Over the years, I have had the privilege of devising, planning, implementing, and participating in numerous professional training programmes. Moreover, I have been invited as a visiting professor at several prestigious institutions worldwide. These experiences have allowed me to engage with diverse audiences, from diplomats and legal professionals to students and human rights defenders, across various regions. Below is a selection of my capacity development and training activities, listed in chronological order:
Visiting Professor, Prishtina International Summer Programme, University of Prishtina (Kosovo). (For the course catalogue click here)
8 – 18 July 2024
Course: An Introduction to Transitional Justice.
Panellist, Webinar “General Principles of Law and AALCO Member States”, Asian-African Legal Consultative Organisation. (For a summary of the webinar click here)
16 April 2023
Topic: General Principles of Law as a Source of International Criminal Law.
Instructor, Online Training Programme “The UN System of Protection of Human Rights”
11 – 13 April 2022
Delivered in French to approximately 30 law professors, judges, prosecutors, and legal advisers from Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. Organised by Maastricht University in cooperation with the University of Political Sciences and Law of Bamako, the University of Ouagadougou, and the University of Niamey.
Guest Speaker, Virtual Training for Counsel, Counsel Support Section, International Criminal Court
26 March 2021
Topic: The Role of the Legal Adviser to Witnesses in ICC Proceedings.
Guest Speaker, Expert Meeting on Accountability for Gross Violations of Human Rights and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law in Transitional Justice Processes
19 January 2021
Organised by the UN Special Rapporteur on Truth, Justice, Reparation, and Guarantees of Non-Occurrence, and the International Institute for Social Responsibility and Human Rights.
Topic: The Duty to Punish International Crimes.
Visiting Professor, Diplomatic School of Armenia
2 – 13 November 2020
Course: Public International Law for a group of twelve junior diplomats.
Director, Training Programme: Training Human Rights Defenders in the Law and Practice of the International Criminal Court
Maastricht / The Hague, 23 – 25 October 2019; Conakry, 9 – 10 January 2020
Delivered in French to around twenty members of the Guinean Organisation of Human Rights, including lawyers and human rights defenders.
Visiting Professor, China University of Political Sciences and Law
11 November – 7 December 2019
Three-week course on International Criminal Law for a select group of master’s students.
Guest Speaker, International Seminar: 70 Anos da Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos, School of Public Prosecutors, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
11 December 2018
Topic: The Role of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in the Process of Transitional Justice in Colombia.
Chairman, Maastricht Seminar for ICC List Counsel
Maastricht University, 16 – 17 July 2015.
Chairman, Discussion Panel: “The Sovereignty Dispute over the Falklands / Malvinas: Competing Claims and Prospects of Settlement”
Maastricht University, 16 October 2014.
Visiting Professor, Diplomatic Academy of the Republic of Armenia
10 – 21 March 2014
Course: Public International Law for a group of twenty-four junior diplomats.
Visiting Professor, Diplomatic Academy of the Republic of Armenia
25 March – 5 April 2013
Course: Public International Law for a group of eighteen junior diplomats.
Visiting Professor, Lim A Po Institute for Social Studies, Paramaribo, Suriname
15 – 23 August 2011
Course: The International Context of Human Rights, addressed to diplomats and public officials of the Surinamese government.
Visiting Professor, Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
16 – 23 May 2011
Course: International Criminal Law in a Culturally Diverse World, for a select group of master’s students.
Visiting Professor, Lim A Po Institute for Social Studies, Paramaribo
21 February – 1 March 2011
Course: International Human Rights and their Incorporation in the National Legal System, for diplomats, lawyers, and public officials.
Visiting Researcher, American University, Washington DC
1 – 31 January 2011.
Seminar Instructor, International Human Rights Treaties, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing
8 – 10 March 2010.