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1 Dr. Alexandre Skander Galand 574, Wilfrid Lavigne Boulevard Koç University Law School Gatineau, (Qc) Canada, J9H 5P5 Rumelifeneri Yolu Tel: 00(1) Sarıyer Istanbul Turkey Tel: Born: 7 May 1981 Citizenships: Tunisia-Belgium-Canada Expert in International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law CURRENT POSITION Newton Post-Doctoral Fellow since 10/2015 Center for Global Public Law Koç University (Istanbul, Turkey) EDUCATION Visiting Scholar 01/ /2017 University of Turin, Dept. of Law & Collegio Carlo Alberto (Turin, Italy) Visiting Scholar 09/ /2016 Essex Human Rights Centre University of Essex (Colchester, UK) Ph.D. in Law (under the supervision of Prof. Martin Scheinin) 09/ /2015 European University Institute (Florence, Italy) LL.M. in Comparative, European and International Laws 09/ /2012 European University Institute (Florence, Italy) LL.M. in International Crime and Justice 11/ /2010 United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute jointly with the University of Turin (UN Campus, Turin, Italy) (110/110 summa cum laude) Master in International Policies and Crisis Management 01/ /2009 University of Rome La Sapienza (Rome, Italy) (110/110 summa cum laude) Certificate of Advanced Studies in Human Rights 01/ /2009 University of Geneva (Geneva, Switzerland) Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) 09/ /2005 Laval University (Québec, Canada) AWARDS Collegio Carlo Alberto Visiting Fellowship 01/ /2017 Newton Post-Doctoral Fellowship 10/ /2017 Hans Kelsen Doctoral Fellowship 09/ /2015 1/5

2 PROFESSIONNAL EXPERIENCE Legal Analyst Centre for International Law Research and Policy Case Matrix Network (CMN) Brussels, Belgium Research Assistant to Prof. Martin Scheinin European University Institute (EUI, Law Dept.) Florence, Italy Legal Analyst United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) Turin, Italy Lawyer in Civil Litigation and Criminal Law Dufour et Associés Gatineau, Canada PROJECTS The Effects of International Human Rights Law on Public International Law and its Sub Branches (Newton Grant Fund by British Academy, ) Under the supervision of Prof. Başak Çalı and Prof. Lorna McGregor Legitimacy of the International Criminal Court: A Global Public Goods Perspective (Funded by Collegio Carlo Alberto, 2017) PUBLICATIONS Ø The Legal Nature of Security Council Referrals to the International Criminal Court (Brill, forthcoming) Ø Approaching Custom Identification as a Conflict Avoidance Technique: Tadić and Kupreškić Revisited, Leiden Journal of International law (forthcoming) Ø The Effects of International Human Rights Law on other Branches of Public International Law: An Annotated Compilation of Case Law (KUP, 2017) Ø A Global Public Goods Perspective on the Legitimacy of the International Criminal Court, Loyola of L.A. International & Comparative Law Review (Vol. 41, forthcoming) Ø Book Review: Nerida Chazal, The International Criminal Court and Global Social Control: International Criminal Justice in Late Modernity, Journal of Conflict & Security Law, Vol 22 (2017) Ø Was the Residual Mechanism s Creation Falling Squarely within the Chapter VII Power of the Security Council?, Questions of International Law, Vol. 40 (2017) Ø Security Council Referrals to the International Criminal Court as Quasi-Legislative Acts, Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Vol 19 (2016) 2/5

3 Ø International Criminal Law Guidelines on Command Responsibility (CILRAP, 2016) Ø Judicial Pronouncements in International Law: The Arrest Warrant Case Obiter Dicta, EUI Law Working Paper (2015) Ø Book Review: Bergsmo and Yan (eds), State Sovereignty and International Criminal Law, European Journal of International Law, Vol 25 (2014) Ø Arab Spring to Accountability: Supporting Criminal Justice for Atrocity in North Africa and the Middle East, FICHL Policy Brief Series No. 15 (2013) Ø Rescue at Sea: Human Rights Obligations of States and Private Actors, with a Focus on the EU s External Borders, RSCAS Policy Paper No 05 (2012) SELECTED BLOG POSTS - Why the Security Council Should Not be Involved Regarding Al-Bashir s Immunity, Opinio Juris (June 20, 2017) - Right to Individual Petition before UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies: the softly-spoken enforcer of human rights treaties?, ORIL (May 25, 2017) - Making Libya an ICC Priority Situation: Fake Promises to a Difficult Customer?, Opinio Juris (January 13, 2017) - First Ruling on Command Responsibility before the ICC, CMN ICJ Toolkit, (March 29, 2016) - The Situation Concerning the Mavi Marmara at the ICC: What might the next move of the Prosecutor be?, EJIL Talk! (March 22, 2016) - The Strasbourg Court Destroys in part The Hague s Case Law on Genocide, CGPL (November 17, 2015) - Is the International Criminal Court in Need of Support to Clarify the Status of Heads of States Immunities?, Opinio Juris (September 11, 2015) - The Situation Concerning the Islamic State: Carte Blanche for the ICC if the Security Council Refers?, EJIL Talk! (May 27, 2015) PAPERS UNDER PREPARATION UN Human Rights Treaty Body Jurisprudence: Trends and Developments Time to Apply the Foreseeability Requirement before the International Criminal Court? The Impact of Human Rights Norms on International Criminal Tribunals and Courts (book Chapter for Martin Scheinin, Geir Ulfstein, Andreas Føllesdal (eds), The Relevance of Human Rights Norms before Other International Courts and Tribunals (CUP)) 3/5

4 CONFERENCE PAPERS Individual Complaints to UN Treaty Bodies Presented at Columbia University (Global Center), Regional Consultation for Strengthening the Treaty Body System, Istanbul, 18 August 2017 The Legitimacy of the ICC: A Global Public Goods Perspective - Presented at Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, 3 May 2017 Is it Time for the International Criminal Court to Adopt the Foreseeability Test? Presented at American Society of Comparative Law, YCC 6 th Annual Conference, Istanbul, 29 April 2017 The (systemic) Effects of International Human Rights Law on the International Criminal Court and Tribunals Presented at Author Workshop, European University Institute, Florence, 23 April 2017 The Legitimacy of the ICC: A Global Public Goods Perspective Presented at Carlo Alberto Law Seminars, Turin, 20 April 2017 The Systemic Effects of International Human Rights Law on International Criminal Law Presented at Newton Workshop on the Effects of International Human Rights Law on Public International Law and its (sub) Branches, Essex University, 12 February 2016 Conflict of Norms in Conflicting Conceptions of Article 13 (b) Rome Statute Presented in International Law Doctoral Workshop, Florence, 1 February 2015 Debating the Legislative Nature of Security Council Referrals to the International Criminal Court, Presented in EUI International Law Working Group, IL Food for thought, Florence, 29 October 2014 Immunity of State Officials before International Courts, Presented in EUI International Criminal Law Working Group, Florence, 13 November Norm Conflicts between the Immunity of Heads of State and the Rome Statute in Cases of UNSC Referrals to the ICC - Presented in Human Rights Training Course, Florence, June 2013 The Plea of L'Ētat C'est Moi In Security Council Referrals to the International Criminal Court - Presented in GLOTHRO, Florence, 28 November -1 December 2011 CHAIR & DISCUSSANT Chair : Systemic non-cooperation, Taking Stock of the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Body Case Law: Trends and Developments , Center for Global Public Law, Istanbul, 8 June 2017 Discussant : Gabriel M. Lentner, The Legal Nature of UN Security Council Referrals to the ICC and its Consequences for Jurisdictional Exemptions and Personal Immunities, Peregrine Talk, Lauterpacht Center for International Law, Cambridge, 25 October /5

5 Chair : Sources and Sub-branches of International Law, European Society of International Research Forum, Koç University, Istanbul, 22 April 2016 Chair : Advantages and Disadvantages of a Pluralist International Criminal Law, European University Institute, Florence, 11 April 2014 Chair : ICL Food for Thought, European University Institute, Florence : International Criminal Law and The Responsibility to Protect: Comrades in Arms or Strange Bedfellows?, Prof. Maragaret M. deguzman 20 November, 2013 Comments on the Belgium vs Senegal case, Stavros Pantazopoulos (EUI) 27 November 2013 The Libya Al-Senussi Case: Victory or Failure for the ICC?, Prof. Payam Akhavan. 4 December 2013 Transformative Recognition of Unilateral Transitional Structures, Emmanuel De Groof, 15 January 2014 Rationality Secundum Neuroscience: What Implications for the Criminal Law?, Federica Coppola, 12 February 2014 Terrorism and Due Process: Jurisdictional and Procedural Aspects', Yadh Ben Messaoud, 1 April 2014 Chair : Human Rights Training Course, European University Institute, Florence, June 2013 Discussant : Devin O. Pendas, Nuremberg, Ulm, Frankfurt: The Development of Nazi Trials in Postwar Germany, , Multidisciplinary Research Workshop - History on Trial: Bringing Former Nazis to Court in the Twenty First Century, European University Insitute, Florence, 7 May 2012 TEACHING United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, April 2017, International Expert Programme in Investigative and Legal Psychology, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide, April 2017 University of Turin, International Law, Undergraduate Law Program, Introduction to the International Criminal Court, March 2017 Koç University Law School, Public International Law, Undergraduate Law Program, Introduction to International Criminal Law, March 2017 Koç University Law School, Seminar, The International Criminal Court at 14: Reaching Adolescence?, 20 March 2016 Koç University Law School, Public International Law, Undergraduate Law Program, The International Criminal Court, March 2016 Koç University Law School, LL.M., European Human Rights Law, Article 7 ECHR - Nullum crimen sine lege, 27 November 2015 New York University Florence, Human Rights, Undergraduate Program, Human Rights and International (Criminal) Justice, February /5

6 PROFESSIONNAL AFFILIATIONS Member of the Québec Bar Association since 2007 Coordinator of the EUI International Criminal Law Working Group Member of the European Society of International Law since 2015 Associate Editor of Oxford Reports on IHRL UN HR Bodies since 2015 Editor of the Center for Global Public Law s Blog since 2015 Member of the American Society of International Law since 2017 PROFESSIONNAL TRAINING Teacher Training 2015 EUI, Academic Service (Florence, Italy) Autonomous Weapons Systems Law, Ethics, Policy 2014 EUI, Academy of Global Governance (Florence, Italy) The Future of International Criminal Law in the Era of Globalization 2013 International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences (Syracusa, Italy) Beyond Territoriality RNP GLOTHRO 2011 EUI, Academy of Global Governance (Florence, Italy) The Shari a: Sources of Law and Selected Legal Aspects 2011 International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences (Syracusa, Italy) Fighting Terrorism 2011 EUI, Academy of Global Governance (Florence, Italy) Permit to Practice the Profession of Advocate Québec Bar School (Ottawa, Canada) (including articling) LINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE French (mother tongue) English (fluent) Italian (fluent) Arabic (intermediate) Spanish (basic) Turkish (beginner) 6/5

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