International systems for the protection of human rights
Universal and regional mechanisms, interaction between forms of review, subsidiarity, authority and effectiveness of international guarantees.
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Research
Research areas, academic responsibilities, doctoral supervision and collaborative work.
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Research areas
Core questions and fields
The research focuses on the architecture of international protection systems, their interpretation, and the practical conditions of their effectiveness.
European Convention on Human Rights
Convention interpretation, the judicial role of the European Court, review, execution of judgments and transformations of the European system.
View related publications →Jurisdiction, responsibility and international litigation
Scope of obligations, attribution and responsibility, public power and recourse to international courts and monitoring bodies.
View related publications →Prohibition of torture and duties of protection
The absolute nature of the prohibition, legal characterisation, positive obligations, prevention, investigation and the plurality of protective regimes.
View related publications →Research responsibilities
Member of the Institute of Higher International Studies (IHEI), associate member of the Centre for International Law (CEDIN) at Paris Nanterre University, and expert reviewer for the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Publication series and case-law surveys
Director of the René Cassin Foundation publication series; co-editor of case-law surveys in the Journal du droit international, the Annuaire français de droit international and the Revue trimestrielle des droits de l’homme.
Conferences, seminars and projects
Design and leadership of academic meetings devoted to international law, human rights and the operation of international monitoring mechanisms.
Doctoral supervision
Doctoral and HDR supervision
Habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR)
Mustapha Afroukh, “Les mutations du contrôle de conventionnalité” (2021).
Ongoing doctoral theses
Alexandre Miliani; Elizaveta Churilina; Olivia Gallot; Léna Degobert; Myriam Dahhan; Victoria Dhaisne; Marie-Lee Lurel; Marc Servant; Sontia Nkenkeu-Keck; Pierre Durand.
Completed doctoral theses
Mehdi Belkahla (2026); Aurélien Godefroy (2025); Cécile Goubault-Larrecq (2025); Claire Méric (2024); Evangelia Vasalou (2024); Anna Stadler (2023); Juliana Guerra (2022); Dominique Johel (2020); Julie Tavernier (2017); Améyo Kouassi (2016).
Doctoral and HDR examination panels
Regular service on doctoral and HDR examination panels.
Research identity
Persistent identifiers and reference profiles
Persistent identifiers connect publications, affiliations and academic profiles to a single research identity.
ORCID
Theses.fr
Google Scholar
HAL
Research activity
Selected academic contributions
Selected conferences, chaired sessions and academic presentations.
June 2026
Universal human rights treaties at a crossroads
Chair of the session “Issues, challenges and prospects” — René Cassin Foundation, Strasbourg.
April 2026
Second Paris Human Rights Days
Chair of the session on reception by regional and international courts — CRDH, CEDIN, CMH and IHEI, Paris.
March 2026
The primacy of climate considerations: human rights subject to ecological constraints
Conference “The environment before the courts: legal and economic perspectives” — Paris.
February 2026
The intellectual and moral legacy: the International Institute of Human Rights
Tribute to René Cassin (1887–1976) — Institut de France, Paris.
February 2026
The strategic use of international courts
Discussant — IDPSP conference, University of Rennes, Rennes.