Marco Pertile

QUALIFICATIONS

Ph.D. in International Organization Law, University of Teramo (2004).

Degree in Law (Laurea in Giurisprudenza), University of Trento, Full Marks cum laude (2000).

OTHER

International Law Seminar at the UN International Law Commission, 45th Session, Geneva (6-24 July 2009).

Core Training on Advanced Principles of Humanitarian Law and Policy and Thematic Workshop on Occupation and Peacebulding, Harvard Program on Conflict Resolution, Amman - Jordan (22-26 February 2009).

Advanced Training Course in International Humanitarian Law for University Teachers, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights – ICRC, , Geneva, Switzerland (25-30 August 2008).

ACADEMIC CAREER

Associate Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law and School of International Studies (SIS), University of Trento, 2014-present.

Visiting Professor, Paris School of International Affairs – Sciences Po, 2018-present.

Visiting Professor and Visiting Lecturer, Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies(IHEID), Master in International Affairs – Geneva, 2012-2017.

Visiting Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University – Prague, May 2017.

Lecturer, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, 2011-12.

Marie Curie Fellow, Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies, Geneva, 2010-12

Research Scholar in International Law, Department of Legal Sciences, University of Trento, 2007-113.

Visiting Professional, The International Criminal Court, Pre-Trial Chamber II, The Hague, November 2006-February 2007.

Research Fellow, Department of Legal Sciences, University of Trento, 2003-05.

Visiting Research Scholar, International Labour Organization and Institut de Hautes Etudes Internationales, Geneva, Switzerland, January-March 2006.

Visiting Research Scholar, Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and Public International Law, Heidelberg, Germany, January–March 2003, July–October 2003, September–April 2004, August 2006.

TEACHING

Human Rights and Natural Resources under International Law (SIS - Trento).

Elements of International and EU Law (SIS - Trento).

Natural Resources and Energy Security (SIS – Trento).

Diritto internazionale dei conflitti armati (Faculty of Law - Trento).

Human Rights and Natural Resources (PSIA – Paris).
 

Natural Resources

Use of Force

Self-Determination

International Humanitarian Law

International Criminal Law

Human Rights

Marie Curie Fellow at the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies, European Commission Marie-Curie funding for an individual two-year research project on the relationship between natural resources and armed conflicts under international law (2010-2012).

Research Scholar in International Law, Department of Legal Sciences, University of Trento, 1 September 2007-2013.

Visiting Professional, The International Criminal Court, Pre-Trial Chamber II, November 2006-February 2007.

Research Fellow, Department of Legal Sciences, University of Trento, November 2003 - November 2005.

Visiting Researcher, International Labour Organization and Institut de Hautes Etudes Internationales, Geneva, Switzerland, January-March 2006.

Visiting Researcher, Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and Public International Law, Heidelberg, Germany, January–March 2003, July–October 2003, September–April 2004, August 2006.

Member of the Italian Society of International and EU Law

Marie Curie Fellowship (Intra-European): 173270,80€

Palais des Nations, Geneva, International Conference on the Impacts of Illegal Economic Activities in Conflict Areas on Human Rights (‘Economic, social and cultural rights in occupied territories: Reflections on their applicability and interaction with international humanitarian law’), 9 April 2019.

World Metereological Organization, Geneva, Participant in the Expert Roundtable ‘The List of Principles on the Protection of Water Infrastructures in Relation to Armed Conflicts’, 13-14 December 2018.

Centro Studi Gentiliani, San Ginesio, XVIII giornata gentiliana (Questioning the stability of unlawful territorial situations: The duty of non-recognition from a jus post bellum perspective), 21-22 September 2018.

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Udine, The 10th Anniversary of the Bolzano/Bozen Recommendations on National Minorities in Inter-State Relations: New Challenges and Lessons Learned (Panelist representing Italy), 15-16 July 2018.

University of Leiden, Expert Seminar on International Law and Environmental Peace-Building (Extractive Industry for Sustainable Development? Some Reflections on the Role of Investment Contracts in Ensuring Benefit Sharing and Community Participation in Natural Resource Governance), 28-29 June 2018.

Accademia di Studi Italo-Germanici, Merano, (Sanctions against terrorism in civil wars), 4 May, 2018.
Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies, Geneva, CIES Lunch Seminar, (‘Resource Conflicts Within and Beyond the State: Is There a Role for International Law?’), 13 April 2017.

University of Innsbruck, Short course on ‘The European International Law Tradition: The German, Austrian and Italian contribution’, (invited presentation on: ‘The sources of International Law - The Italian perspective’), 26 January 2017.

ECPR Annual Meeting of Prague, Panel on Human Rights and Judicial Activism in the EU and Beyond, (paper presentation on: ‘Civil society campaigns and contested sovereignty: Assessing their legal strategies and their impact on the policies of the EU’), 9 September 2016.

Politecnico of Turin, First Symposium on ‘Acqua Risorsa Globale’, (invited presentation on ‘Le guerre per l'acqua e il concetto di idroegemonia: quale ruolo per il diritto internazionale?’), 5 May 2016.
IV National Training of the Humanitarian Law Instructors of the Italian Red Cross Society, Verona, (invited presentation on ‘Health Care in Danger’), 30 April 2016.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Rome, Human Right to Water Day (Chairperson of the session on ‘Towards human rights to water: proposals discussed’), 5 April 2016.
World Water Congress, Edinburgh, Special Session Pro Forma, ‘Equity and Water: Questions of Access and Benefit Sharing’, (invited presentation on ‘Equity in Trade and Investment’), 25 May 2015.

University of Innsbruck, Management Center, International Symposium on Human Trafficking: Global and Local Perspectives, (invited presentation on: ‘Trafficking and Smuggling of Migrants under International Law: Assessing the Impact of a Problematic Relationship’), 12 November 2015.

University of Geneva, Institute for Environmental Sciences, (invited presentation on: ‘International Law Crossing Virtual Water Rivers: An Overview’, with Paolo Turrini), 12 November 2014.

University of Bologna, Conference on ‘Interesse collettivo e obblighi erga omnes nel diritto internazionale contemporaneo’, Ravenna, (invited presentation on: ‘Autodeterminazione dei popoli e “senso comune”: nuovi (e inattesi) modi di contribuire alla realizzazione di un principio fondamentale’), 7-8 May 2015.

Festival dell’Economia, Ninth Edition, Trento, (Chairperson and introduction to session on ‘Le parole chiave – “Potere”’, with Tommaso Nannicini), 2 June 2014.

University of Cagliari, ‘Natural Resources Grabbing: Erosion or Legitimate Exercise of State Sovereignty?’ 4 and 5 October 2013, Faculty of Law, (paper presentation: ‘On the Financing of Civil Wars Through Natural Resources: Is there a Duty of Vigilance for Third States on the Activities of Trans‐national Corporations?’), 5 October 2013.

Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations, New York, Workshop on ‘Terrorism and International Humanitarian Law: The Repression of Terrorist Acts and the Laws of War’, (invited presentation on: ‘Fighting Terror within the Law? A Few Remarks on the Relationship between Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and Military Occupations’), 7 September 2011.

University of Catania, Annual Meeting of the Italian Society of International Law, (paper presentation on: ‘Il principio di proporzionalità nell’interazione tra diritto umanitario e tutela dei diritti umani’), 24 June 2011.

University of Bologna, Conference on ‘Il Parere della Corte internazionale di Giustizia sulla
dichiarazione di indipendenza del Kosovo’, (paper presentation on: ‘L’autodeterminazione assente’), 16 December 2010.

Biennial Meeting of the Humanitarian Law Instructors of the Italian Red Cross Society, Senigallia, (invited presentation on ‘Il diritto dell’occupazione bellica è desueto?’), 3-5 October 2008.

Co-Director of the journal ‘Questions of International Law/Questions de droit international’ (QIL) (www.qil-qdi.org).

Member of the Editorial Committee of the journal ‘Italian Yearbook of International Law’.

Co-Editor of the Italian Parliamentary and Diplomatic Practice for the Italian Yearbook of International Law, 2001–present.

Founder and Editor in Chief of italyspractice.info, a website on the diplomatic and parliamentary practice of the Republic of Italy (www.italyspractice.info).

Peer reviewer: Leiden Journal of International Law; Ashgate Publishing; Italian Yearbook of International Law; Diritti umani e diritto internazionale; La Comunità internazionale.