).
Marina Lostal Becerril – Senior Lecturer in Public International Law and Human Rights, University of Essex (Colchester, UK).
Mark Dietrich – Vice-President, East-West Management Institute (EWMI) (Geneva, Switzerland).
Martin Fowke – Team Leader, Normative and Policy Team, Human Trafficking & Migrant Smuggling Section, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Maura Di Mauro – Trainer on Intercultural Communication, Adjunct Lecturer on Intercultural Business Management at Catholic University of Sacro Cuore (Milan, Italy).
Micol Azzaro – Community Engagement Officer, SOS Mediterranee Italia (Italy).
Nakako Onishi-Carcano – Former Legal Officer, Chambers, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY); Former Legal Officer, Chambers, Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).
Niccoló Pons – Senior Adviser on the Prosecution of International Crimes, EU Advisory Mission Ukraine; Senior Legal Advisor, Dignity – Danish Institute Against Torture; Legal Officer, Chambers of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers; Former Associate Legal Officer, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) and International Criminal Court (ICC).
Nicola Lettieri – Alternate Judge at the Trial Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).
Nicolas Mansfield – Director of Legal Programs, East-West Management Institute (EWMI) (Geneva, Switzerland).
Nicolò Bussolati – Criminal Lawyer; Consultant in Legal and Cyber Issues; International Criminal Law Specialist. Academic Specialist of the Master Programme.
Nobuo Hayashi – Associate Professor, Swedish Defence University (Stockholm, Sweden); Senior Legal Advisor, International Law and Policy Institute (Oslo, Norway); Visiting Professor on International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law, International University of Japan (Niigata, Japan). Moot Court Coordinator of the Master programme.
Ola Quarnstrom – Officer, Rule of Law Unit, Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
Olympia Bekou – Head, School of Law and Professor of Public International Law, University of Nottingham (Nottingham, UK).
Paolo Campana – Professor of Criminology and Complex Networks, Cambridge University (Cambridge, UK); Former Research Fellow at the Extra-Legal Governance Institute, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford (Oxford, UK); Former Fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford (Oxford, UK).
Col. Paolo Mazzuferi – Director the Post-Conflict Operations Study Centre (PCOSC), Italian Army (Turin, Italy).
Patricia Janega – International Trainer, Facilitator and Intercultural Expert, International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ILO); Intercultural Communications Trainer, Intercultures (Berlin, Germany).
Peter McCloskey – Former Senior Trial Attorney, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
Princess Inyang Okokon – Cultural Mediator; President of the PIAM NGO: Project for Integration and Welcoming of Immigrants (Asti, Italy).
Pubudu Sachithanandan – Trial Lawyer, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC).
Reinhold Gallmetzer – Founder and Chairperson of the Board, Centre for Climate Crime Analysis (CCCA); Prosecution Appeals Counsel, International Criminal Court (ICC); Former Legal Officer, UN International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
Rod Rastan – Legal Advisor, Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC).
Rosario Salvatore Aitala – Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Salvatore Cannata – Senior Judicial Cooperation Advisor, European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust).
Sarah Bafadhel – Barrister, Defence Counsel, International Criminal Court (ICC).
Stefano Betti – International Consultant; Former Senior Counsel (Illicit Trafficking), International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL).
Stephanie Barbour – Investigation Team Leader at the Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA).
Stephanie Chaban – Regional Advisor on gender equality and women's empowerment, UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (New York, USA).
Tahir Abbas – Professor of Radicalisation Studies, Leiden University (Leiden, The Netherlands).
Theodore Leggett – Research Officer, Crime Research Section, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Tomas Manguel – Lecturer in International Criminal Law (Universidad de Buenos Aires), Universal Jurisdiction Expert (Justice Rapid Response), Visiting Legal Fellow (Guernica 37 Centre for International Justice).
Vittoria Luda di Cortemiglia – Senior Project Manager, Sustainable Cycles Programme (SCYCLE) co-hosted by United Nations University (UNU) and United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).
Vittoria Pizzini Gambetta – Professor of Organized Crime, University of Piemonte Orientale (Vercelli, Italy), Research Officer in Recruitment in Illegal Organizations Project, Department of Sociology, Oxford University (Oxford, UK).
Wendy Ann O’Brien – Legal Officer, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); Adjunct Associate Professor of Criminology, Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia).
William O’Neill – UN Independent Expert on Human Rights in Haiti. Former Senior Advisor on Human Rights to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General at UN Mission in Kosovo; Former Chief of Mission at UN Human Rights Field Operation in Rwanda.
William Wiley – Executive Director, Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA); Former International Legal Advisor, Iraqi High Tribunal; Former Human Rights Officer, UN Assistance Mission to Iraq; Former Investigator, International Criminal Court (ICC) and International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR); Former Intelligence Analyst, International Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
Yasmin Naqvi – Legal Officer, Chambers, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY); Former Investigator, Investigations Division, International Criminal Court (ICC); Former Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Former Legal Consultant, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); Former Researcher, International Law Department, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; Legal Practitioner, Supreme Court of Tasmania; Incoming Legal Officer, Office of the Legal Adviser, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
