Djacoba liva tehindrazanarivelo
Research Associate at the Centre on Conflict, Development & Peacebuilding, Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies

Djacoba Liva Tehindrazanarivelo holds a PhD in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, a Certificate of the Centre for Studies and Research of the Hague Academy of International Law, and a Maîtrise in Public Law and Political Science from the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar. For the past 16 years he has been teaching Public International Law, international organizations, UN peace mechanism, human rights, conflict resolution, the Responsibility to protect, and the law and practices of law in Africa – at the Graduate Institute, Boston University Study Abroad Geneva, the Institute for Human Rights (Catholic University of Lyon) and at University of Geneva. As a practitioner, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Madagascar (January 2020 – August 2021); he is also a member of the France-Madagascar Mixed Claims Commission relating to the dispute over islands off the West coast of Madagascar (since November 2019), and has conducted consultancies with various international organizations.
M. Tehindrazanarivelo is author of two books on the unintended effects of United Nations sanctions and on racism against migrants in Europe. He has moreover co-edited four other books, and published articles on a variety of topics in International Law, African Union Law, peace and security, human rights, and the fight against impunity.
Areas of expertise include:
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United Nations law, sanctions, and peace mechanisms
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African Union law, and the African peace and security architecture
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Democratic governance and unconstitutional changes of government
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Regional organizations in Southern and Eastern Africa, and the Indian Ocean
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Critical analyses of law and practices of law in Africa
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Uncomplete decolonization processes
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Diplomatic law and practice
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Human rights training and migrants’ rights
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