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The Scientific Council aims to support the Bureau and more broadly the JURDI Association in its activities and reflections, as well as in providing advice on governance and orientations, by offering legal opinions and advice on international law.
Farah SAFI
Chair of the Scientific Council
Farah Safi is an Associate Professor of Private Law and Criminal Sciences at the University of Clermont Auvergne and defended her doctoral thesis, entitled "Intellectual Proselytism and Criminal Law," at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (France). Farah is the author of numerous articles on the criminal aspects of fundamental freedoms (particularly from the perspective of freedom of expression) and the organizer of many colloquia and conferences on respect for human rights (ISIS and the Law, War in Ukraine: What Criminal Responsibilities for Legal Entities?). Farah is the Director of the Master's program in Criminal Law and Criminology and Deputy Director of the Doctoral School at the University of Clermont Auvergne (France).
Dr. Rony Brauman
Rony Brauman, born in 1950, is a physician with degrees in epidemiology and tropical medicine. After working for several years as a field doctor, primarily in conflict zones and refugee camps, he became president of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in 1982 and held this position until 1994. He was a lecturer (1992-2000) and then associate professor at Sciences Po Paris, and a professor at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI), University of Manchester (UK) (2003-2015). He is currently director of studies at the Doctors Without Borders Foundation. He is the author of several books, documentary films, and numerous articles on humanitarian action.
Books
• Humanitarian medicine, Que Sais-je?, PUF, 2009. 3rd edition in 2018.
• Humanitarian Aid, Diplomacy and Human Rights, foreword by Tzvetan Todorov, Editions du Cygne, 2009
• Manifesto for the Palestinians, Éditions Autrement, 2014.
• Humanitarian Wars? Lies and Disinformation, Textuel Editions, 2018.
Monique CHEMILLIER-GENDREAU
Monique Chemillier-Gendreau, a professor of Public Law and Political Science, is Professor Emeritus at Paris-Cité University. Her research has focused on international law and state theory. She also practices as a legal advisor before international courts. Her recent analyses concern the crisis in international law. Among her publications are:
From war to the universal community. Between law and politics, Paris Fayard, 2013; ;
A different law for a different world. How to break the deadlocks of international law? Ed. Pedone, Paris, 2019
Democracy's Regression, Unleashing of Violence: Interviews with Régis Meyran, Textuel Publishing, Paris, 2019
For a World Council of Resistance, Textuel Editions, Paris, 2020.
To put an end to sovereignty, Georges Scelle/Monique Chemillier-Gendreau, Coll. Tiré à part, Lefèvre, Dalloz, Paris, 2024.
Making a Palestinian state impossible. Israel's objective since its creation. Textuel Publishing, Paris, 2025
Olivier CORTEN
Olivier Corten is a professor at the Free University of Brussels, director of the Centre for International Law, and a member of the Institute of International Law. He has taught at various universities in Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Brazil, and Japan, as well as at the United Nations and the Academy of International Law. Olivier Corten has served as counsel and advocate before the International Court of Justice. He is the author or co-author of numerous publications, particularly in the fields of international law and security.
François DUBUISSON
François Dubuisson is Professor of International Law at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Belgium and a Researcher at the university's Center for International Law. His work focuses primarily on the legal aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and he has published extensively on this topic. François testified as an expert before the United Nations Security Council on the subject of "Illegal Israeli Settlements: Obstacles to Peace and a Two-State Solution" (Arria-formula meeting, October 14, 2016). He also participated, on behalf of the State of Djibouti, in the written proceedings concerning the Legal Consequences of Israel's Policies and Practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, an advisory opinion requested by the United Nations General Assembly from the International Court of Justice (2023). François regularly publishes articles in legal journals and specialized books on international law and the Middle East.
Julian Fernandez
Julian Fernandez is Professor of Public Law (PREX) at Paris Panthéon-Assas University, currently on secondment to Galatasaray University in Istanbul, Turkey. Founder of the Assas International Law Clinic, co-director of the Master's program in Human Rights and International Justice, and co-director of the International Criminal Justice Days, Julian Fernandez has published some twenty books, including a reference manual on international criminal law (LGDJ, 3rd edition forthcoming in September 2024) and an article-by-article commentary on the Rome Statute (2 editions, Pedone, edited by several authors). Julian also directs the biannual column "Current Events in International Criminal Courts" published by the AFDI (French Association of International Law), and regularly collaborates with the Academy of International Law (member of the Scientific Council of the ICC Moot Court, French version). Among his institutional responsibilities, Julian Fernandez was elected vice-president of the Advisory Commission for the examination of applications for the position of judge of the International Criminal Court.
Habib GHERARI
Professor Emeritus of International Law. After defending his doctoral thesis on maritime boundaries at Paris 1 University, H. Gherari was a lecturer and researcher, and later a university professor, successively at Paris Nanterre University, the University of Le Havre (Faculty of International Affairs), the Lyon Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Lyon), and finally, Aix-Marseille University. He was also a lawyer at the Paris Bar, and his research focused on various areas of international law and international relations. International economic law, particularly international trade law, was the subject of numerous publications, both in the form of articles in various legal journals and books, notably on regional trade agreements and the WTO (published respectively by Larcier and Bruylant). His most recent book is "The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Does the Law Say?", published by L'Harmattan.
Lyna MAAZIZ
Lyna Maaziz holds a doctorate in public law and is a lecturer and researcher at the Thucydides Center of Paris-Panthéon-Assas University. She is a resident scholar at Galatasaray University in Istanbul, Turkey. She specializes in international litigation, primarily in interstate disputes. Her doctoral thesis, defended in 2022 at Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, was entitled "The Jurisdiction of the Ad Hoc Arbitration Tribunals of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea" (Permanent Court of Arbitration "PCA"). Lyna has published extensively in journals and edited volumes on a wide range of topics, including public international law, the law of international spaces, sports law, and international human rights law.
Alain PELLET
Alain Pellet is Professor Emeritus at Paris Nanterre University, where he directed the Center for International Law (CEDIN) for ten years. From 1990 to 2011, he was a member of the United Nations International Law Commission, which he chaired in 1997. Alain Pellet is a member and former president of the Institute of International Law and Honorary President of the French Society for International Law. He has acted as counsel and advocate in more than sixty cases before the International Court of Justice and has participated as an arbitrator or lawyer in several arbitration proceedings concerning investment disputes. He is the author or co-author of numerous articles and books on international law, including a treatise on public international law (the 9th edition of which was published in 2022).
Raphaël PORTEILLA
Raphaël Porteilla has been a professor of political science at the University of Burgundy-Europe since 2003. Previously, he was a lecturer in public law at the University of Reims, where he began his teaching and research career in September 1997. His doctoral research focused on studying and analyzing the transition from South African apartheid to democracy. He has also worked on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the 2000s, when the Oslo Accords began to falter. Since then, he has frequently traveled to Palestine, where he taught constitutional law and international relations at Birzeit University as part of a scientific cooperation agreement.
Damien Scalia
Damien Scalia is Professor of Criminal Law, Penitentiary Law, and International Law at the Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), and a Visiting Professor at the Geneva Academy. Damien has collaborated with several defense teams internationally. His main research focuses on the international criminal justice experience. For the past 12 years, he has been meeting with individuals convicted of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide to analyze the workings of international criminal justice, which led to the publication of *Genocide(s): At the Heart of International Criminal Justice* in 2022.
Akila TALEB-KARISSON
Akila Taleb-Karlsson is a senior lecturer in private law and criminal science at the Faculty of Law of the University of Toulon, Vice-Dean for International Relations, and co-director of the Master's program in Criminal Litigation. She primarily teaches criminal law and criminal procedure, comparative criminal law, and international criminal law, areas in which her research also focuses. As part of her doctoral studies, she also worked at the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Appeal of Lyon and with the Pre-Trial Judge of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in the Netherlands.
Hélène TIGROUDJA
Hélène Tigroudja is Professor of International Law at Aix-Marseille University, where she co-directs the Master 2 program in Humanitarian Action and Law, and a Visiting Professor at the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore. She is also a member and Vice-President of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Hélène Tigroudja has published numerous articles and books on international human rights law, international humanitarian law, and international criminal law. Notably, she is the co-author of the Treatise on International Human Rights Law (Pédone, 2018), recently updated and published in English (International Human Rights Law: A Treatise, Cambridge University Press, 2025). She combines her research and academic activities with extensive experience as an international law practitioner, having worked for the United Nations, UNESCO, the European Union, and the Council of Europe, among others.
