Online Event.
This event is part of the International Law Colloquium.
The International Law Colloquium is a platform to discuss international law scholarship. The presentations chosen for the colloquium reflect the diversity of topics of, and approaches to, international legal study. The colloquium offers an opportunity for in-depth engagement with ongoing research. To maintain the high quality of discussions, participants are kindly requested to read the drafts circulated in advance of each session. Speakers will include faculty members of the International Law Department as well as invited external speakers.
Neus Torbisco-Casals is Senior Research Fellow at the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy and a Faculty member at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, where she teaches courses relating to international human rights law and transitional justice. Trained in law and political philosophy, she is also Associate Professor of Law at Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona). After completing her law degree at the University of Barcelona, she received a scholarship to pursue her doctoral research in Canada, where she was affiliated with the Universities of Ottawa and Queen’s (1997-1998). During this time, she also completed an internship at the European Court of Human Rights. In 2000 she received a PhD in Law from Pompeu Fabra University. Since then, she has held various teaching and research positions, including at Pompeu Fabra University, the University of Puerto Rico and the Global Law School of New York University, where she held a position as Hauser Research Scholar (2003-2004). From 2007 to 2009 she was affiliated with the Law Department of the London School of Economics and in 2012 she was appointed Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.