Giovanni Distefano

Dr. Giovanni Distefano is a lecturer in International Law at the University of Geneva, where he has been teaching in various capacities since September 1996. He is also a parttime lecturer at the Department of Public International Law and International Organization at the University of Lausanne, also in Switzerland. Dr. Distefano has also worked at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, and with the legal counselors of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1998–99) and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1998). Dr. Distefano received a BA in International Relations from the University of Geneva, followed by an MA, also in international Relations, from the Graduate Institute of International Studies, in Geneva. In 2000 he was awarded a Ph.D in International Relations with a specialization in law from the same institute. Dr. Distefano’s work on the subject of public international law, especially on territorial disputes, has been published extensively.