Research directions
Public International Law
Codification of Public International Law. Customary Law and Treaty Law
Practice of Humanitarian Interventions
Peaceful Settlement of Disputes
Penal International Law
Protection of Refugees
Protection of Nationals
Immunities
Diplomatic Law
Humanitarian Law (especially in Switzerland)
International Law and Domestic Law
International Economic Law
IEL and the Environment
International Arbitration
Law of Direct Foreign Investments
Law of the WTO
Law of Swiss Foreign Economic Relations
Bilateral Agreements on Free Trade
Doha Round
EFTA
Settlements in Free Trade. Studies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
LGBTI Law
Sexual Orientation
Gender Identity
Minorities
Completed PhD Theses
https://www.unil.ch/dip/home/menuinst/recherche/PhD%20Studies/doctorats-completes.html
PhD projects currently supervised
- Yasmine Dinari (2023- ): La protection internationale des personnes migrantes en situation irrégulière victimes de traite d'êtres humains (International protection of migrants in an irregular situation who are victims of human trafficking)
- Raphaël Bagi (2021-): Les droits LGBTI dans le droit des relations (économiques) extérieures de la Suisse
- Nathan Ehrenfreund (2021- ): Legal Theory of International Governance (cotutelle avec l'Université McGill)
- Marta Piazza (2020- ) : Economic Rights v. Economic Freedoms
- Christian Pauletto (2020- ): GATS
- Anna Zangger (2020- ), The CITES Convention at 50: Stocktaking and Reform Proposals
- Alexander Laute (2019- ) : International Obligations regarding the Enforcement of Arbitral Awards against States
- Estelle Lang (2019- ) : La transidentitée : Etude droit international, comparé et suisse
- Nguyễn Thị Lan Hương (2018- ): Investment Protection and Sustainability in Vietnam
- Maha Meier (2017-): La compétence universelle: l'expérience suisse
- Ara Papyan (2016- ): What makes a Forum State Legally Interesting in ISDS
- Silvio da Silva (2016- ): Interferences between the WTO Dispute Settlement System and Regional Systems
- Naji Merhaby (2014- ): Legal Problems related to FDI in the Construction Sector
- Antonina Semenova (2013-): Russia and the WTO
- Laina Maia (2012- ): Brazil's New Investment Agreements
- Lenara Müller-Mambetelieva (2010- ): Legal Aspects of FDI in the Kyrgyz Republic
- Derya Akinci (2009- ): Legal Aspects of FDI in Turkey
